Israel, Turkey to Strengthen Ties After Meeting of Foreign Ministers

Published by DPA Israel and Turkey want to strengthen their economic ties through diplomatic rapprochement, the countries’ foreign ministers said at a historic meeting on Wednesday. Closer cooperation could also help to better deal with differences of opinion, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said at a meeting with his counterpart Yair Lapid in Jerusalem. Çavuşoğlu

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Middle East

American Nakba

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — A new play to top the absurdity of “Springtime for Hitler:” “Rashida Resurrects the Nakba Legacy.” Or, “A Night at the Nakba.” Leave it to Rep. Rashida Tlaib to inspire a play that ennobles and validates the Arab failure to massacre Israel’s Jews 74 years ago — through America’s

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Bruce Ticker, International, Middle East, Opinion, USA

Graduate Students Convene to Discuss Integral Role of Israel in Contemporary Jewish Life

(JNS Wire) A group of 71 graduate students from North America and Israel came together at Eaglewood Resort & Spa in Itasca, IL, as part of The iCenter’s Master’s Concentration in Israel Education program, iFellows, which nurtures and challenges the next generation of knowledgeable and passionate educational leaders committed to the integral role of Israel

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Know the Tony Award? Meet San Diego’s Jimmy Award

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Did you know that the coveted Tony award is named for actress-producer Antoinette Perry, and will be celebrating its 75th anniversary this year? Each year since 1947 this honor has gone to the actor/actress who has demonstrated excellence in live theater. Thanks to Broadway San Diego, our local aspiring

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Parashat Bechukotai: Learning Continuously From Every Experience

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — This week’s parasha is the 33rd weekly Torah reading we’ve been learning from this year. With this parasha, we complete the reading of Sefer Vayikra, the book of Leviticus. It reads with a direct — or so it seems — promise that if we follow Hashem’s commandments, we will

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell

Burden of High Expectations, or Kleptopatria: That Was in Kiev

By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — “Kleptomania” in Greek is a morbid craving for theft, “kleptocracy” is the power of thieves, “kleptopatria” is the theft of the homeland, the taking away of the country from people born and raised in it, whose ancestors have lived in it for generations, people brought up on its culture,

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Alex Gordon, International, Jewish History

May 25 Program to Showcase JCC’s Klezmer Treasures

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Klezmer Treasures from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library will be presented Wednesday evening, May 25, 7 p.m. Register here. This third program from the three-part series, Treasures from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library, will once again be hosted by me, Eileen Wingard,

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

A Guide for the Aging

Stand-up comedians know that audiences will laugh at jokes made about the subjects which make them the most uncomfortable, including their body shapes, their sexual activity (or lack of it) and the infirmaries of age. Janet Pitler, with a Jewish knack for self-deprecating humor, puts such material into 61 poems which Bob D’Amico illustrates with imaginative cartoons.  The result: an opportunity for those of us who are aging (and who isn’t?) to laugh at ourselves – either in the quiet of our reading chair, or possibly reciting the poems aloud with our friends. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Can the Current Israeli Government Survive?

By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D   JERUSALEM — An Arab woman, a member of Meretz, announced her resignation from the government. Her situation is complex. She’s not likely to be attracted to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and she’s not committing herself to vote to disband the government. She indicates that the government hasn’t done enough

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Opinion

‘Iron’ Stars 2 of San Diego’s Finest Actresses

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — The Roustabouts Theater Co often selects plays that are provocative, sometimes dark, but always riveting. The upcoming West Coast Premiere of Iron will surely be even more compelling as it stars two of San Diego’s finest actresses. Rosina Reynolds and Kate Rose Reynolds, an actual mother/daughter duet, will inhabit

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Forget the Two State Solution Already!

By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — On May 18, The Jerusalem Post published an editorial entitled “Israel cannot abandon the two state solution.” The subtitle of the editorial is: It is time for Israel to strengthen its ties with moderate Palestinians [actually, Palestinian Arabs] and keep cooperating with pragmatic Israeli-Arabs. Unfortunately there are few

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Middle East, Opinion, Steve Kramer