Published by NJArts.net Jon Stewart responds to press coverage of his comments on the “Harry Potter” movies. After an article appeared on Newsweek.com headlined, “Jon Stewart Accuses J.K. Rowling of Antisemitism in ‘Harry Potter,’ “ and many other media outlets picked up the story as well, Stewart denied that’s what he was doing in his […]
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USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Across the pond, Jewish leaders are protesting the BBC’s news coverage of an incident in which pro-Palestinian advocates threatened Jewish bus passengers in London. The BBC is accused by Marie van der Zyl, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, of falsely reporting that Jews on the
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Bruce Ticker, International, Middle East, USA
LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — On Thursday, American Jewish University (AJU) announced the launch of Maven, its new digital platform that features live events, online classes, and an on-demand library of dynamic Jewish content. Maven is available to individual community members and offers several different innovative partnership models through which Jewish organizations across the world
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — When one of my two sisters asked me to try and find a document about our father, who died 20 years ago, I remembered the filing cabinet. Twenty years ago it took my sisters and me many months to sort through his possessions and dispose of them. His
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Lifestyles
U.S. District Court Judge Cynthia Bashant was absolutely right to reject the joint recommendation of the defense and the prosecution to put Goldstein on four months home confinement followed by probation — without serving any hard prison time. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Shanda File, USA
Published by The Street By Veronika Bondarenko The purchase helps the company deliver on its pledge to increase cyber safety. As part of its pledge to amp up cyber safety, Google (GOOGL) – Get Alphabet Inc. Class A Report started off the new year by acquiring Israeli cybersecurity startup Siemplify. While neither company released the
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USA
By Israel Kasnett (JNS) As Lebanon’s citizens deal with a collapsing economy and a paralyzed government, murmurings of dissatisfaction with Hezbollah, Iran’s terror proxy in Beirut, have begun to surface. But experts say it is unrealistic to believe Hezbollah’s iron grip on the country will loosen. These simmering tensions were expressed even more publicly in
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Middle East
By Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D (JNS) South African archbishop and Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu, who died on Dec. 26 at the age of 90, was justifiably hailed as a champion of racial equality, especially related to his role in helping to dismantle South Africa’s system of apartheid. But while he is widely recognized for
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International, Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — More than a year since claims surfaced of a “stolen” or “rigged” election, and 12 months after the Capitol insurrection, conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election are alive and well. These lies have the potential to fuel future domestic extremist attacks, according to a new report from ADL (the
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USA
By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) The signing of a Letter of Agreement between Israel and the U.S. on Dec. 30 for the purchase of 12 Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky-made heavy lift helicopters, of the CH-53K King Stallion model, represents a long-awaited step that will enable the Israeli Air Force to begin modernizing its aging fleet of transport helicopters.
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Middle East, USA
Published by DPA The number of new coronavirus infections in Israel has reached an all-time high since the beginning of the pandemic, with the prime minister saying an Omicron “storm” was intensifying. The Israeli Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that 11,978 new cases had been registered within 24 hours. The previous highest number was
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Middle East
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. When it comes to mitzvot, we often choose which are more comfortable, which make more sense and ultimately which we will do and not do. But as the Zohar points out, the positive commandments of which there are 248, and the negative commandments of which there are 365, correlate to
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Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Michael Mantell
By Alon Ben-Meir, Ph.D NEW YORK — Unless the Republicans and Democrats put the nation above their party and personal interests, our democracy will face the gravest danger in more than a hundred years. Authoritarianism will creep in, leading to the collapse of American political institutions and the demise of our democracy as we know
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Alon Ben-Meir, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, former director at Chabad of Poway, was sentenced in federal court today to 14 months in custody for his years-long, multi-million-dollar schemes to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, several San Diego Fortune 500 companies, and multiple public and private agencies. He was also ordered to pay restitution
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San Diego County