Jihadist Stabs 7 in N.Z. Supermarket Before He is Fatally Shot

A terrorist who went unarmed  into a Countdown supermarket in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn on Friday afternoon grabbed a knife off a shelf and attacked and injured six shoppers before he was shot and killed by two armed police.  The officers were part of a Special Tactics Squad (STS) who have had him under surveillance since 2016 when he was listed as a high security risk for his beliefs.  [John Bernard McCormick]

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International, John McCormick

The Significance of the New Signage at the Ouarzazate Tree Nursery in Morocco

By Yossef Ben-Meir, Ph.D MARRAKECH, Morocco — Twenty-seven years ago, I lived in a village called Amsouzerte in the Tifnoute Valley, the south side of the High Atlas Mountains, closeby to the burial location of the Moroccan-Hebrew saint David-Ou-Mouche. The Tifnoute community and its region long desired for the building of a fruit tree nursery

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Middle East, Yossef Ben-Meir

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, ADL Form Partnership to Combat Antisemitism

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) have agreed to form a partnership aimed at combating the alarming rise in antisemitic rhetoric and violence through education and advocacy. This partnership will make ADL’s expertise and tools readily accessible to almost 600 USCJ-affiliated synagogues through the

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USA

Bringing Israel to San Diego: The ‘Magic’ of Hosting a Young Emissary

By Jacob Kamaras LA JOLLA, California — On August 29, Jane Fantel of Carmel Valley posted a heartfelt message on Facebook to mark one year since an “amazing young woman came into my life” — referring to Klil Amar, The Jewish Agency for Israel’s ShinShinit (service year emissary) at the KAVOD Charter School, Congregation Beth

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Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County

‘These are the Developments of the Human’ Offers Novel Concept, Poetic Commentaries

These are the Developments of the Human by Ethan Daniel Davidson; self-published 2021; ISBN 1978057-883010; 459 pages; price not listed. By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Ethan Daniel Davidson’s These are the Developments of the Human is a collection of poetic commentaries on thoughts drawn from the Pentateuch. His background is

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

Young Adult Novel Deals With Miscegenation, Dysgraphia, Antisemitism

This is a story for Young Adults set in the turbulent 1960s, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down anti-miscegenation laws in 16 states via its decision in Loving v. Virginia.   Leah, a recent high school graduate, has fallen in love with Raj, whose family immigrated from India.  Raj, a business major at New York University, faces the same problem that the Jewish Leah does; his parents want him to marry within his own religion, which is Hindu. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison

Iranian Americans Motivated to Build New Bridges with Israelis

By Karmel Melamed (JNS) After a visit to Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in late July, Khosrow Beitollahi, a former Iranian air force pilot and activist against Iran’s current regime, said he was devastated to learn of the magnitude of the Nazi genocide also but inspired by the spirit of the Jewish people to rebuild

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Middle East, USA

Israeli Navy, US Navy’s Fifth Fleet Hold ‘Historic’ Exercise in Red Sea

(JNS) The Israeli Navy and the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet held a joint exercise for the first time on Tuesday in the Red Sea, in an event the IDF Spokesperson described as “historic.” “During the exercise, the two navies practiced a variety of scenarios including defense and rescue operations,” the IDF said. “The exercise saw

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Middle East, USA