Published by AFP Guatemala City (AFP) – US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Guatemala Sunday, bringing a message of “hope” to a region hammered by Covid-19 and which is the source of most of the undocumented migrants seeking entry to the United States. Harris, who will also visit Mexico, is making her first journey
US vice president arrives in Guatemala to bring message of ‘hope’ Read More »
USA
A half hour before the end of his mandate, Yair Lapid announced to the President the formation of a government.
It’s something of a mess. Eight or nine parties, or portions of parties. Still some issues having to be sorted out. And Bibi is not going quietly, to be head of the opposition, accused of three crimes, and in a trial that may last for years, or until there’s an agreement about a plea bargain. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]
Bye Bye Bibi — But Not Yet Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
A cardiovascular risk reduction symposium to be presented on Zoom from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, June 17, focuses on strategies to reduce cardiovascular risk by utilizing proven lifestyle approaches. Prevention and optimizing cardiovascular health is as important as diagnosing heart disease. Wellness is not the absence of disease. More than 50% of heart attacks occur in people who otherwise appear well i.e. they are asymptomatic. [Dennis Goodman, M.D.]
Symposium June 17 to Explore Heart Health Read More »
San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
Published by Reuters By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday a newly formed Israeli coalition that is poised to unseat him was the result of “the greatest election fraud” in the history of democracy. He made his sweeping accusation at a time when Israel’s domestic security chief has warned
Israel’s Netanyahu alleges election fraud, accuses rival of duplicity Read More »
Middle East
Published by DPA Never before have so many offices been at stake on an election day in Mexico: Citizens of the Latin American country will be casting their ballots on Sunday for over 20,000 positions. All 500 seats of Mexico’s lower house of parliament are up for grabs, as are 15 of the country’s 31
Mexico begins biggest election in history – also one of the bloodiest Read More »
International
I am always surprised and rather dismayed whenever I hear my fellows disparage the vocal production of our avian cousins. Do you not know, I want to say, that many birds – from the nightingale to the song sparrow – are consummate musicians? The Lyrebird, that clears a patch of forest floor, prepares his stage on which to sing and dance. Is this not an artist, in the most complete sense? Birdsong is indeed music, a spontaneous expression of how a particular bird experiences and feels the world. So much so that some birds have been known to sing with such intensity and passion that their little hearts have burst in the very e ecstasy of the transport – as if their poor frames could not contain the overwhelming spiritual force of the music. [Sam Ben-Meir]
Short Story: ‘The Conductor’ Read More »
Jewish Fiction, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir
Despite Israel’s strict adherence to international law and the use of limited proportionate force against the terrorist targets, the unrelenting global hate chorus accuses the IDF of war crimes. Hamas has been very clever in selling itself as the victim on social media, and the new battlefield front of multidimensional public opinion. [Nitsana Darshan-Leitner]
Hamas Winning Propaganda War on Social Media Read More »
International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
In the June 6, 2021 edition of Israel’s good news, highlights include:
–An Israeli Covid-19 treatment cures 10 severely ill patients in one day.
–An Israeli study proves that being positive can increase longevity.
–An Israeli airline is commencing flights to Marrakesh.
–Israelis have developed synthetic spider silk and “no-bee” honey.
–Foreign tourist group tours to Israel have restarted.
–The first Israeli woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
–Take a hi-tech look inside Jerusalem’s refurbished Tower of David Museum.
(Michael Ordman0
Good News from Israel (June 6, 2021) Read More »
Business & Finance, International, Jewish History, Michael Ordman, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, The World We Share, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA
Published by AFP Matamoros (Mexico) (AFP) – Standing in her kitchen Alma Beatriz Serrano Ramirez waves a small board in front of her phone, hoping the students watching on the other end are paying attention to the math lesson she is teaching. The 38-year-old Honduran migrant had dreamed of settling in the United States but
Migrant school forced online by Covid unites children on Mexico border Read More »
International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Bar-Giora Goldberg’s The Mind is Mightier: Reflections on the Historic Rise of Cognition and Complexity offers a novel and panoramic view about the cognitive evolution of the human race—not an easy topic, but it is one that the author transforms into an exciting intellectual journey. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]
How Humans Mentally Shape Our World Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
Published by BANG Showbiz Two cookbooks owned by Marilyn Monroe are set to be auctioned off. The late actress – who died in 1962 – owned books entitled ‘The New Fanny Farmer Boston Cooking-School Cook Book’ and ‘The New Joy of Cooking’, and it has now been confirmed both tomes will be going up for
Marilyn Monroe’s cookbooks to be auctioned off for $75,000 Read More »
Travel and Food, USA
Published by USA Features Media (USA Features) Noted constitutional expert and Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Saturday former President Donald Trump’s enemies are trying to “use the law in a weaponized way” to attack him politically using lawsuits premised on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. “I think what he did was protected as
Alan Dershowitz Says Trump’s Enemies Are Weaponizing Law to Use Against Him Read More »
Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
Published by Al-Araby Honduras will open an embassy in Jerusalem this month, the country’s president said on Thursday, in a bid to build closer ties with Israel after decades of operating in Tel Aviv. The central American nation previously opened a commercial office in Jerusalem, breaking a decades-long policy of neutrality in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Honduras to open embassy in Jerusalem Read More »
Middle East
Published by Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines — Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana as envoy to Israel and Cyprus and at the same time the apostolic delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine. The 73-year-old Filipino prelate would have to vacate his post as apostolic nuncio in Australia, a post he has occupied since 2015,
Pope appoints Filipino bishop as envoy to Holy Land Read More »
Middle East