(JNS) A Syrian soldier was killed early on Thursday by an Israeli missile strike in southern Syria, according to official Syrian media reports. Shortly before 1 a.m., Syrian air defenses were triggered by Israeli missiles coming from the direction of the Golan Heights, a Syrian military source told the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). The […]
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Middle East
(JNS) Israel extended COVID-19 travel restrictions on Wednesday, adding Britain and Denmark to the list of “red” countries, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. The government also extended the regulations restricting entry to and exit from Israel by an additional week until Dec. 29. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and key government
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International, Middle East
Published by New York Daily News Afghanistan is tense in the aftermath of the U.S. withdrawal and the Taliban takeover. In Hong Kong, democracy is steadily being eroded. Haiti is reeling in the aftermath of political violence and natural disaster. In the Horn of Africa, war and drought threaten the lives and well-being of millions.
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International
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — For 35 years, volunteers of Congregation Beth Israel’s San Diego Hunger Project have served lunch to hundreds of people experiencing homelessness every Sunday morning at Father Joe’s Villages. Congregation Beth Israel provides food, funding, and volunteers for this program. The initiative, called the “Hunger Project,” has now distributed almost 1.5
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San Diego County
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Jewish Federation of San Diego County Board Chair Jack Maizel on Tuesday distributed the following letter: Dear Friends, Happy Hanukkah!! It is my distinct pleasure to share with you that Heidi Gantwerk has been named President and CEO of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County. Over the last six
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San Diego County
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Rabbi Dr. Dan Ornstein has written the easy-to-read “Cain v. Abel: A Jewish Courtroom Drama,” an interesting, thoughtful, eye-opening, and thought-provoking book based on the two-dozen biblical sentences in Genesis 4 that report the fraternal murder of Abel by his brother Cain. Rabbi Ornstein includes the
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(Israel Hayom via JNS) The president of the Republika Srpska of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina agreed on Monday to help exhume the bones of the grandfather and grandmother of Theodor Herzl, the father of modern political Zionism, and send them to Israel. President Željka Cvijanović visited Mount Herzl earlier this week. During
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International, Jewish History, Middle East
Published by uPolitics.com Former White House aide Jared Kushner has been soliciting billions of dollars in funding for his new investment firm from wealthy power brokers in and around the Persian Gulf, The New York Times reported on Friday. According to individuals familiar with Kushner’s dealings, has been trying to cash in on the relationships he cultivated
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Middle East
Published by Loudwire Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin delivered the second installment of their 2021 “Hanukkah Sessions” cover songs on Monday (Nov. 29). Grohl, the Foo Fighters figurehead and former Nirvana drummer, and Kurstin, the Grammy-winning producer and multi-instrumentalist from the indie pop group The Bird and the Bee, do a spirited take on the
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Jewish Celebrities, The Arts
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson ORANGE, California — Coming to the U.S. from Israel (or Europe, come to that) one of the first things that strikes you is how big everything (and everyone) is. Well, in California, where i am just now, everything is even bigger. Not necessarily better, but definitely bigger The roads and freeways are
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) — The Jewish Agency for Israel has named Rabbi Joe Schwartz as its new director of educational innovation and of Makom: The Israeli Education Lab, the organization’s central resource for educating and empowering professionals to change the conversation around Israel. Makom works to develop new models of Israel and Jewish peoplehood education,
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Yori Yalon (Israel Hayom via JNS) A 2,000-year-old silver coin experts believe may have been minted by a Temple priest was recently found in Jerusalem by an 11-year-old Israeli girl. Liel Krotokop came across the coin while helping sift archaeological debris from the excavation of the Pilgrimage Road in the City of David national
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Middle East
(JNS) Australia’s government on Wednesday designated Hezbollah in its entirety a terrorist organization. Until now, Australia has outlawed only Hezbollah’s overseas terrorism apparatus. Israel’s Foreign Ministry praised the move, saying in a statement that it would “give Australian law enforcement agencies many additional effective tools to combat the organization’s activities in Australia.” According to the
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International, Middle East
Published by Radar Online Jeffrey Epstein’s mysterious last phone call was to his girlfriend, not his mother, before his suicide. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons records obtained by The New York Times, Epstein wasn’t truthful about who he was calling on the evening of August 9, 2019. Ghislaine Maxwell Accuser To Describe ‘Repugnant’
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