I read somewhere that people stick to their New Year’s Resolutions for only two weeks. Two weeks after New Years Day, people give up. I found that a little sad.[Cailin Acosta]
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Arik Einstein (January 3, 1939 – 26 November 2013) was an Israeli singer, songwriter, actor, comedian and screenwriter. He was a pioneer of Israeli rock music and was named “the voice of Israel.” [Wikipedia]
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It is crucial to influence the public about Jews and Israel. Americans and other people worldwide have regularly bashed Israel, and that must be changed to diminish antisemitic actions. However, the Jewish people face steep obstacles to this end. I can run down a series of steps along different tracks that can help us, but no amount of money is going to boost Israel’s standing so long as the present government remains in power. [Bruce S. Ticker]
OpEd: Israel’s New PR Effort Hampered by Fact Netanyahu is Still PM Read More »
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Judah steps forward in the biblical portion of Vayyiggash, Genesis 44:18-47:31, which means “steps forward.” Judah stepped forward near Joseph to defend his younger brother Benjamin, whom Joseph was threatening. The Torah likes Judah, as do most Jews and some Christians today. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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What did President Carter bring to Menachem Begin in his cabin at Camp David, which led Begin to agree to remain and finalize the Camp David Accords? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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When it comes to the UN, anti-Israel resolutions not only are the most popular agenda items in the General Assembly and the Security Council, but resolutions against Israel often fill the calendars of the UN’s constituent agencies. [Steve Kramer]
OpEd: United Nations and its Agencies Thoroughly Biased against Israel Read More »
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The exhibition displays about 25 of Hirsch’s works in pen and wash (he worked using only shades of grey) presenting his unique and insightful way of seeing the world, whether depicting sitting or reclining models, still lifes or fantastical creatures and images. It is difficult to categorize his work, which seems to lie on the cusp between surrealism and German expressionism. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Lifestyles, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined ContributorsA week ago, I donated another pint of my O negative blood as my eight weeks had passed which made me eligible. I like to post it on my Facebook page to remind me when I donated and all those that I am friends with know I have their backs if they ever need me to save their lives. Or to also remind them to be extra nice to me as I recover and rest and hydrate. Sometimes the effects can last one to two days after. [Cailin Acosta]
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A life-long learner, Ham radio operator, ardent Zionist, Reconstructionist rabbi whose wife Ilene Schneider also is a Reconstructionist rabbi, Gans welcomed between 40 and 50 people to candle lighting ceremonies on the first night of Chanukah on Wednesday, Dec. 25, in the Cabaret Lounge, the ship’s main showroom. Azamara’s Onward had just completed a Christmas Day transit through the Panama Canal. [Donald H. Harrison]
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B’nai B’rith International is troubled—particularly during a holiday season that should unite the world’s religious communities and renew determination to address the actual sources of suffering globally—by a series of comments from Pope Francis that obscure key facts about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas-led terrorists. [B’nai B’rith International Leadership]
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The office of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas representatives are lying when they said ceasefire and hostage negotiations are being stalled by Israel imposing new conditions. [SDJW staff]
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On a recent visit to this port city, I was among a group of four Jews who were escorted by a guide to a five-month-old Sephardic congregation (Sinagoga Sefardi) established by Rabbi Joachim Montoya, a medical doctor who had converted to Judaism after learning that he was descended from a family of Conversos. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and FoodPresident Joe Biden announced he would commute the sentences of 37 of the 40 federal death row prisoners to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Among the three whose death sentences remain is Robert Bowers, who was convicted of murdering 11 people in 2018 at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue. [SDJW staff]
Killer of 11 Tree of Life Victims Remains on Death Row Read More »
International, Israel, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAJews were willing to meet with local advocates for Arabs and Muslims, but instead they confronted brazen hostility or stiff defensiveness from the Arab side. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Palestinian Advocates Refusing to Debate with Jews Read More »
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