By Gedaliah Borvick JERUSALEM — Buying a home in Israel is very different than in the U.S. The language is different, the payment structure is usually different, the legal process is different, and the numbers are different. Let’s focus on some of the numbers: Floors In the U.S., if you look at an apartment on […]
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Business & Finance, Gedaliah Borvick, Lifestyles, Middle East
By Alex Gordon, Ph.D HAIFA, Israel — During the Russia-Ukraine war a history is made, which is important in itself, but which cannot undo the history of the relationship between Ukrainians and Jews. Ukraine is bleeding, but this misfortune does not blot out the rivers of blood shed by Jews in Ukraine throughout its history.
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Alex Gordon, Holocaust, International, Middle East, Opinion
By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) A 10-day, large-scale American-Israeli navy drill recently included joint activities by medical personnel from both fleets, including the setting up of a hospital at sea onboard Israel’s largest type of sea vessel. The Deputy Surgeon General of the Israeli Navy, Lt. Cdr. Dr. Y, told JNS in recent days that the
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Middle East, USA
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Professor Abraham A. Sion — author of the interesting, significant, and eye-opening book “To Whom Was The Promised Land Promised?” — knows the subject of the Israeli and Arab claims to the land of Israel better than most people. He served as deputy state attorney for
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Middle East
By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Last week four Israelis were stabbed to death in Beer Sheva; two Border Police officers were shot to death in Hadera; five Israelis, including one Christian Arab police officer, were shot to death in the Haredi city of Bnei Brak; another Israeli was stabbed and seriously injured while riding
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Opinion
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — It goes without saying that a certain amount of cognitive dissonance is inevitable in the psyche of anyone living in Western society in this day and age. Our mental balance depends on finding a way of coping with the situations in which we find ourselves. Recent events in
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Opinion
We’re interested in the turnaround of the Ford family, starting with automotive pioneer Henry Ford, who was a vicious antisemite, and continuing with his grandson Henry Ford II, known as “Hank the Deuce,” who became a large supporter of Jewish and Zionist causes, and onto Bill Ford, Ford Motor Co’s current executive chairman. who traveled in 2019 to Tel Aviv to inaugurate a new Ford Research Center there. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Business & Finance, California, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Technology, Travel and Food, USA
(JNS Wire) As they navigated the challenges of the past two years, synagogues offered their members online programming for everything from Shabbat and High Holy Day services to Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. Now, as COVID-19 restrictions ease and congregations reunite in person, Jewish National Fund-USA has one message for rabbis nationwide: “Seize the moment. It’s
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Middle East, USA
By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) The recent string of deadly terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians has once again brought into focus the Israel Police’s large number of missions and how these can stretch it to the limit. It was police officers who heroically entered into gun battles with heavily armed terrorists in Hadera and Bnei Brak
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Middle East
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — StandWithUs has launched a campaign, encouraging people to email the Administration and Congress, supporting the right of Congress to review all nuclear deals with Iran’s regime. “The American people have a right to know all the details of the proposed nuclear deal before it is finalized,” said Roz Rothstein, CEO
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International, Middle East, USA
Published by Reuters (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden offered condolences on Wednesday in a call with Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett a day after a Palestinian gunman killed five people in a Tel Aviv suburb, the latest in a string of fatal attacks, the White House said. “Biden … express(ed) his deepest condolences following
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Middle East
Published by DPA Following the bloodiest week in Israel for 16 years, Defence Minister Benny Gantz announced on Wednesday that 1,000 soldiers are to be deployed to support Israeli police in ensuring public safety. Following a shooting in the community of Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv that left five people dead on Tuesday, Israeli forces
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Middle East
By Dorian de Wind The Moderate Voice Boris Romantschenko, 96, was laid to rest March 24 in a simple funeral held in haste during a lull in the bombing of his hometown of Kharkiv and attended only by four loved ones — one of them his granddaughter, Julia Romantschenko. The Los Angeles Times has a
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Dorian de Wind, Holocaust, International, Middle East, Opinion, USA
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Natalie Shclover displayed courage and integrity when she confronted Israel-bashing at the University of Connecticut a month ago, yet she made an error in judgment that boomeranged on her and offset a more productive outcome. In an “open letter” posted by The Times of Israel, Shclover recalled spotting posters
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Bruce Ticker, Middle East, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA