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University of Haifa professor's book on emotional intelligence wins PROSE award

  HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–What We Know About Emotional Intelligence, a book by Prof. Moshe Zeidner, Director of the Laboratory for Research in Personality, Emotions, and Individual Differences at the University of Haifa, with G. Matthews and R. Roberts, has received the PROSE Award for the most outstanding book in the category of Biomedicine and […]

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A blunt message for lawbreakers in the Arab-Israeli conflict

 By Bruce S. Ticker   PHILADELPHIA–Neither the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. nor Mahatma Gandhi whined when they were jailed. They knew they violated the local burg’s usually unjust laws; endured their punishment like adults; and never blamed the Jews.   Not so the 11 overgrown delinquents who disrupted Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren’s speech

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Middle East, USA

The Folly of America Training the Palestinian Army

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C.– Fairly authoritative sources have noted that Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton, the U.S. Army general responsible for training Abu Mazen’s Palestinian security force/army, has become increasingly marginalized by the Fatah government. Last summer his staff was reportedly no longer directly involved in training or planning and had been “expelled” from the

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Havya heard of the Hurva?

By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California –What the heck is the Hurva, and what is its current role in Israel-Palestinian and Israel-US tensions?  The Hurva (“ruin” or “wreck” in Hebrew) has become a target for the Palestinian campaign to denigrate Israel’s Jewish heritage, and the Obama administration is cooperating. Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu is trying to

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RJC denounces congressman's comments calling for Berlin-style airlift to Gaza

WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 17, 2010) — The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), Wednesday called on President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to repudiate remarks by Rep. Brian Baird (Democrat, Washington) calling for U.S. intervention to break the Israeli “blockade” of Gaza. We find Rep. Baird’s comment disturbing and troubling on many levels. According to

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Middle East, USA

Ceremonies mark beginning of construction of Sha'ar Hanegev's protected school

  SIGNERS–Clockwise, they are Barbara Sherman, Steve Morris, Alon Schuster and Aharale Rothstein {Ulla Hadar photo} By Ulla Hadar SHA’AR HANEGEV, Israel — With tractors due to roll onto the property the next day to begin construction of the Sha’ar Hanegev Educational Village, representatives of the municipality, school administration and the United Jewish Federation of

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Middle East, San Diego Calendar

Orthodox in Israel struggle with allegations of sexual abuse by Rabbi Elon

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–An Orthodox rabbi appeared on a prime time television news program to explain his rationale as one of numerous rabbis who signed a statement reiterating that sexual relations between men was a violation of the Torah, but indicating that homosexuals should be welcome in the community of believers. They should be allowed

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