By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org HOUSTON, Texas – As Jewish media far and wide started picking up on the story of the recent devastating flood in Houston, which hit Jewish-heavy neighborhoods particularly hard, JNS.org was (in my own estimation) conspicuously late to join the reporting. That is by design. I am both our editor and a resident of […]
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Jacob Kamaras, The World We Share, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — I live on a crowded, subtropical island in the Western Pacific, on the opposite side of the “Pacific Pond” from readers in San Diego. And just south of Taiwan is the Philippines. We are neighbors. You can fly there in one hour, it’s that close. So when Typhoon
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The World We ShareBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Edward L. Rubin is a professor at Vanderbilt University Law School and a former dean there. He is also the author of several important academic books, among them Soul, Self, and Society: The New Morality and the Modern State, published last year by Oxford University Press. Born in Brooklyn
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The World We Share, USAWho Cares? By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — It’s clear from recent anti-Israel resolutions that the United Nations doesn’t care what happens in the Middle East. In contrast, Israel continues unfazed to perform the good deeds that a caring world really should be cheering. Another two wounded Syrians were brought in for emergency care last
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – A little-known office in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Wildlife Services, is responsible for intervening when an animal becomes a threat or serious nuisance to humans. On many occasions, the animal is ultimately killed. However, the reasons as to why or how is rarely made available to the public.
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The World We Share, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Jewish Federation of San Diego County is mobilizing a communal response to the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal and caused widespread destruction throughout Southern Asia earlier this week. San Diegans can donate at http://jewishinsandiego.org/nepal-earthquake-relief 100 % of all donations will go directly to those affected by the earthquake.
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International, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –Barry Lord is a Canadian visionary, an independent scholar and the author of a very important book that came out last year titled “Art & Energy: How Culture Changes.” In his mid-70s now, he is at the top of his game and his book deserves a wide audience. Known
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By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Everyone knows what an “everything bagel” is, and if you don’t it’s time to Google it both as a news item and a photo image so you can see the round bread with a hole in it up close and personal Unlike a “pizza with everything,” the “everything
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The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — There’s a new movie in town, well, not yet, but it’s “coming soon,” as they say in the movie biz, and it’s called Chloe and Theo. The co-star is an Inuit man from Canada named Theo Ikummaq who plays himself in the climate-themed flick, and it’s not an
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The World We ShareBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — With the fifth season of the HBO hit series Game of Thrones starting this week, the Reuters News Service in London published a story the other day asking in the headline: ”Is ‘Game of Thrones’ aiding the global debate on climate change?” The reporter on the story was Kyle
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By Marti E Kranzberg SAN DIEGO– Moses taught us the importance of speaking up and using our voice. Each of us has a voice. I happen to have many. As a professional voice-over talent sometimes I get to play a variety of people and share information for commercials, tutorials, and promotions. It’s a fun and creative
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San Diego County, The World We ShareBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — He’s the author of academic books about law and justice, he’s very concerned about climate change, and he’s Jewish. Brooklyn born, he lives now in Nashville. Meet Edward L. Rubin, a professor at Vanderbilt University Law School and a former dean of the Law School. The author of
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The World We ShareBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — When I heard recently that the well-known sci-fi novelist Alan Dean Foster was one of the contributors included in a new anthology of science fiction stories titled Loosed Upon the World, I sent him an email to his home in Arizona and asked what it was like growing
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The World We ShareBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –Jewish writers did not invent science fiction, but they played an important part in its evolution as both editors and foot soldiers. David Brin, one of America’s top sci-fi novelists and the author of “The Postman,”once told me that the Hollywood film “Soylent Green’’ was based on Harry Harrison’s
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