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Israel Denies Netanyahu To Address US Congress Over Jewish Holiday

Published by IBTimes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Tuesday denied American media reports that he will address the US Congress on June 13, amid mounting pressure to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas. Netanyahu’s office told Israeli media the date of his speech to Congress had “not been finalised”, but it would not […]

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‘Cheesecake’ Refers to Dessert on Shavuot

As Shavuot is almost here, we eagerly anticipate the receiving of the Torah. Below I mention a few events around our town because making the journey to Mount Sinai is out of many of our budgets and that is a long plane flight. [Cailin Acosta]

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Israel Tries Out Quick Entry Pass for U.S. and German Visitors

Beginning with a pilot phase on June 1, travelers from the United States and Germany can apply for the Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA-IL), which will speed up online confirmations and allow for a simplified, stress-free, entry process through electronic check-in machines when visiting Israel. [Press Release]

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Need a Breast Cancer Screening? ‘You Are Not Alone’

Many of us women realize it is time to focus on our health and start to get screenings we did not think we would need. My dear friend, Andrea Schnieder will be sharing her breast cancer story at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 30, for Chabad of East County. All those in attendance will receive a signed copy of her book You Are Not Alone. [Cailin Acosta]

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San Diego Jewish Federation Women’s Report: To Cuba With Love

Still, Jewish life exists in Cuba. At Temple Beth Sholom (a Reform synagogue and community center in Havana), Shabbat services take place whenever there is food for Shabbat dinner, usually from visiting groups like ours. They gather for Shabbat despite not having a rabbi anywhere in Cuba. The congregants have learned to do everything themselves, often even offering special blessings to young couples and others leaving Cuba to make Aliyah. [Heidi Gantwerk]

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OpEd: The Lion’s Trail Passes Through Desert City of Dimona

David Ben Gurion toyed with the idea of a revived Mamshit becoming the Capital of Israel if the state ever came to be. Necessity was reality. Ben Gurion declared Israel’s independence in Tel Aviv in 1948. Dimona was too remote, too hard to get to, and endured a harsh climate [Jerry Klinger]

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Book Teaches Children about Trying New Foods, Diversity

In this Australian-based story, when the Jewish community has a cholent competition, onlookers and most other competitors are surprised when Amira, whose Jewish roots are in Iraq, stuffs a chicken with such ingredients as garlic, ginger, onion, paprika, baharat, cinnamon,  and rice.  She cooked the stuffed chicken inside a mixture of sauteed tomatoes and cardamon, hard-boiling eggs on the side. [Donald H. Harrison]

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‘Stir’ Brings Smellovision to the Globe.  

Mariana (Lopez) and Henry (Perez) are siblings who live in different parts of the country and are doing what so many of us did during the pandemic, they’re having a video chat on Zoom.  Henry, who lives with their father Papi (Al Rodrigo), wants to know how to make his late mother’s Cuban black beans and Mariana is trying to talk him through it.   [Sandi Masori]

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Senators: Protestors calling for violence against Jews should be on No-Fly List

Published by The Center Square (The Center Square) – Republican U.S. Sens. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced two measures that, if passed, would achieve a similar objective: to place on the No Fly List individuals who are encouraging violence against Jewish persons and supporting terrorist organizations. They introduced a bill, the No

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Israeli security bars wrestling team from competing in Turkey for Olympic qualifier

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], May 5 (ANI/TPS): The Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) barred a delegation of five wrestlers from flying to Istanbul for an Olympic qualifying event on May 9-13. The ban effectively ends the team’s hopes of competing in the Paris Olympics in August. “I’m disappointed, but I knew that

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