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Daily Archives: September 25, 2018

UN Raises Funds for UNRWA Financial Crisis That Does Not Exist

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As of December 31, 2017, UNRWA posted a financial statement that its income rested at a stable $1.2 billion, stemming from donations from 68 donor nations and 27 other sources. http://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/overalldonor_ranking.pdf Yet on September 27, The...

Are American Jews really horrified about Israel?

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Dana Milbank, an American author and political op-ed columnist for The Washington Post, has horrified me by his latest article for his newspaper: “America’s Jews are watching Israel in horror” (washingtonpost.com 9/21/18) There’s been much talk...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets in Jerusalem with U.S. President Donald Trump's international negotiations representative Jason Greenblatt (left), U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman (second from left) and Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner to discuss the peace process in June 2017. Credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv.

The rumored ‘ultimate deal’: Potential payoffs and possible pitfalls

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The potential impermanence of the positive measures already undertaken by the Trump team should not be the only reason for Israeli concern over the brewing “ultimate deal.”  … We will not put forth a plan...

Joyce Forum Short Film Festival’s special joys

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The Joyce Forum Short Film Festival is triply new.  It will screen on October 6th and 7th at the David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre of the Lawrence Family JCC separately from the San Diego Jewish Film...

Week- long ‘Jewish Xperience’ planned Oct. 21-27

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For several years in San Diego and across the globe for one weekend, Jews in 1500 cities in 97 countries have come together to experience a personally meaningful Shabbat, build community connections and be...
Israelis walking in Jaffa street during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in Jerusalem on September 23, 2013. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Jewish American tourist celebrating Sukkot killed in Jerusalem hit-and-run

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An American Jewish tourist celebrating the Sukkot holiday in Israel was killed by a hit-and-run driver late Sunday night on the way back from prayers at Jerusalem’s Western Wall. Walking near the Paris Square intersection...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu adresses the 71st UN general assembly debate at the UN headquarters in New York City, on September 22, 2016. Photo by Kobi Gideon / GPO

Israeli and Palestinian leaders head to US for UN General Assembly, meetings with world...

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During the weeklong Sukkot holiday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves Israel on Tuesday to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York and meet world leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump. Netanyahu arrives in...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow on May 9, 2018. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

Israel, US blast Russia over S-300 transfer to Syria

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Israel and the United States strongly criticized Russia over its decision to transfer the advanced S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Moscow’s decision to...
A Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile system on display in Moscow in 2009. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Russia’s transfer of S-300 to Syria: A disturbing, but surmountable, military challenge

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The announcement by Russia on Monday to transfer its advanced S-300 air-defense system to the Syrian government within two weeks is a disturbing yet surmountable challenge to Israel. In a move that can only be...
By מינוזיג - MinoZig [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

Los ijos de Sefarad (2)

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Las Fiestas Judiyas Asigun la tradsion judiya, es defendido de invokar el nombre del Todo Podorozo en vano. Es por esta razon ke se uza el nombre de Di-o en un mizmo biervo ma aunandoLo...