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Daily Archives: October 26, 2018

Friendship between Basques and Jews fuels novel

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While the Basque people of Vitoria, Spain, were Christians, like the Jews, they were outsiders, not quite like the other Christians of Castile or other parts of newly united Spain.  So, when King Ferdinand...
Artist Paul Bond adds color to a painting which he first drew in charcoal, then added an undercoat, and in this photo, added layers of color. (Photo by Shor M. Masori)

The Magic Realism of Paul Bond

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Sometimes artists derive joy from hearing what you think their paintings are about versus what message they actually intended to impart.  Paul Bond is one of those artists.  I told him that while looking...
By Felton Davis (065 Procession) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Saudi role in Yemen more brutal than Khashoggi murder

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The cold-blooded killing of the journalist Khashoggi, however gruesome, pales compared to the brutality and gross human rights violations Saudi Arabia is committing in Yemen. The Saudis are deliberately preventing food and medicine from...
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) outside the White House. Credit: Steve King via Twitter.

Will the pro-Israel community separate itself from Rep. Steve King?

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Presenting a dilemma to the pro-Israel community, Iowa Rep. Steve King, a staunch supporter of the Jewish state, has endorsed a white supremacist running in the Toronto mayoral race. Faith Goldy was fired last year by Rebel Media after...
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu meeting with Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said. Credit: Benjamin Netanyahu via Twitter.

Netanyahu, Israeli officials make secret, historic one-day visit to Oman

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a secret one-day trip to Oman on Friday, where he met with the ruler, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who has led his country for nearly 50 years. It is...
Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett presents data from the new Anti-Semitism Cyber Monitoring System. Credit: Ministry of Diaspora Affairs.

University of Winnipeg apologizes for ‘anti-Semitic statements’ at campus event

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The University of Winnipeg in Canada apologized for “anti-Semitic statements” made during a campus event on Jerusalem back in February. A university committee determined “that certain statements made at the event could be considered anti‐Semitic” under...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (in front, third from right) and Israeli defense officials tour the Jewish state’s northern border with Syria in the Golan Heights, July 25, 2017. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90.

Hezbollah expected to hide its activities in Syrian Golan

Israeli defense officials believe that the Iranian proxy Hezbollah will try to conceal its activities to resurrect its military infrastructure and capabilities in the Syrian Golan Heights, which were exposed by Israel Hayom on Thursday. Mustafa Mughniyeh, the...
From left: Professor Ron Robin, president of the University of Haifa; Professor Alfred Tauber, chairman of the Board of Governors at University of Haifa; Mayor of Haifa Yona Yahav; and Mooly Eden, chairman of the university's executive committee at the opening ceremony of the Lorry I. Lokey City Campus on Oct. 24, 2018. Credit: University of Haifa.

University of Haifa unveils its new downtown city campus

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The University of Haifa unveiled its new Lorry I. Lokey City Campus, which will comprise at least four buildings located throughout the Port of Haifa and the city’s downtown area. An opening ceremony took place...
In center: Chemi Peres (second from left), Vice President of China Wang Qishan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sara Netanyahu at the Israel-China Joint Committee on Innovation Cooperation at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation in Tel Aviv on Oct. 25, 2018. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Dedication of Peres Center for Peace and Innovation spotlights Israel-China cooperation

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Former Israeli President Shimon Peres addressed the crowd by video at the grand opening of the Innovation Center at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation. Or did he? Actually, the high-tech stunt was...
Margery B. Sterns (right), 96, a a longtime resident of San Francisco, lights the menorah with her daughter Sandra. Margery recalls her Russian immigrant parents lighting the menorah as one of her top memories of Hanukkah. Credit: Courtesy.

Menorahs, memories, magic: Hanukkah conjures up some startling senior moments

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The menorah’s candles illuminating the dark outside never truly burn out. The latkes sizzling in the pan still give off their heavenly perfume, and the dreidel of youth spins on and on, preserving forever...