Chaos has brought community to the Westside Jewish Community Center (JCC), where Shalhevet High School is operating for its 2014-2015 school year as construction proceeds on its actual campus.
It’s tempting to think bullying would never happen among nice Jewish kids at a nice Jewish day school. But the statistics tell another story.
A U.S. official denied a report published by Israel Hayom that the U.S. prevented the FBI from aiding Israel in the search for IDF soldier Oron Shaul, who was initially feared kidnapped during Operation Protective Edge. Shaul was later deemed to be killed in battle.
Sixty years ago the Algerians revolted against the French who had ruled them for more than 120 years.
Any mother, Jewish or otherwise, would kvell over the accomplishments of her three sons, although at the moment she might wish that the youngest one weren’t constantly in the news.
It is easy to look to religion for an explanation of why young men – and some women – become radicalized. But it is psychology, not theology, that offers the best tools for understanding radicalization-and how best to undo it.
Iraqi pilots who have joined Islamic State in Syria are training members of the group to fly in three captured fighter jets, a group monitoring the war said on Friday, saying it was the first time the militant group had taken to the air.
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