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Syrian fighting decimates tourism industry
Damascus is believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. International flights into and out of the capital continued despite throughout 20-months of fighting between troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and the rebels seeking to depose him. But as of Friday, the flights have stopped.
Israel shows off its homeland security technologies to international visitors
Israel’s security technologies were on display as the country hosted two separate international contingents.
International Agunah Day Conference draws locals to support ‘chained’ women
Esther Macner, a former prosecutor and trial attorney from New York, has spent years advocating on behalf of agunot — women whose husbands have failed to give them a get, a Jewish divorce document. Now she’s on fire about getting the West Coast Jewish community to address the problem of get-refusal. Without a get, women and men are not permitted to remarry according to Orthodox Jewish law.
McCain advisors: No to Syria talks, little interest in Middle East peace process
Two McCain advisers told participants in a weekend retreat that his administration would discourage Israeli-Syrian peace talks and refrain from actively engaging in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Think you know ‘The Jazz Singer’? You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!
The Warners predicted, correctly, that \”The Jazz Singer\” would be \”without a doubt, the biggest stride since the birth of the industry.\” But the film\’s importance may not rest solely on the fact that it was the first sound film. It was also the first film to boldly address the assimilation of immigrant Jews into American culture.
Nation & World Briefs
National and world briefs, news.\nIsraeli and Palestinian ambulance services signed an agreement they hope will ease Israel\’s accession to the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement.