The Jew, the Copt and the Yazidi
Gina Nahai
March 4, 2015
I’ll get to those three in a minute but first, let me tell you what a Muslim friend said to me a couple of months ago.
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March 4, 2015
IAC goes to Washington … and plans to stay
Jared Sichel
March 4, 2015
On the evening of March 1, just before a private Israeli-American Council (IAC) event for college students at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference in Washington, D.C., it was difficult for two of IAC’s co-founders, Shawn Evenhaim and Adam Milstein, to walk more than a few feet without being approached by attendees.
Why Santa Barbara Hillel’s largest donor is the Jewish Federation of … Boston
Jared Sichel
March 4, 2015
Rabbi Evan Goodman, executive director of UC Santa Barbara’s Hillel, was concerned when annual funding allocations from The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles were cut year after year, beginning in 2011. But he wasn’t surprised.
The art, science and history of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Naomi Pfefferman
March 4, 2015
When “Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition” opens March 10 at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, it will be the largest display of its kind ever shown outside of Israel, spotlighting 20 scrolls in two rotations, more than half of them never before seen in the United States, and some never shown publicly since their discovery in caves near the ancient settlement of Qumran, about a mile from the Dead Sea.
The best is yet to come in evolving Israeli tourism
Ryan E. Smith
March 4, 2015
Following a record year for tourism in 2013 — when 3.5 million visitors came to the Holy Land — things got off to an even better start in 2014.
Poem: The History of the Date
Jewish Journal
March 4, 2015
The poem, \’The History of the Date,\’ by Marcela Sulak.
Despite Netanyahu claim, cheap oil not seen swaying Iran behavior
Jewish Journal
March 4, 2015
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United States this week to take a tough line against Iran, he argued that world powers could always push for a better nuclear deal because the Islamic Republic was vulnerable to low oil prices.
U.S. considering possible Middle East missile defense
Jewish Journal
March 4, 2015
The U.S. military is considering sending its THAAD missile defense system to the Middle East, a senior U.S. Army general said on Wednesday, citing what he called an urgent need to respond to foes with missile systems and the will to use them.
Netanyahu’s popularity rises after U.S. speech, polls show
Jewish Journal
March 4, 2015
Israeli opinion polls on Wednesday showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got a slight boost in popularity after his U.S. speech slamming an emerging nuclear deal with Iran, but he is still running neck and neck with his leading rival in a March 17 election.
Obituaries: Week of March 6, 2015
Jewish Journal
March 4, 2015
Elaine Sabath Amromin died Jan. 30 at 93. Survived by sons Joel (Ronnie), Richard Alan, Steven Edgar, James Gregory (Charito); daughter Barbara Jean (Edward) Miles; 5 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai
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