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December 3, 2015
Jewish themes resonate in foreign-language-film Oscar race
The annual Academy Award competition for best foreign-language (non-English) film has been described as the World Cup or Olympics of international cinema, and this year, each of 81 countries, ranging from Afghanistan to Vietnam, has entered its best movie.
Beyond prayer, we must take action on gun violence
We are in anguish in the aftermath of another mass shooting – this one in our own backyard.
A prayer of healing from tragedy
Our hearts are breaking, God,
As our nation buries the innocent and the brave.
Nigella Lawson keeps it simple
Nigella Lawson has achieved that ever-elusive balance other so-called domestic goddesses can only strive for.
Rubio pledges to reinstate Bush letter to Sharon
Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio pledged to reinstate the from President George W. Bush to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in 2004 in recognizing large settlement blocs in the West Bank as part of Israel.
Trump questions Israel’s commitment to peace
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday questioned Israel’s commitment to take the necessary steps in pursuing a lasting peace with the Palestinians.
Several Jewish youths arrested in connection with Duma firebomb attack
Several Jewish Israeli youths have been arrested in connection with an arson attack that killed three members of a Palestinian family, one of them an 18-month-old baby.
Obama says motive for California shooting not yet clear
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday that investigators do not yet know why two suspects killed 14 people and wounded 17 others in a mass shooting in Southern California, but vowed that the FBI and law enforcement would \”get to the bottom of this.