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Bill Clinton Visits Western Wall, Expresses Admiration for Jerusalem’s History
JNS.org - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton visited the Western Wall on Tuesday, calling the visit “an amazing visit to a place that open ones eyes,” the Jerusalem Post reported. Clinton also toured the Western Wall tunnels and expressed admiration for Jerusalem’s long history. “I really love this place,” Clinton said, the Jerusalem Post reported. “Here we see life in Jerusalem at...
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Satmars Remove Embarrassing Anti-Army Poster After it Appears to Promote IDF Enlistment (PHOTO)British MP to IDF Soldier: ‘You Look Like a Bloody Jew’ (VIDEO)Injured Rebel Fighter Brings Letter from Syrian Doctor to Israeli Medical StaffUSA Today Publishes BDS Press Release Almost Word for Word, Accuses Israel of ‘Large-Scale Abuses of Palestinian Rights’
June 12, 2013 11:55 am
U.N. Official With History of Targeting Israel Says ‘Anti-Semitic Card’ Being Played Against Him
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June 12, 2013 11:32 am
England Soccer Coach Roy Hodgson Finds Perspective After Yad Vashem Visit
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June 12, 2013 11:21 am
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June 12, 2013 11:13 am
British MP Apologizes for Calling IDF Soldier a ‘Bloody Jew’
A former British Shadow Minister who was caught on camera describing an IDF soldier as a “bloody...
June 12, 2013 11:07 am
Comedian Russell Brand to Visit Israel, Synagogues and Mosques On Comedy Tour
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June 12, 2013 11:00 am
Report: Over 60 Shiites Killed by Syrian Rebels in Eastern Syria
Washington Post – BEIRUT — Syrian rebels have battled Shiites in a village in the...
June 12, 2013 10:24 am
Injured Rebel Fighter Brings Letter from Syrian Doctor to Israeli Medical Staff
The Syrian government, which has repeatedly accused Israel of aiding Syrian rebels in their...
June 12, 2013 7:52 am
Report: Mossad Director Meets With Head of Turkish Intelligence in Ankara
JNS.org - The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Tamir Pardo, met secretly with...
June 12, 2013 7:46 am
Netanyahu Retracts Joint Peace Statement
JPost – Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu distanced himself from an official communique...
June 12, 2013 12:47 am
Kerry to Meet With British Foreign Secretary to Discuss Syria
Al Arabiya – US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with his British counterpart...
June 12, 2013 12:46 am
White House Pledges Support for Freedom of Expression in Turkey
Jerusalem Post – WASHINGTON – The White House said on Tuesday it was concerned...
June 12, 2013 12:44 am
Israeli Border Police Shot at From Passing Vehicle
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Personalities Sports
NBA Finals a Time to Remember Legendary Jewish Coach Red Auerbach
JNS.org - At the start of each nationally televised game of the 2013 NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat, ABChas aired a film-clip montage of basketball’s great players and coaches—a montage that includes Jewish coach Arnold “Red” Auerbach, the mastermind behind nine championship teams for the Boston Celtics. Red was one of four children of Marie and Hyman Auerbach. Hyman was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who left Belarus when he was 13. The couple owned a deli and [...]
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The Marx Brothers and Jewish Identity
JNS.org - The sons of Jewish immigrants from Germany and France, the Marx Brothers became zany masters of stage and screen who continue to captivate audiences. But in addition to providing comic relief, their films captured the drama of the entry of their marginalized religion into the U.S. Wayne Koestenbaum, author of the 2012 book The Anatomy of Harpo Marx, explains that the Marx Brothers’ Jewishness as a family “was evident, marked, thoroughly legible.” “Within a family already marked as Jewish within [...]
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Arts and Culture Jewish Identity
SuperJew
For my shekels, the question of whether the comic book character Superman, is Jewish or not shouldn’t even be questioned. Born and named Kal-El by his father Jor-El, “El” is one of the ancient names for God used throughout the bible and found in great prophets such as Samue-el, Dani-el and angels Micha-el and Gavri-el and of course, Isra-el. As Simcha Weinstein in his entertaining book, “Up, Up And Oy Vey” points out, “Kal” is the root of several Hebrew [...]
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Formula 1 Road Show Thrills Jerusalem
JNS.org – Some 100,000 people attended Israel’s first-ever Formula 1 Road Show in Jerusalem on Thursday and Friday. For several hours, the controversies that normally characterize Jerusalem were put aside, and a diverse mosaic of Israelis watched up close as the motor-sport stars temporarily conquered the city. “It was an amazing experience, the most fast and furious thing I have seen,” spectator Masada Porat told Israel Hayom. “It was a rare, extreme event that explodes in your face.” Spectator Irena [...]
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Book Reviews Jewish Identity
Klara’s Journey Casts Jews in Fast-Paced Adventure Through Russian History
JNS.org – “If you’re sick, move away. Have some consideration for others,” a red army soldier scolds a slow-moving old man selling train tickets. “No, fires back the old man, proud, haughty, not realizing it’s a new country, a Bolshevik country where force heads the list instead of civility,” reads the following line in Ben G. Frank’s new novel, Klara’s Journey, released June 1. Reminiscent of Boris Pasternak’s Dr. Zhivago—whose backdrop is also a train ride across the Russian frontier during the [...]
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Personalities Theater
Nora Ephron, Famed Jewish Screenwriter, Remembered Through Tribeca Film Festival Prize
JNS.org – For filmmaker Meera Menon, no honor could have been more fitting than winning the inaugural award named after famed Jewish screenwriter and novelist Nora Ephron, the woman whose work inspired her. At the recent 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, Menon was named the first recipient of the $25,000 Nora Ephron Prize, given to a writer or director whose work embodies that of the late Ephron, who wrote the scripts for a number of hit films, including “When Harry Met [...]
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Book Reviews Personalities
Book Review: ‘Jewish Jordan’ Memoir an Important Guide for Players and Coaches
JNS.org – Despite his friends’ and family’s doubts that a young Orthodox Jewish athlete could ever play college or professional basketball without compromising his religious values, between 1999 and 2009 the “Jewish Jordan” defied conventional wisdom and found his place on the court. In his new memoir, Jewish Jordan’s Triple Threat, Tamir Goodman describes his triumphs and disappointments in life, crediting his practice of Judaism for shaping his identity as an athlete and his understanding of basketball as a team sport. [...]
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Omri Casspi, ‘Jewish Jordan’ Partner on Basketball Camps to Inspire Youths On and Off the Court
Tamir Goodman (left) and NBA forward Omri Casspi—pictured on the court of the United Center, home of the Chicago Bulls—together run basketball camps that seek to inspire youths on and off the court. Photo: Courtesy Tamir Goodman. JNS.org – Before last year, basketball camps for Jewish youths never had an instructor quite like Omri Casspi, a forward for the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Cleveland Cavaliers and the first Israeli-born player in NBA history. Casspi is a de facto ambassador for [...]
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