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Theater review: 'The Merchant of Venice'

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 11 Jul 2016
By the time the Jewish ... An online service is needed to view this article in its entirety....

US group celebrates Poles who saved Jews during Holocaust

Edit Times Union 11 Jul 2016
A group of Polish Christians who risked their own lives to help Jews during the Holocaust were brought together Sunday to be honored by a New York City-based Jewish organization that provides financial aid to these rescuers — an attempt to give back something to people who gave the gift of life to thousands of Jews in Europe's darkest days....

Hatred Just Grows and Grows

Edit Antiwar 11 Jul 2016
The settlers terrorize their Arab neighbors, Arab boys throw rocks and improvised fire-bombs at passing Jewish cars on the highroads where they themselves are not allowed to drive ... In the futuristic novel he wrote in German at the beginning of last century, called Altneuland ("Old-new Land"), he described in detail life in the future Jewish State....

In the West Bank, illegal outposts pose a paradox

Edit Stars and Stripes 11 Jul 2016
ESH KODESH, West Bank — Los Angeles native Aaron Katsof thinks it is "absurd" that even the Israeli government considers his Jewish village here an "illegal outpost." ... More than 400,000 Israelis live in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, and their conservative votes helped boost Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to victory in 2015 ... "Settler ideology is that Jewish dominance of the land has to be total....

Don’t believe that Washington state is awash in anti-Semitism

Edit The Seattle Times 11 Jul 2016
Crying wolf diminishes Jewish claims to sympathy. If you exaggerate the threat when you need the world’s support, they will remember the times you stretched the truth and not be there when you need them ... ....

Reaching out to descendants of conversos

Edit The Jerusalem Post 11 Jul 2016
President of "Reconectar" says he receives emails from people around the world who discover Jewish ancestry ... ....

Israel find may help solve mystery

Edit China Daily 11 Jul 2016
DNA tests may show origins of the biblical Philistines ... where did the ancient Philistines come from?. The Philistines left behind plenty of pottery ... they did not want to attract ultraorthodox Jewish protesters, Master said ... In the past, the ultraorthodox have staged demonstrations at excavations where human remains are found, arguing that the remains could be Jewish and that disturbing them would violate a religious prohibition ... ....

Missouri GOP candidates for governor talk LGBT issues

Edit The Miami Herald 11 Jul 2016
He questioned the need for businesses to provide services for same-sex couples getting married if it's against their beliefs and said it's similar to expecting a Jewish baker to decorate a cake with a swastika ... She supported the proposed constitutional amendment to allow businesses citing religious beliefs to deny wedding-related goods and services to same-sex couples....

Heymann brothers plot Dov Khenin doc

Edit Screen Daily 11 Jul 2016
EXCLUSIVE ... Fraternal film-making duo Barak and Tomer Heymann of Tel Aviv-based Heymann Brothers Films are plotting two new features, including a documentary about communist politician Dov Khenin, the only Jewish-Israeli member from political alliance Joint Arab List to be elected into Parliament (Knesset) ... Many of the scenes are being filmed in the Knesset ... ....

Israeli attorney-general orders inquiry linked to Netanyahu

Edit Indian Express 11 Jul 2016
(Source. AP) ... Share This Article. Related Article. Israeli cabinet approves bill defining country as Jewish state Netanyahu to press Obama for no let-up on Iran pressure Benjamin Netanyahu lashes out at Iran 'terrorism' in Cyprus Israel threatening to quit UN probe into flotilla Netanyahu holds marathon talks on Israel-Hamas swap Netanyahu mystery trip sets off flap in Israel ... 6, slideMargin. 3 }); }); ... ....

Egypt foreign minister in rare Israel visit to boost Palestinian peace process

Edit Belfast Telegraph 11 Jul 2016
Egypt's foreign minister paid a rare visit to Jerusalem to try to revive the prospect of a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians ... Share Go To ... Mr Netanyahu has endorsed the idea of an independent Palestinian state, but he opposes a return to Israel's pre-1967 borders and has continued to build Jewish settlements on occupied lands ... "The plight of the Palestinian people becomes more arduous every day ... AP. ....

Sharon Robinson helps make FanFest memories

Edit MLB 11 Jul 2016
The line stretches around a corner, filled with children and grown men, families, couples and solo travelers, Red Sox and Yankees die-hards ... But it's not the scenery the dozens in line are waiting to see ... Neither, for that matter, do the people waiting ... The story is told from the viewpoint of a fictitious 8-year-old who hears rumors of an African-American family moving into his 1948 Brooklyn Jewish neighborhood ... Only at FanFest ... ....

Here's Team USA's new 'fierce five' in women's gymnastics for the Rio Olympics

Edit Yahoo Daily News 11 Jul 2016
View photo. The U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics team, clockwise from top left. Ashton Locklear (alternate) Aly Raisman, Madison Kocian, Gabrielle Douglas, Ragan Smith (alternate), Simone Biles, MyKayla Skinner (alternate) and Lauren Hernandez. (AP Photo). SAN JOSE, Calif. – The U.S ... The group is as diverse in background as it is in age, with two African-Americans (Douglas and Biles), a Latina (Hernandez), and a Jewish-American (Raisman)....
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