How Gaza’s electricity crisis could spell trouble for Israel – Heritage Florida Jewish News
admin | July 14, 2017
AFP/Getty Images A Palestinian boy cooling off during a heat wave at the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, July 2, 2017.
How a Korean-Jewish entrepreneur uses food to empower immigrants – Jewish Post
simmons | July 14, 2017
NEW YORK (JTA) Several times a month Jeanette Chawki welcomes a handful of strangers into her Brooklyn home.
Southern Poverty Law Center brands some peaceful groups as ‘hate groups’ – Fox News
admin | July 14, 2017
The left-leaning Southern Poverty Law Center has come under fire for its labeling of a Christian nonprofit organization -- dedicated to defending "religious freedom, sanctity of life, and marriage and family" -- as a hate group.
Top UAE Official Slams Qatar-Owned Al-Jazeera for Anti-Semitism – TheTower.org
simmons | July 14, 2017
In the latest sign of the growing rift between the Saudi-led Gulf states and Qatar, the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates blasted Qatars Al-Jazeera network on Wednesday for promoting anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Anwar Gargash, the UAEs minister for foreign affairs, charged that Al-Jazeera promoted anti-Semitic violence by broadcasting sermons by the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Yusuf al-Qaradawi,Agence France-Presse reported
UK Hasidic school faced with closure for not teaching LGBT – The Times of Israel
simmons | July 14, 2017
An ultra-Orthodox girls elementary school in London may be forced to close after failing to meet government standards because it does not teach about homosexuality and transgender issues.
Home Movies – Arkansas Online
simmons | July 14, 2017
Norman, directed by Joseph Cedar (R, 1 hour, 58 minutes) Norman Oppenheimer is a guy who claims to have more inside information than you figure he can, who only wants a minute of your time to pitch you on a deal that could work out for everyone. He's a name dropper who tends to exaggerate his importance. Maybe you've listened politely to Norman, maybe you've brushed him off
Counseling can help you decide whether to get genetic testing – Lexington Herald Leader
richards | July 14, 2017
Lexington Herald Leader Counseling can help you decide whether to get genetic testing Lexington Herald Leader ... type of cancer, the age at diagnosis, multiple cancers in the same patient, clustering of breast, gastrointestinal and gynecologic malignancy in close relatives, or certain cancers arising in patient of Ashkenazi (central or eastern European ...
Explainer: what is pre-pregnancy carrier screening and should potential parents consider it? – The Conversation AU
admin | July 14, 2017
Couples thinking about kids can be screened for genes that may cause disease in their offspring. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recently recommended obstetricians, gynaecologists and other related health care providers offer pre-pregnancy carrier screening for genetic diseases to all patients
Peace process – Heritage Florida Jewish News
simmons | July 14, 2017
Before we were disturbed by a dust-up among Jews about the Western Wall and conversion, we were befuddled by another delegation of ranking Americans prodding Israelis and Palestinians to sit around a table and make peace. What these worthies do not grasp is that there already is peace.
Peace Is Light-Years Away – Algemeiner
simmons | July 14, 2017
If the leaders of the Palestinian Authority (PA) had invested as much time, energy and other peoples money in building a flourishing society as they do in the pursuit of death and destruction, there would be no need for outside efforts to broker peace between them and their Israeli counterparts. It takes only about 30 minutes to drive from the Muqataa compound in Ramallah to the Prime Ministers Office in Jerusalem. Yet it is still easier for dignitaries from the United States and Europe to spend hours on flights to Tel Aviv for the purpose of talking about a two-state solution than it is for PA President Mahmoud Abbas to budge in any direction other than backwards
