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2024-05-07

Israel's decision on Monday evening to send a negotiation team to Cairo was a 'mistake' and a 'fall into a manipulative trap' set by Hamas, Qatar, and Egypt, said in a written statement on Tuesday. Israel's war cabinet decided to send the team, which it defined as a "ranking delegation," after Hamas announced on Monday that it had proposed to it by Egypt. In parallel, the cabinet decided to continue Israel's military operation in Rafah. "This is the time to press harder and harder on [Hamas leader Yahya] Sinwar's and Hamas's throat until they are destroyed. To speak only with fire. We cannot surrender to international pressure, and cannot stop until victory and vanquishing the enemy," Smotrich wrote. "This is our and we must win," he added. "In order for this to happen and for us to disconnect Hamas's oxygen valves, we must act today according to three steps that will bring quiet back to residents of the South." The first was the "complete conquering of the Rafah city and region"; the second was "destroying all of the underground [tunnels] in Rafah and its surroundings"; and the third was "complete control" over the Rafah border crossing and the Gaza-Egypt border road, known as "Philadelphi." "Immediately afterwards, we can continue to Deir-al-Balah and Nuseirat in the [refugee] camps in the center [of the Gaza Strip], and complete the dismantling of the Hamas battalions that remain there," Smotrich concluded. The finance minister threatened in recent weeks that a decision to cancel an invasion of Rafah as part of a hostage deal would lead to him leaving the government along with his seven MKs. However, two opposition parties – Yesh Atid and Ra'am – said on Monday that they would provide necessary votes in order to push forwards with a deal. A minister from the Likud reasoned in a conversation with The Jerusalem Post on Monday that even if Smotrich decided to leave the government, the chances that he will also support a bill to disperse the Knesset and bring down the government were low, as Smotrich is polling below the electoral threshold and bringing down a right-wing government may make him even more unpopular. ...قراءة المزيد

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2024-04-20

(JTA) - Fred Neulander, a New Jersey rabbi serving a life sentence for hiring hit men to murder his wife Carol in 1994, has died in prison. He was 82. The New Jersey Department of Corrections website lists Neulander as deceased and says his “date out of custody” was Thursday. Local news outlets are reporting that Neulander was found unresponsive in a prison infirmary and pronounced dead on Wednesday. In a case that riveted the Philadelphia area and for years, Neulander, the founding rabbi of the 1,000-family M’kor Shalom in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, was convicted in 2002 of paying confessed killers Len Jenoff and Paul Michael Daniels to murder his wife so that he could freely carry on a love affair with former Philadelphia radio personality Elaine Soncini. Carol Neulander, 52, was found lying dead in a pool of blood on the living room floor of the family home in Cherry Hill in November 1994. She had been brutally bludgeoned to death. Neulander resigned from the synagogue several months later, after investigators found evidence of his affair, but he was not arrested for nearly four years. Neulander’s first trial on the murder charges ended in a hung jury. But on Nov. 20, 2002, eight years and 19 days after the murder of his wife, the Reform rabbi, 61 years old at the time, was found guilty on all counts for capital murder, felony murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Camden County Assistant Prosecutor James Lynch later described the slaying as a classic case of murder for hire. Approximately 70 US and Israeli victims of October 7 filed a lawsuit with a US federal court, seeking restitution from Iran as a sponsor of Gazan terrorist organizations in January. (credit: UNSPLASH/CLAIREANDERSON) He was spared the death penalty only after the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the sentence, as required under . Jenoff, who had been posing as the rabbi’s private investigator, confessed to a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter that he was the rabbi’s hit man. He later came forward and confessed his role in the crime to investigators from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office. Jenoff and Daniels were both released from prison in 2014 after spending about 14 years in custody. In 2016, a state appeals court rejected a request to overturn . From behind bars, Neulander continued to deny his role in the murder. “My behavior was appalling in my marriage and I’m going to have to live with that for the rest of my life. It was arrogant and it was selfish, and that burden, I will just carry for the rest of my life,” Neulander told NBC10 in 2012. “I knew better. I should have behaved better. It’s just that simple.” A musical about the murder, titled “A Wicked Soul in Cherry Hill,” was produced in Los Angeles in 2022, over the objections of the Neulanders’  three children, who survive him. Neulander was also the author of a memoir about his rabbinate, “Keep Your Mouth Shut and Your Arms Open: Observations From the Rabbinic Trenches,” which he published under a pseudonym, Adam Plony, during his first trial in 2001. A nonfiction book about the case, “The Rabbi and the Hit Man,” by Arthur Magida, was the basis for several television documentaries. In the book, Magaida captures the huge distance between Neulander’s standing in his suburban congregation and the sordid details of the murder for hire. “On the Tuesday night of Carol’s murder, Fred had stayed at the synagogue later than usual,” wrote Magida. “M’kor Shalom was always busy on Tuesdays, with choir practice in the evening and lots of meetings for adults while their kids attended religious classes.” ...قراءة المزيد

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2024-04-03

Nearly every season since 1973, Americans have tuned in to ABC to watch Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 sand-and-sandals epic “The Ten Commandments.” This year, Netflix picked the season to premiere “Testament: The Story of Moses,” a docudrama retelling the Exodus with expert commentary from religious leaders across a variety of Jewish, Christian and Muslim denominations. The series — the company’s first foray into the growing faith-based movie marketplace — debuted as the No. 1 show on the streaming platform. What edge does “Moses” have over the show it displaced from the top spot, the big-budget sci-fi drama “Three Body Problem”? Not great reviews, that’s for sure: The few takes on “Testament” have been negative, citing “mediocre” visual effects, biblical inaccuracies, and claims of empty attempts to anachronistically interpret Moses’s story as one of social justice. But Rabbi Maurice Harris, one of the onscreen Jewish commentators and the author of “Moses: A Stranger Among Us,” said he understands the appeal. “This is one of the better examples of this kind of Bible story brought to the big screen,” Harris told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “And I also think maybe it’s got enough that’s surprising in it for viewers coming from different backgrounds to sort of keep people engaged.” The Netflix logo is seen on a TV remote controller, in this illustration taken January 20, 2022. (credit: DADO RUVIC/REUTERS) Harris, a Reconstructionist rabbi based outside of Philadelphia, said he was initially approached for the project back in 2020 but did not hear back from the producers until 2022, at which point he wanted to ascertain the Turkish-American production company’s commitment to a religiously diverse perspective and a regionally accurate cast. Ultimately, Harris joined three other rabbis — Menachem Posner, Rachel Adelman and Shlomo Einhorn — in commenting on the life of Moses, played by the Israeli actor Avi Azulay. He said he believed the diversity of the commentators, plus the centrality of Moses in all three Abrahamic religions, has helped propel the series to its success. “Within 15 minutes, you’re confronted with the fact that you’re hearing from Muslims and Jews and Christians and from women and men,” Harris said. “And if you’re somebody who comes from a small-c highly conservative religious background that is sort of committed to interpreting the Bible very literally, you’re confronted with the fact that you’ve got some conservative and liberal members of these three traditions who are also responding. And my guess is that that’s probably helping expand the audience.” Previous film and television adaptations of the story of Moses include DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments,” which starred Charlton Heston as Moses and Yul Brynner as Pharaoh; 1975’s “Moses the Lawgiver” starring Burt Lancaster and Anthony Quayle as Moses and Aaron; Mel Brooks’ 1981 portrayal of Moses in multiple comedy sketches in “History of the World: Part I”; and “Moses,” the 1995 miniseries starring Ben Kingsley as the titular biblical figure. The 1998 animated DreamWorks musical “The Prince of Egypt,” featuring songs performed by Israeli musician Ofra Haza, has become a cult favorite. Ridley Scott’s 2014 epic “Exodus: Gods and Kings,” featured an all-star cast, including Christian Bale as Moses, Joel Edgerton as Pharaoh and Ben Kingsley as Nun, one of Moses’ assistants and the father of Joshua the spy, portrayed by Aaron Paul. (Despite its cast, director and hype, “Exodus: Gods and Kings” scored poorly among critics.) The uses an increasingly popular form of storytelling known as a hybrid documentary, in which dramatized scenes are interspersed with more traditional footage of experts and, in cases where Bible stories match or reflect the record, historical evidence. Over three episodes, the show depicts Moses’ rise as a leader of the Israelites in Egypt, his confrontation with Pharoah and, finally, the parting of the Red Sea as Moses leads his people from slavery to freedom. Harris said he appreciated how the series made use of lesser-known, extra-biblical Jewish texts known as midrash, giving even a viewer like him with substantial knowledge of Moses’ story something new to think about. The minor character of Serach bat Asher, for example, makes an appearance in the first episode. In the Torah, Serach is the daughter of Asher and granddaughter of Jacob and is never part of any narratives, but only listed in two censuses, in the book of Genesis and the book of Numbers, hundreds of years apart. “For the ancient rabbis who were faithful to the belief that the Torah was completely dictated by God and has no mistakes in it, they had to make sense of this person who seemed to have this crazy long life — and they run with this,” Harris explained. “They develop this elaborate midrash about her being this woman who lives almost like an immortal figure, across these huge time spans of Jewish history.” In “Testament,” Serach is also the keeper of God’s true name. To prove that Moses has truly been visited by God, he tells Serach the name as revealed to him, and the Hebrew people recognize Moses’s significance as their leader. “I was surprised that they found a way to give a nod to this figure who, if you’re not immersed in learning about midrash, you just wouldn’t know about it all,” Harris said. He added, “I don’t know whether what they’re weaving in is something from one of the other religious traditions, or whether it’s something that they took some creative license themselves, but I feel respect for the choices that they made.” In addition to including multifaith voices and unsung stories, Harris appreciated the inclusion of comments by Andy Lewter, a historian and bishop at Hollywood Full Gospel Baptist Cathedral who reflects on the similarities between slavery in the Bible and in the United States. “The slave labor of Egypt was critical to the economy of the same,” Lewter, who is African American, says in “Testament.” “And so you say, ‘Let my people go,’ the natural question of Pharaoh and the entire Egyptian economy is, ‘Well, who’s going to do the work? Who’s going to shoulder this labor?’ Just like 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation raised the question of, ‘Well, if you let all the slaves go, who’s going to pick the cotton?’” The first episode, which runs 81 minutes, also focuses heavily on the Hebrew midwives, and their efforts to conceal the birth and early life of Moses at a time when the Egyptians were killing the Hebrews’ first-born sons. In the series, Moses’s wet nurse in the Egyptian palace turns out to be his biological mother, Yocheved — an account also found in midrash. “I love the fact that this story begins with this one nursing woman and her infant,” said Celene Ibrahim, a scholar of Islamic studies who has taught religious studies at and is also featured in “Testament.” “How likely in our conception do we think that a revolution is going to start with a nursing mother?” Netflix so far has a small faith and spirituality film category, but when used as a search term, more options appear. The majority of those programs are heavily Christian, with the exception of a few Jewish titles. But programs like “Seinfeld,” Showtime’s comedy drama series “Shameless,” and Nickelodeon’s tween comedy series “Victorious” also appear in the search results for faith and spirituality. Exactly what’s next for Netflix in faith-based programming is not clear, but it’s unlikely that the platform will produce content for Jewish audiences specifically. “Testament: The Story of Moses” has been streamed 13.5 million times in the first five days since its release — meaning that about as many people have watched it this week as there are Jews in the world ...قراءة المزيد

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2024-04-02

(JTA) – Two Philadelphia-area Conservative in similar incidents over the past several days, the latest in a growing number of Jewish institutions to be targeted since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war six months ago. The incidents prompted rebuke from Pennsylvania’s Jewish governor, Josh Shapiro, as well as from national figures including CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who is Jewish and had his bar mitzvah at one of the targeted synagogues. That synagogue, Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El in the suburb of Wynnewood, had a banner expressing tagged with a swastika over the weekend. Another synagogue, Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel in Center City, had graffiti spray-painted on the sidewalk by its entrance last week. “This is the second message I’ve written like this in as many days. It’s two too many,” Shapiro wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Sunday while linking to a story about the Beth Hillel-Beth El graffiti. “Antisemitism and the vandalism of a house of worship of any kind have no place in this Commonwealth.” Other Jewish institutions have been targeted across the country in the wake of the war, including in the Philadelphia region just weeks ago: “Free Gaza” graffiti was spray-painted on a Jewish-owned business in nearby Narberth on March 15. (The owner of the business is an Israeli who has relatives being held by Hamas in Gaza.) Last week federal authorities also charged a West Michigan man with damaging religious property after he spray-painted swastikas onto a Chabad house in Kalamazoo in November and defaced a large menorah posted outside the center.  But the prominence and proximity of these two synagogues made the recent incidents stand out. “Last night someone spray painted a swastika at the synagogue where i was bar mitzvahed,” Tapper wrote on X Sunday. It was the second time in as many weeks that Beth Hillel-Beth El’s Israel banner had been defaced. The first time the previous weekend, nondescript paint was splashed onto the banner, which reads, “Our Community Stands With Israel.” The community replaced the banner the next day and intends to do so again now that it’s been defaced for the second time, its senior rabbi told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. West Marble Synagogue in London (credit: FLICKR) “Thank God the community is OK,” Rabbi Ethan Witkowsky said. “We’re shaken, but we’re strong and we’re healthy and safe.” The synagogue’s leadership offered a more pointed rebuke of the graffiti on Facebook. “A swastika is not a commentary on the policies of the , nor is it a sign of solidarity with Palestinians,” they wrote over the weekend. “It is a symbol of hatred and division.” Leadership at Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel did not immediately return requests for comment. But local reports of that synagogue’s graffiti indicate that it was more explicitly connected to Israel than the Beth Hillel-Beth El case.  Security footage shows two women using stencils to spray-paint a phrase outside the synagogue. Andrew Goretsky, the Anti-Defamation League’s regional Philadelphia director, told JTA that the phrase was the disputed pro-Palestinian rallying cry “From the river to the sea,” which many Jews consider to be a call for the destruction of the state of Israel. “As a Jewish person, when we hear ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,’ we hear a threat to half of the people in the entire world who share our identity,” Goretsky told local news outlets. Approximately half of the world’s Jewish population lives in Israel. Authorities have not indicated whether they see the cases as connected. While Shapiro wrote on X that the Pennsylvania State Police is “coordinating with our law enforcement partners” on the incidents, a spokesperson for the state police told JTA that local authorities had rejected their offer of help and were handling each case in their own jurisdiction.  Regardless, local Jewish leaders told JTA they appreciated the broader shows of support. “It is heartwarming to have our officials care about this,” Witkowsky told JTA. “In many ways I think that the great fear of our community is not that someone would paint a swastika on the sign. It’s that someone would paint a swastika on the sign, and no one would care.” ...قراءة المزيد

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2024-03-23

An passenger caused a 30-minute delay by yelling an offensive remark at a and threatening another passenger on a flight from Tampa to Philadelphia on Tuesday, with the news media outlet Metro reporting that the offensive passenger yelled antisemitic slurs. The passenger was forcibly removed from the flight. The incident was posted on the . The footage shows how the incident developed until the passenger was removed from the airplane. The unidentified individual is standing in the aisle and begins to say loudly, "I will universally, publicly, mess you up." He continued arguing with a flight attendant regarding the appropriateness of raising his voice to a “female,” using multiple slurs. The flight attendant, not expecting the passenger’s argument, was taken aback, while the passenger continued to verbally abuse the flight attendant, then aggressively yelling “You are teaming up! do you see how most of the people are white here?”American Airline 370 (credit: Gene Blevins/Reuters) Another passenger called the first passenger over, and as they began to argue, a flight attendant was seen calling for assistance saying, “I need 1-1.” As the argument heated up, it turned from a verbal altercation to a physical one. The second passenger quickly grabbed the offensive passenger and held him in a tight headlock, telling the person to “put your hands down and don’t touch anybody.” As a third passenger claiming to be a policewoman attempted to intervene, the second passenger claimed to be a policeman as well. American Airlines later issued a statement apologizing for the disturbance and expressing gratitude to their team for handling the situation professionally. ...قراءة المزيد

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2024-03-22

The premier Jewish history museum in the United States may come under the umbrella of the Smithsonian, providing a level of financial security and distinction to an institution that was facing bankruptcy four years ago. On Wednesday, a bipartisan slate of lawmakers introduced legislation to study whether the Weitzman National , in Philadelphia, could become part of the Smithsonian Institution. The Weitzman, as it is known, already has an affiliation with the Smithsonian, but making it a full part of the trust would make the museum eligible for federal appropriations and give it a figurative place alongside the iconic museums that line the National Mall in Washington, DC. Lawmakers cited the reported in recent months as a reason to include the museum in the Smithsonian trust. “Educating all Americans, from all over the country, about these amazing Jewish impacts on our nation’s history, not only raises awareness but helps dispel harmful prejudices about our community,”  Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida Jewish Democrat, said in Wednesday’s press release about the legislation. Rep. Max Miller, an Ohio Jewish Republican, said, “With the recent rise in antisemitism, now more than ever it is imperative that Jewish-American Heritage be celebrated and exhibited at the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, the Smithsonian Institution.U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) (credit: REUTERS) If the initiative bears out, it would be a remarkable turnaround for a museum that was on the cusp of closure four years ago. In early March 2020, right as hit, the museum filed for bankruptcy protection in the face of a $30 million construction debt. It was rescued the following year by a donation from footwear entrepreneur Stuart Weitzman, giving the museum its current name. The museum, under the leadership of Misha Galperin, is now said to be in economic health. Galperin said in November that this year would be his last as CEO. Like Smithsonian museums, it offers free admission. The museum welcomed Wednesday’s bill in a statement and said that the Jewish community merited the attention that the Smithsonian has paid in recent years to other minority communities. The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened in Washington in 2016. “The Smithsonian is the world’s largest museum and research complex,” the Weitzman said. “Several of its 21 museums — including the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Museum of the American Indian, and the National Museum of the American Latino (as well as a potential National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture that is currently under study) — explore and educate about America’s minority communities. The American Jewish community merits a Smithsonian museum.” The Smithsonian, a trust, runs its museums with a combination of fundraising and federal appropriations, with percentages varying among its many institutions. Most Smithsonian museums are in Washington D.C. and have free admission, although several are further afield, including the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in Manhattan. The bill would establish a commission of nine people to study the feasibility of the move, eight voting members appointed by leaders of both chambers and a non-voting member appointed by the museum board. Their report to Congress on the feasibility of the museum joining the Smithsonian would come within two years of the commission’s launch. The other sponsors of the bill include Sens. Bob Casey and John Fetterman and Rep, Brendan Doyle, Democrats from the museum’s home state, Pennsylvania; Rep. Mike Turner, an Ohio Republican; Sen. Mike Crapo, an Idaho Republican; Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican; and Sen. Jacky Rosen, a Nevada Jewish Democrat. The bill is endorsed by the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Federations of North America, and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. ...قراءة المزيد

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2024-03-09

said he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the two of them were headed for a "come to Jesus" meeting over the issue of getting humanitarian aid into Gaza, according to a video clip posted on Friday. President Biden: "I told him, Bibi, and don't repeat this, but you and I are going to have a ‘come to Jesus’ meeting."“I’m on a hot mic here. Good. That’s good.” Biden was recorded making the comment on Thursday night while on Capitol Hill for his in what appeared to be a further sign of his frustration at dealing with Netanyahu over the issue of Gaza. In the clip, posted on social media by Democratic consultant Sawyer Hackett, Biden can be seen talking to Colorado Democratic Senator Michael Bennett, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. US President Joe Biden answers a question from a member of the news media as he and Seth Meyers visit Van Leeuwen Ice Cream in downtown New York, US February 26, 2024. (credit: REUTERS) Bennett can be heard telling Biden that there was a need to keep pushing Israel to allow more humanitarian The United States has been air dropping crates of aid into Gaza and is organizing construction of a temporary pier to allow for maritime deliveries since Israel has slowed truck deliveries. "I told him, Bibi, and don't repeat this, but you and I are going to have a 'come to Jesus' meeting," Biden said, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname. "I'm on a hot mic here. Good. That's good." "Come to Jesus" is an American expression for having a blunt conversation. Reporters asked Biden about the episode as he departed on Air Force One to Philadelphia. "I didn't say that," he said initially, apparently referring to the fact that the comment was not in the Gaza section of his State of the Union speech. But when pressed about what he said after the speech, he said: "You guys eavesdropped on me." ...قراءة المزيد

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2024-02-24

Last summer, Jared Armstrong traveled from his adopted home of Israel back to the United States to confront a problem — running basketball clinics across the country in a bid to improve Black-Jewish relations. Now, following of Israel, the professional basketball player is bringing his clinics to the southern coastal city of Ashkelon, where he lives, aiming to provide kids with a diversion and a chance to have fun as the war continues to rage just miles away in Gaza. He also hopes to give Israeli children evacuated from Gaza border communities a chance to get on the court. “I felt people weren’t really focusing on helping kids and inspiring kids,” Armstrong told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency about the aftermath of Oct. 7. “Mostly all the kids play basketball. It was a way that I can help them escape from the world, from what’s going on.” Armstrong, 27, is a point guard for Elitzur Ashkelon, a team in Liga Leumit, or National League,l’s second tier. On Oct. 6, the team played its final preseason game and was prepared to begin the season. Jared Armstrong and Israeli children in one of his free basketball clinics in Ashkelon, Israel (credit: Courtesy of Jared Armstrong) But the next morning, Armstrong woke up to the sound of rockets, one of which landed right in front of his building. Amid the rocket fire, thousands of Hamas terrorists were streaming into Israel. They killed about 1,200 Israelis and took more than. “I remember it like it was yesterday,” Armstrong told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “I’m looking literally outside my window where the rocket landed, right in front of my apartment.” The basketball season was suspended, and Armstrong returned to the United States, where he stayed through Thanksgiving. He returned to Israel when the Culture and Sport Ministry announced that the season would resume. Ashkelon played its first game Dec. 1. “Even though people are trying to live normal lives, it’s been different. You can just feel it through the energy,” said Armstrong, whose battle for legal residency in Israel was hard-fought. Armstrong, who has averaged 9.2 points in just under 20 minutes per game this season, said fans are still attending the team’s games. With a 9-5 record, Ashkelon is in second place in the league. “You can also feel the Israeli spirit of people fighting and wanting to live their regular lives and trying to get back to normal,” added Armstrong, who was raised Jewish in Philadelphia and formally converted when he decided to move to Israel. “But I feel like you won’t completely feel that probably until the war’s over and all the hostages are back.” Armstrong hopes his clinics can aid the return to normalcy. Last year, he founded JAB Camps (short for “Jared Armstrong Basketball”) and held camps and clinics in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. In addition to playing together, Black and Jewish kids heard from guest speakers who taught them about antisemitism, racism and topics including nutrition and financial literacy. Now, he’s hoping the model will work in Ashkelon. Armstrong held a free clinic last month for more than 60 children there and is preparing for his next event on Monday. He will run clinics monthly through the end of the basketball season in June, when he plans to return to Philadelphia for the offseason and run a multiday camp. “I felt this initiative was something that could help kids on and off the court, not only physically but emotionally, spiritually, and just create a positive environment that can help them escape from the world and use basketball as a sanctuary, which it has always been for me,” he said. Along with providing an escape from the war, in the future Armstrong hopes his camps can promote Arab-Jewish relations, similar to their goal in the United States. He is also working on creating a basketball league for families who evacuated their homes and relocated to Tel Aviv. Many child evacuees attend schools that don’t offer extracurricular programming. “My goal, if it’s able to start, is try to create an environment where kids can have an outlet that they can remember for the rest of their lives,” Armstrong said. “When the war is over and they start going back to living normal, they can look down at the T-shirt [they received from the camp] and say, ‘Damn, I went to JAB Camp’s basketball league.’ And it could bring a memory and a positive smile to their face.” ...قراءة المزيد

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2020-08-21

يواصل بيت سوزا، مصور البيت الأبيض السابق، دعمه للديمقراطيين في الانتخابات الرئاسية المقبلة التي سيترشح فيها جو بايدن، والمقرر انطلاقها بعد عدة أسابيع. واستعاد مصور البيت الأبيض السابق، ذكرياته بمجموعة صور للرئيس الأمريكي السابق باراك أوباما، من حفل تنصيبه رئيساً عام 2009 مع نائبه بايدن اثناء سفرهم من فيلادلفيا إلى واشنطن، وسط استقبال حار من الأمريكيين.         View this post on Instagram                   Three days before the 2009 inauguration, I hopped aboard a train with President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden traveling from Philadelphia to Washington.⁣ ⁣ Literally or figuratively, there will be another train next January going from Wilmington to Washington with President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris...⁣ ⁣ But only if we make plans to hop aboard November 3.⁣ ⁣ #VOTETheWayYouSeeIt for lightness instead of darkness.⁣ ⁣ A post shared by Pete Souza (@petesouza) on Aug 21, 2020 at 6:12am PDT وأكد سوزا، في دعمه للمرشح الرئاسي الديمقراطي بايدن، قائلاً "سيكون هنا قطاراً في شهر يناير المقبل يحمل الرئيس المنتخب بايدن ونائس الرئيس المنتخب هاريس". على جانب آخر، هاجم الرئيس الأمريكي دونالد ترامب، منافسه في الانتخابات الامريكية جو بايدن مرشح الحزب الديمقراطي، واتهمه بأنه من هواة الحديث فقط ولم يقدم شيء للولايات المتحدة طوال عمله السياسي، قائلا: "خلال 47 عامًا، لم يفعل جو شيئًا مما يتحدث عنه الآن. لن يتغير أبدا، وهو يطلق مجرد كلمات". وأكد الرئيس ترامب، أن الحزب الديمقراطي يطالبون بأوراق اقتراع عبر البريد لأن مقياس حماس الناخبين لجو بايدن بطيء هو الأدنى في التاريخ المسجل، قائلا: "هم قلقون من أن قلة قليلة من الناس سيحضرون للتصويت. بدلاً من ذلك، سيبحثون عن الأشخاص ويجدونهم، ثم "يحصدون" ويعيدون بطاقات الاقتراع. ليس عدلا".         ...قراءة المزيد

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2020-02-12

كشفت النجمة العالمية جانيت جاكسون أنها ستقوم بعمل جولة غنائية ضخمة تحمل اسم " Black Diamond "  والتي سوف تنطلق في 24 يونيو المقبل في ميامي ، و قد أشار موقع" abc news " أنه يتم بيع التذاكر للجمهور بدء من غد الخميس 13 فبراير عبر موقع"  LiveNation " ، ومن المقرر أن تقدم جانيت جاكسون البالغة من العمر "53  عام " بحفلاتها عدد من أغنيات البومها الجديد و الذي سيحمل أيضا اسم "Black Diamond" ، والمقرر صدوره في وقت لاحق من هذا العام. وكشف الموقع أن جانيت جاكسون ستختتم حفلات جولتها الغنائية في 23 أغسطس المقبل و ذلك بالحفل الذي ستحييه في تاكوما بواشنطن .  يذكر أن جانيت جاكسون التي حصدت عدد كبير من الجوائز طوال مسيرتها ، بدأت حياتها الفنية في عام 1973 وقدمت عدد كبير من الأعمال الغنائية الناجحة و من ابرزها " made for now " و " rhythm nation " و " that's the way love goes " و " miss you much " و " all for you " ، و غيرهم .   جدول حفلات جولة جانيت جاكسون الغنائية : June 24 -- Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena June 26 -- Orlando, FL @ Amway Center June 27 -- Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena June 29 -- Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena July 1 -- Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena July 3 -- New Orleans, LA @ Essence Festival* July 5 -- Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum Complex July 7 -- Washington, D.C. @ Capital One Arena July 9 -- Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo CenteR July 10 -- Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena July 12 -- Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center July 14 -- New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden July 17 -- Mashantucket, CT @ The Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino* July 18 -- Boston, MA @ TD Garden July 21 -- Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center July 22 -- Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena July 25 -- Cincinnati, OH @ Cincinnati Music Festival July 27 -- Chicago, IL @ United Center July 28 -- Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse July 31 -- St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center August 1 -- Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center August 3 -- Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center August 5 -- Houston, TX @ Toyota Center August 7 -- San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center August 9 -- Phoenix, AZ @ Gila River Arena August 10 -- San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl San Diego State University August 12 -- Los Angeles, CA @ STAPLES Center August 15 -- Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center August 17 -- Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center August 18 -- San Jose, CA @ SAP Center at San Jose August 20 -- Portland, OR @ Moda Center August 22 -- Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena August 23 -- Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome ...قراءة المزيد

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