NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has renewed its call for President Barack Obama to release from captivity Jonathan Pollard, who, after 25 years behind bars, has more than served any reasonable term for violating U.S. law by passing classified material to an American ally. Last month, the ZOA worked with other […]
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By Cynthia Citron SYDNEY, Australia–Who would have guessed that the elegant Cate Blanchett had a flair for physical comedy reminiscent of Chevy Chase in his pratfalling prime? As Yelena in Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya at the Sydney Theatre, she jumps, she pirouettes, she kicks up her heels, she falls backwards, legs in the air, into
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By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM–The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg is visiting Jerusalem over the Christmas holiday with his family–Goldberg penned a little piece for the magazine’s blog about how astonished he was by all the multi-cultural experiences he’s had here over the past few days–things that Jerusalemites take completely for granted. Goldberg waxes eloquent about being
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Travel and FoodTEL AVIV (Press Release) ― Tel Qudadi, an ancient fortress located in the heart of Tel Aviv at the mouth of the Yarkon River, was first excavated more than 70 years ago ― but the final results of neither the excavations nor the finds were ever published. Now, research on Tel Qudadi by archaeologists at Tel
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Science, Medicine, & EducationNEW YORK (Press Releases)—Jewish groups have urged nations to boycott the special session of the United Nations general assembly that has become known as Durban III. Here are their statements: American Jewish Committee: AJC expressed profound regret that the UN General Assembly voted to convene a special meeting next year commemorating the tenth anniversary of
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USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is urging the U.S. government to move expeditiously to close any gaps in the otherwise stringent economic sanctions imposed on nuclear-aspiring Iran. A New York Times investigation, published Monday, revealed that sanctions enforcement is not uniform. “Loopholes in our own country’s sanctions regime, now exposed, require
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Travel and FoodCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Jewish Center Made Part of S.D. Chest Southwestern Jewish Press, August 5, 1955, Page 1 The Jewish Community Center was admitted to the Community chest of San Diego for 1956 according to Edward Breitbard, President. Admission came after a study made by the Community Welfare Council indicated that
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By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–The Ivory Coast is said currently to have two presidents and be in chaos. Israel has two, or perhaps even three, prime ministers and it’s in anything but chaos. If you don’t probe too deeply, things seem to be going rather well here, especially economically. The official prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu,
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Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release)― Most galaxies in the universe, including our own Milky Way, harbor super-massive black holes varying in mass from about one million to about 10 billion times the size of our sun. To find them, astronomers look for the enormous amount of radiation emitted by gas which falls into such objects during
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Science, Medicine, & EducationCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Israel Arrives (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press, July 22, 1955, Page 5 We have been waiting for this for seven years. It has finally come. What is it? Well it’s just this – that Israel is a country like any other nation. Just that. A dispatch from Haifa tells
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel –Some of my readers are always bothered when I say that mistakes in Western Middle East policy are caused by stupidity and ignorance—abetted by ideology—and want to argue that the shortcomings are due to deliberate sabotage or evil intentions (often against Israel). I can certainly understand why people think such
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff City of Hope Southwestern Jewish Press, July 22, 1955, Page 3 City of Hope Medical Center has opened the doors again to another San Diegan and to Hollywood Actress Suzan Ball. The plucky 21-year-old actress, whose leg was amputated a year and a half ago because of cancer,
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Adventures in SD History, San Diego CountyBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Mahmoud Abbas has marked the Christmas season by proclaiming once again that he will permit no Israelis in his State of Palestine. In an earlier version he said that he would permit no Jews, but handlers had him revise his comments in a direction thought to be politically correct. The recognition
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I Will Plant You A Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler’s List Survivor by Laura Hillman; Simon Pulse, 2005; ISBN-13 978-1-4169-5366-1, paperback, 271 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — I met Laura Hillman recently at the 105th birthday party for Laura Simon in San Diego. When I learned that she had written
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