NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Dec. 22, urged the Polish government to take swift action in response to an anti-Semitic attack on a home belonging to the director of a Jewish-themed theater in Lublin, Poland. On the night of December 17, bricks with swastikas and a small explosive device were thrown through […]
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By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO–When I completed the series of seven “Women of the Hebrew Bible: A Moment in Their Lives,” I was aware I had not included Esther. Though I realized she belonged on the list, I couldn’t get beyond the way she is generally portrayed: regal, wearing the jewelry of a queen, coldly
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Travel and FoodTORONTO (WJC)–An anti-Semitic Islamic website setup by an Ontario student who is on the run is now back on the Internet after being shut down earlier this year by a Canadian web-hosting provider. The web site entitled Filthy Jewish Terrorists was banned earlier this year in Canada after the Ontario Provincial Police said its founder,
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Travel and FoodJERUSALEM (WJC)–The Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Museum has compiled a list of 4 million confirmed names of Jews murdered in the Holocaust. In the last 10 years the names of 1.5 million Jewish victims have been added to the list. A decade ago, Yad Vashem launched a “rescue” operation for the identification of victims
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Travel and FoodCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Double Talk Southwestern Jewish Press, June 24, 1955, Page 7 By Janet & Susan Solof Hi kids– Gee! Isn’t it wonderful–summer’s here! The 9th grade class at Temple Beth Israel really “lived it up” with a bar-b-cue and swimming party at Larry Ratner’s home followed by dancing at
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Adventures in SD History, San Diego CountyTEL AVIV (Press Release)– Fifty years ago, distinguished conductor Eugene Ormandy was forced to cancel a performance with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra due to illness. An up-and-coming, 25-year-old conductor named Zubin Mehta came to the rescue, launching a relationship that remains creative and prosperous five decades later. Celebrating the concurrent 75th anniversaries of both the
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – In the face of the tragic wildfire in the Carmel Mountains of northern Israel, the worst natural disaster in Israel’s history, more than 50 individuals and families who partner with the Jewish Community Foundation for their giving, immediately responded within 72 hours to the crisis directing more than $350,000 in
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — There’s a lot of interesting material in the Pew Foundation’s latest poll of the Middle East, a survey that focuses on attitudes toward Islamism and revolutionary Islamist groups. The analysis that accompanies the poll, however, is not very good, so here is mine. For example, in evaluating attitudes toward
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Releases)–Three Jewish advocacy groups expressed regrets on Monday following the U.S. Senate’s failure to pass the DREAM act to extend cititzenship to children raised in the United States who complete college or serve in the military. The organizations and their statements were: American Jewish Committee: “AJC is profoundly disappointed that the U.S.
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USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The U.S. Second Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of Hassan Abu Jihaad, a sailor who sent notification to terrorists of the planned movements from San Diego to the Persian Gulf of the U.S.S. Constellation battle group. Here is a text of the court’s decision.
By Victor A. Walsh SAN DIEGO — The discovery of gold in 1848 transformed the sleepy Spanish pueblo of San Diego into a bustling stopover for thousands of miners. These “emigrants” came from all over — New England, the American South, Mexico, South America, Ireland, Great Britain and Germany. The large number of men, with
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Jewish History, San Diego CountyWASHINGTON, D.C (WJC)–The US Department of Homeland Security has reportedly discovered a plot devised by a cell of the Islamist terror network al-Qaeda of Osama Bin-Laden to poison buffets and salad bars at several hotels and restaurants in the United States over a single weekend. The broadcaster CBS reported the story on Monday. An unnamed
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USANEW YORK (WJC)–The president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), Ronald S. Lauder, has called on courts and authorities in the United States to quickly pave the way for the extradition of the alleged Nazi war criminal Peter Egner, 88, to Serbia, where he is to stand trial on charges of genocide. “The accusations brought against
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Travel and FoodTEL AVIV (Press Release)― You know when you’re watching a pirated film downloaded from the Internet ― there’s no mistaking the fuzzy footage, or the guy in the front row getting up for popcorn. Despite the poor quality, pirated video is a serious problem around the world. Criminal copyright infringement occurs on a massive scale
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