WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Mike Hammer, spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council, issued a statement on Thursday, Dec. 16, deploring an attack by Sudanese armed forces on the village of Khor Abeche in South Darfur. Here is the statement: The United States is deeply concerned about reports that the Sudanese Armed Forces attacked […]
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By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — One of the most commented upon panels in the fused glass sculpture of the Twelve Tribes of Israel in the lobby of Tifereth Israel Synagogue is the one which portrays Dan. Dan is symbolized by a snake, which seems to be an unusual metaphor for the ancestors of
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Jewish ReligionBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — A friend provoked this column by sending me a video clip of a speech by Professor John J. Mearsheimer before a gathering of the Jerusalem Fund. Mearsheimer is a University of Chicago political scientist best know for his publications with Stephen Walt (Harvard) on the Israel lobby in the
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Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Fund Lauds Former Officials Southwestern Jewish Press, June 24, 1955, Page 1 Sol Stone, second from left, and Mrs. Yale Naliboff, former United Jewish Fund workers, ere praised and honored by Fund Directors at the June Board meeting. Judge Jacob Weinberger, left, presented Stone with Honorary Life Membership
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Adventures in SD History, San Diego CountyNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations called on Thursday for countries to vote against a 10th anniversary commemoration of the infamous World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance held in Durban in September 2001. That conference, which began with lofty goals, deteriorated into an orgy of hatred,
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Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World Jewish Center Aids Colina Del Sol Park Southwestern Jewish Press, June 10-June 23, 1955, Page 7 The Dedication and Fiesta at the new City Park, Colina Del Sol, at 54th and Universkity, was a huge success, and one of the most successful booths was the one put up and
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By David Amos SAN DIEGO–As part of being Jewish, living with a non-Jewish majority, we are subjected to the many excesses of the Christmas season. I need not elaborate to you that the original intent of this Christian holiday has been distorted and mostly converted into a commercial bonanza. Jew and Gentile alike, involved in
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Travel and FoodBy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel –Here’s an old joke that applies to the contemporary Middle East. The Lone Ranger was a Western lawman who chased bad guys with his friend, a Native American named Tonto. One day, they were surrounded by dozens of Native American warriors. The Lone Ranger turned to Tonto and said, “Don’t
JERUSALEM (Press Release) – A group of students from the Hebrew University’s Faculty of Law have won first place in a Red Cross competition on international humanitarian law. The Hebrew University representatives defeated eleven other groups from educational institutions from across Israel. The annual competition includes simulation of legal debates on a range of conflict situations,
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– As middle ear infections increase during the winter months, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) suggest that in many cases the most appropriate treatment is “watchful waiting” instead of using antibiotics immediately. The review, published in the scientific journal Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, does not suggest use of
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBROOKLYN, NY (Press Release)– United States District Judge Dora L. Irizarry on Wednesday, Dec. 15, sentenced Abdul Kadir to life in prison for conspiring to attack John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, by exploding fuel tanks and the fuel pipeline under the airport. Kadir and his coconspirators believed their attack would cause
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USASAN FRANCISCO (Press Release)–The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the City Council of Santa Cruz was wrong to eject a spectator who, in protest of not being allowed to speak, gave the Council a silent raised-arm Nazi salute. Wrote the presiding judge in an opinion: “…unlike der Führer, government officials
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– President Barack Obama issued the following statement on Wednesday, Dec. 15, from the White House: “I strongly condemn the outrageous terrorist attack on a mosque in Chabahar, Iran. “The murder of innocent civilians in their place of worship during Ashura is a despicable offense, and those who carried it out must be
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Travel and FoodBRNO, Czech Republic (WjC) — The Constitutional Court here has rejected a restitution claim brought by the descendants of the Jewish owner of a button factory seized by the Nazis in 1939 and nationalized in 1945. The court overturned a 2009 Supreme Court ruling and previous rulings of lower courts that had found in favor
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