Donald H. Harrison

NCJW criticizes Senate for failing as holidays approach to extend unemployment benefits

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) on Thursday condemned the Senate’s failure to pass an extension of unemployment benefits before they expired November 30. NCJW President Nancy Ratzan released the following statement: “It is unconscionable that extension of long-term unemployment benefits has languished in the Senate while benefits expired November 30. […]

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USA

Composers make great rehearsal partners, but maybe it’s best to keep them out of the recording studio

By David Amos SAN DIEGO –I have recently written about the relationship of composer and conductor, or a composer and any soloist who needs guidance as to how to perform the music at hand. When the composer is no longer with us, as it is in most cases of music being performed today, the situation

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Travel and Food

J*Company to produce new play on Anne Frank’s life

LA JOLLA, CA  (Press Release)– Goodbye Memories, an original play by San Diego playwright Anita Yellin Simons, will be presented Jan 21-23 by the J*Company youth theatre at the Lawrence Family JCC. The production is a collaboration with the San Diego Jewish Academy and will be directed by Emily Calabrese.  Goodbye Memories sheds new light

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

Want to look prettier or more handsome? Exercise!

TEL AVIV (Press Release) ― Working out can help you shed pounds ― but that’s just the beginning. New research from Tel Aviv University has found that “endurance exercises,” like a Central Park jog or a spinning class, can make us look younger. The key, exercise, unlocks the stem cells of our muscles. Prof. Dafna Benayahu

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Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

A prayer for peace on Hannukah

By Audrey Jacobs and Michael Lurie SAN DIEGO —  As they light the candles for Hannukah, the Jewish festival of lights, Jews recall the central message of this happy festival – renewing their faith as a free people in their homeland, the land of Israel. Hannukah commemorates the events of over 2,100 years ago, when the

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Middle East

Congressional resolution urges care for Holocaust survivors

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—The Jewish Federations of North America applauded the unanimous passage of a Congressional resolution Wednesday, Dec. 1,  to support programs that meet the distinct needs of aging Holocaust survivors. Spurred by information gathered by The Jewish Federations of North America and Jewish Family Service agencies, Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and Frank

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USA

Obama administration has bungled in Middle East for two years now

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — In all the excitement over the Wikileaks story, I want to remind people that there’s another big story  being ignored. You will be reading about it in the mass media in two or three months. The Obama Administration has messed up its attempts to get Israel-Palestinian negotiations going. The

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Middle East, USA

Discovery of leftover rooftop Star of David on Iran Air building upsets officials

TEHRAN (WJC)–Officials in Iran are upset after discovering the outline of a Star of David atop the roof of the headquarters of Iran Air, the Islamic republic’s national airline, the Arab news channel ‘al-Arabiya’ reports. The six-pointed star was discovered by a Google Earth user recently, over three decades after the building was constructed by

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Travel and Food

Palestinians withdraw report contending Kotel not Jewish

RAMALLAH (WJC)–The Palestinian Authority (PA) has removed a controversial report claiming that the Western Wall in Jerusalem is not holy to Jews from its official website. The paper by a senior PA official had sparked world-wide criticism and was condemned as incorrect and provocative, including by the US government. The five-page ‘study’ was authored by

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Middle East

Tamir Pardo new Mossad chief

JERUSALEM (WJC)–Tamir Pardo, a former deputy director of Israel’s foreign intelligence agency Mossad, has been tapped by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as successor to current Mossad Director Meir Dagan. Pardo has worked in the organization for much of his career. In a statement Netanyahu praised the new director’s “decades-worth of rich experience in the Mossad”.

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Middle East

Political scientist Lakoff to deliver lectures in Coronado and Carlsbad

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Sanford Lakoff, professor emeritus of political science at UCSD, will deliver lectures for the Agency for Jewish Education at locales in Coronado and Carlsbad in December. First, at the Coronado Library at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 15, Lakoff will deliver a “Mid-East Update.”  According to an AJE spokesperson: “The U.S. effort to

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

Obama administration denounces Palestinian claims of no Jewish connection to Kotel

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Tuesday, Nov. 30, welcomed the strong condemnation by the Obama Administration of a report issued by a senior Palestinian official claiming that the Western Wall is an Islamic Waqf and refuting Jewish claims to the Western Wall. The

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Middle East