By Joel A. Moskowitz, M.D. LA JOLLA, California — Houdini is a name to conjure with. For many the word “Houdini” is equivalent to ‘magician’. More than eight decades after his premature demise, he is returning to California. Not Houdini per se, but his artifacts, his story and the multiple works which he inspired – […]
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Jewish History, Travel and Food
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA– Eric Cantor, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Allen West missed a fitting opportunity to challenge President Obama’s inconsistent approach to Israel. The occasion emerged in early November when the president clashed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again over East Jerusalem housing. Well, the Cantor/Ros-Lehtinen/West crowd has two years to assure Israelis
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)- The Office of the First Lady announced on Tuesday, Nov. 16, that Susan Sher, Chief of Staff to Michelle Obama, will be returning to Chicago after the first of the year, after nearly two years of service. Sher started in the White House Counsel’s Office in January, 2009, to support the Office
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USABy Brad Dayspring WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– On Nov. 10, Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Regency Hotel in New York. Early the next morning, after a handful of journalists asked for details, our office released a short readout divided into three different issue areas – Iran,
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Last week we wrote about the United States casting its ballot in the election for Security Council seats without advocating or encouraging others to join us. We wondered whether the United States now sees itself as only one of 192 member countries, no different than say, Guinea Bissau, Nepal
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Middle EastMURIETTA, California (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Congregation B’nai Chaim in Murrieta–a few miles north of the San Diego County-Riverside County line — is holding a drawing for a wine-country-limo-for-two certificate. The certificate, which is valid seven days a week and has no expiration date, includes a limo pick up and drop off, wine tasting
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — You’re traveling through another dimension–a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s a signpost up ahead: your next stop: the Twilight Zone! –Rod Serling’s introduction to the “Twilight Zone” television series Just when
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USABATH, England (WJC)–British activists of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) are planning to protest outside a concert hall later this week, over a concert given by a string quartet from Israel. The ‘Bath Chronicle’ reports that the Bristol branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign alleges that group – the Jerusalem String Quartet – was aligned
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Travel and FoodLAGOS, Nigeria (WJC)–The Nigerian government has reported to the UN Security Council the seizure of a shipment of arms from Iran. Last month, authorities in the West African country discovered the weapons, including rocket launchers and grenades, in containers labeled as building materials. Tehran claimed the weapons were the subject of a “misunderstanding”, which had
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Travel and FoodBRUSSELS (WJC)–A project to connect Holocaust-related documents throughout Europe has been launched at a ceremony sponsored by European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and attended by senior EU officials, Israel’s Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev. The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI ), a four-year, US$ 9.5 million project funded by
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Travel and FoodMOUNTAIN VIEW, California (WJC)–Research by the cyber security company Symantec on a computer virus concludes that it was specifically made to target electronic equipment used in uranium enrichment, deepening suspicions its aim was to sabotage Iran’s suspected nuclear arms program. Stuxnet, a malicious computer worm of unknown origin that attacks command modules for industrial equipment,
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– That seven hour meeting between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Secretary of State Clinton in Washington D.C. produced a lot of talk, but less by way of clear documents. There are questions about the promise of 20 advanced military planes, whether the Americans are clear about excluding Jerusalem from the 90-day settlement
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Jeanette Friedman SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey — The auditorium at Jubillee Hall was filled November 14, as curious Seton Hall students, Jews (including Holocaust survivors and educators), Muslims and Christians came to hear Imam Abdullah Antepli describe how a trip he took to Auschwitz last August changed his life. He was one of the
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USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Congregation Beth Am and The San Diego Jewish Academy with sponsorship from the San Diego Jewish Journal, present a unique Hanukkah experience on Tuesday, December 7, at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park. The community is invited to Hanukkah Under the Stars! At 6:30 p.m, there will be a private showing
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