WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Steve Zeitz, national commander of the Jewish War Veterans, has called on synagogues to set aside the evening of Friday, Dec. 17, as a Shabbat for commemorating losses of Jewish and Allied lives in World War II. He issued the following statement: “The JWV is requesting that special memorial prayers be recited […]
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USAJERUSALEM (Press Release)– Providing teens and young adults from abroad with a continuum of experiences in Israel and creating social action opportunities in Israel for young Israelis and Jews from abroad will serve as the focus of the work of the Jewish Agency for Israel, its Board of Governors decided Monday, Oct. 25. These areas of
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — My concern in political science is to observe, understand, and explain. I do not view myself as a partisan. At times observation can be painful, as when a student in my seminar died in the explosion at the Hebrew University cafeteria, and the girl friend (now wife) of a
By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California– “Is ‘Palestinian-killer’ the new ‘Christ-killer’?” was the first question that occurred to me as I read news reports that a meeting of Catholic Bishops from the Middle East condemned Israel, called for withdrawal to 1967 borders, and asserted that Jews have no Biblical right to Israel. I just read the actual statement of
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Middle East
Compiled by San Diego Jewish world staff Double Talk Southwestern Jewish Press, April 15, 1955, Page 5 By Janet & Linda Solof Hitting the spot was Easter vacation For “us kids” to get some relaxation So now we are studying very hard. Working for a good report card Seen enjoying vacation and the sun at
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Adventures in SD History, San Diego CountyLA JOLLA, CA (Press Release)– The 27th Annual Hanukkah Happening will take place at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, on Sunday, December 5, , from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Hanukkah Happening is San Diego’s largest Hanukkah event for families and is fun for people of all ages and faiths. Price for
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San Diego Calendar, San Diego CountyLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – The 16th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair presents three approaches to fresh, healthy and delicious food with Terra Restaurant’s Executive Chef, Jeff Rossman on Fri., Nov. 5 at 10 a.m.; kosher baker Paula Shoyer on Sun., Nov. 7 at 2 p.m.; and Sam “the Cooking Guy” Zien on
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San Diego Calendar, San Diego CountyNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned Hollywood’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for intending to award an honorary Oscar to French-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, a virulent anti-Semite of long-standing. Godard, one of the French New Wave film directors, like Francois Truffaut, with whom Godard fell out over anti-Semitic
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Stronger Than Iron by Mendel Balberyszski; Gefen Publishing House; 331 pages; no price listed. By Norman Manson SAN DIEGO — In utterly excruciating detail, this memoir tells the complete story of the destruction of one of the world’s great Jewish communities – Vilna, known as “The Jerusalem of Lithuania” for at least two centuries
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Two items are front and center in the Israeli media. One is American and one Israeli. Both are important in their own right, and may spill over to what had been the principal issue of the peace process. Palestinians should be worrying that Americans are concerned with their dirty laundry,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California– Grossmont College Theatre Arts Prof. Jerry Hager wrote and directed Tin, an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s short story “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” that will be taken on tour at local elementary schools from now through Dec. 9. Like many fairy tales, it has an important lesson. Previewed
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Donald H. Harrison
By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — Athol Fugard’s new play The Train Driver brings to mind Bette Davis’ legendary line, “Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night!” The “bump” in this case being the fatal collision between a speeding train and a black woman with a baby on her back. As
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Cynthia Citron
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA– “We are safer today as a result of these convictions.” So proclaimed U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of Manhattan after four Newburgh, N.Y., men were convicted of plotting to bomb two shuls in the Bronx’s Riverdale section and firing missiles at military planes taking off from a base outside Newburgh. These
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — The firing of Juan Williams by NPR is important for a dozen reasons–violation of free speech; a demonstration of NPR’s leftist bias; Political (In)Correctness run wild; an insanely ridiculous example of the inability to deal with Islamism; and so on. But there’s one aspect that has not been addressed. The
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