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Has U.S. eliminated Israel's qualitative edge over possible Arab foes?

January 23, 2010

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Forward started it in December. Ha’aretz picked up the theme this month, writing, “The Bush administration violated security related agreements with Israel in which the U.S. promised to preserve the IDF’s qualitative military edge (QME) over Arab armies, according to senior officials in the Obama administration and Israel,” and […]

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Obama's rocky few days, Netanyahu's household problems

January 20, 2010

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It has not been a good couple of days for Barack Obama. Instead of celebrating the anniversary of his inauguration, he is pondering his party’s loss of a special election in what may be the most liberal state in the nation, and Iran’s rejection of a lead item on his

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Israel's humanitarian efforts in Haiti

January 20, 2010

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C — As the first Israel Defense Forces (IDF) emergency aid team (there is now a second) left for Haiti, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “Given Israel’s security needs, we have accumulated much search and rescue experience over the years. We have applied this experience previously in disaster scenes throughout the

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

Bang or ‘Boom,’ it’s still a leap of faith

January 19, 2010

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–There are some who, like myself, believe in the Big Bang Theory. Then there are others who believe in evolution and then there are those who believe in the literal translation of the bible. Who can say what’s right, wrong or otherwise. It matters not, but in his dark comedy boom

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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

The nails that may cause the undoing of Netanyahu and Obama

January 18, 2010

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–You have heard the story of the nail that was lost, that hampered the horse, lost the battle and the empire. In both countries that I follow there is danger of a lost nail. Where they impact is too early to know, but they are cause for worry, or maybe only amusement.

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

San Diego Jewish Film Festival preview: ‘Against The Tide’

January 16, 2010

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–The San Diego Jewish Film Festival is celebrating its 20th year this season. The Festival is being sponsored by the Mizel Family Foundation and runs from Feb. 10-21. Titles cover the alphabet from A to Z starting with Adam’s Wall and ending with Zrubavel. Against The Tide is a new release

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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Book on child sexual abuse in Jewish community wins award

January 16, 2010

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Press Release)–The Center for Child Welfare Policy of the North American Resource Center for Child Welfare (NARCCW) has announced the 2010 winners of the Pro Humanitate Literary Awards, North America’s premier literary awards for the field of child welfare. One book award and three article awards are conferred annually to authors from the

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Amy Neustein, USA

For all its holy history, Jerusalem a city like many others

January 16, 2010

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–For those who doubt that Israel is a normal country, the arrest of a messiah with who knows how many wives and children should establish its credentials. The most complete report I have seen in English appears in the Times of London. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6988614.ece This puts us firmly in the league with the

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

‘Expecting Isabel’ delivers

January 14, 2010

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–Lisa Loomer’s Expecting Isabel couldn’t be timelier for director Jennifer Eve Thorn. Thorn, founding mother along with Delicia Turner-Sonnenberg and Jo Anne Glover and mother of one, is expecting her second child any second now! Loomer’s modern day answer to infertility, Expecting Isabel, is on target bringing to light the plight of

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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Parallels between terrorist incidents against U.S., Israel

January 13, 2010

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–A New York Times article about “al Qaeda” terrorism directed against the United States could have been written about Palestinian terror against Israel. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/us/13intel.html?hp Rather than central planning and coordination by skilled Islamic evil-doers, the most recent spurt of events were largely the work of individual enthusiasts, inspired by extremist preachers or

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Ira Sharkansky, USA

Some times even the circus may not be a refuge

January 11, 2010

Adam Christopher and Joshua Grenrock in “Circus Welt” at the Whitefire Theatre ________________________________________________________ By Cynthia Citron SHERMAN OAKS, California– Even three-quarters of a century later, the sight of a troop of Hitler’s brownshirts, their left arms emblazoned with a swastika band, can cause a chill in the most stalwart of audiences. The setting is Germany in

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Cynthia Citron

Who are the U.S. allies in the war on terror?

January 11, 2010

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Now that President Obama has acknowledged that the United States is, indeed, at war, the relevant questions are, “against whom and with what allies?” Mr. Obama said, “We are at war with al Qaeda.” Our allies include our Western-thinking coalition partners, of course. But our allies are also supposed

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

San Diego Jewish Profile: Bilingualism jumpstarted Loretta H. Adams’ career

January 11, 2010

Loretta Adams at home __________________________________________________________ By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California—The life and business success of Loretta Hirschfeld Adams illustrate how advantageous a bilingual education can be, especially for those of us who live in the southwestern United States. Adams, who established and later sold a company of nearly 300 employees specializing in Spanish-language

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

Some ins and outs of the American health debate

January 10, 2010

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–A month with family and friends across the United States found health a lively a topic of conversation. Almost all are sufficiently correct politically to concede that it is time to improve service delivery, but virtually none are happy with the work of the White House and Congress. No surprise that in

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Ira Sharkansky

Has U.S. eliminated Israel's qualitative edge over possible Arab foes?

Obama's rocky few days, Netanyahu's household problems

Israel's humanitarian efforts in Haiti

Bang or ‘Boom,’ it’s still a leap of faith

The nails that may cause the undoing of Netanyahu and Obama

San Diego Jewish Film Festival preview: ‘Against The Tide’

Book on child sexual abuse in Jewish community wins award

For all its holy history, Jerusalem a city like many others

‘Expecting Isabel’ delivers

Parallels between terrorist incidents against U.S., Israel

Some times even the circus may not be a refuge

Who are the U.S. allies in the war on terror?

San Diego Jewish Profile: Bilingualism jumpstarted Loretta H. Adams’ career

Some ins and outs of the American health debate

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