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SDJW thanks June, early July contributors

July 4, 2015

SAN DIEGO (SDJW)—San Diego Jewish World acknowledges and thanks those writers whose bylines and photo credit lines appeared during the month of June and the first few days of July on its website. They included: David Amos Stephen Hazan Arnoff Laurie Baron David Bedein Edwin Black Dan Bloom Shoshana Bryen Stephen Bryen Garry Fabian Donald […]

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Barry Shaw, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Edwin Black, Eileen Wingard, Eric George Tauber, Eva Trieger, Fred Reiss, EdD, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Mark D. Zimmerman, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Michael Ordman, Mimi Pollack, Natasha Josefowitz, Sheryl Rowling, Shor M. Masori, Shoshana Bryen, Steve Kramer

U.S. wants a deal, any deal, with Iran

June 28, 2015

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The Obama administration and its negotiating partners will soon close a deal with Iran on the June 30 deadline, permitting Iran’s nuclear weapons program to proceed at full speed. But wait! The deadline will be extended, just as has been done many times during the interminable negotiations with

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International, Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA

Rafting and touring through the Galilee

June 8, 2015

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –When our older son, Moshe, recently visited Israel, we took advantage of the weather and his experience (he’s an adventure tour leader) to go kayaking. While Israel’s Mediterranean coastline and the Red Sea resort Eilat both provide Israelis with plenty of water sports, the country has a dirth of

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Middle East, Steve Kramer

SDJW thanks its May contributors

June 1, 2015

SAN DIEGO (SDJW)—San Diego Jewish World acknowledges and thanks those writers and photographers whose bylines appeared during the month of May on its website. They were: David Amos Laurie Baron Caren Besner Dan Bloom Shoshana Bryen Stephen Bryen Garry Fabian Abraham Foxman Donald H. Harrison Natasha Josefowitz Rabbi Ben Kamin Tony Klug Steve Kramer Lloyd

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Barry Shaw, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Eileen Wingard, Eric George Tauber, Eva Trieger, Fred Reiss, EdD, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Mark D. Zimmerman, Melanie Rubin, Michael Ordman, Mimi Pollack, Natasha Josefowitz, Sheryl Rowling, Shoshana Bryen, Steve Kramer

Satirical ‘Catch the Jew’ upbraids left wingers

May 30, 2015

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The book Catch the Jew! has been heavily advertised in Israel by Gefen Books. At first I was put off by the book’s title and its somewhat facetious cover art, but after watching a television interview with the author I was intrigued enough to purchase the book. Tuvia

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Middle East, Steve Kramer

TAU Prof. Susser provides Middle East overview

May 23, 2015

By Steve Kramer TEL AVIV–The English Speaking Friends of Tel Aviv University (Friends of TAU) hosted Professor Asher Susser at its most recent monthly lecture. Susser, who earned his PhD in Modern Middle Eastern History at TAU and is presently the Director for External Affairs of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies there,

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Middle East, Steve Kramer

Coalition may keep Netanyahu on ‘right’ track

May 10, 2015

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Britain has just reelected a Conservative government, avoiding a “hung parliament,” a situation in which no single party wins an absolute majority of the votes. That, despite the fact that British polls had steadfastly predicted that neither the Conservative or Labor parties would win a majority. Israel, which

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Middle East, Steve Kramer

Israel high on world happiness list

May 2, 2015

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Israel just celebrated its 67th birthday, according to the Hebrew calendar. What’s the prognosis for our nation and its people? By one announcement, Israelis are thriving. That report is the World Happiness Report, a measure of happiness published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Which countries are

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Middle East, Steve Kramer

Eating and touring in Israel, Part 2

April 28, 2015

By Steve Kramer TEL AVIV — In the first part of this series, we toured Jerusalem with my brother Charles, who was visiting from America. Next, we traveled with him to Tel Aviv. What was very special about Charles’ trip was the timing. As we entered Tel Aviv in the early afternoon, we were

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Middle East, Steve Kramer, Travel and Food

Eating and touring in Israel: Part 1

April 27, 2015

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel– How can a visitor experience the real Israel in seven days? If you’re my brother Charles, all you need do is hang out with us Kramers for a week. That just happened when my brother came to help Michal and me celebrate my birthday. Charles arrived on a Friday,

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Middle East, Steve Kramer, Travel and Food

Fighting organized anti- Semitism on campuses

April 17, 2015

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Passover is one of the three pilgrimage festivals of Judaism. In ancient times, during the seven days of the holiday, Jews came to the Holy Temple to make sacrifices. Today, there is no Holy Temple, but Israelis and Jews from the Diaspora fill the city with thousands of

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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA

Bibi supporters can thank President Obama

March 18, 2015

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Bibi Netanyahu’s Likud party has won Israel’s 20th Knesset election and almost certainly he will soon begin his fourth term as prime minister. Many questioned Bibi’s judgment late last year when he dissolved the 19th Knesset after only 18 months. His reasoning was that the coalition was unworkable

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Middle East, Steve Kramer

Why this writer will vote for Likud

March 12, 2015

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — On March 17, the citizens of Israel will return to the polls less than two years after the previous election. Voting for the 20th Knesset in Israel’s short, 67-year history, Israelis hope that the new government will last the full four-year term, unlike most of its predecessors. Israel, like

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Middle East, Steve Kramer

Rules of the bazaar inform Iran’s bargaining

March 8, 2015

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Emeritus Professor Moshe Sharon of the Hebrew University famously lectured on negotiations in the Middle East. He wrote: “To achieve their goal, the Arabs took to the battlefield and to bazaar diplomacy. The most important rule in the bazaar is that if the vendor knows that you desire

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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA

SDJW thanks June, early July contributors

U.S. wants a deal, any deal, with Iran

Rafting and touring through the Galilee

SDJW thanks its May contributors

Satirical ‘Catch the Jew’ upbraids left wingers

TAU Prof. Susser provides Middle East overview

Coalition may keep Netanyahu on ‘right’ track

Israel high on world happiness list

Eating and touring in Israel, Part 2

Eating and touring in Israel: Part 1

Fighting organized anti- Semitism on campuses

Bibi supporters can thank President Obama

Why this writer will vote for Likud

Rules of the bazaar inform Iran’s bargaining

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