John McCormick

John McCormick

Jihadist Stabs 7 in N.Z. Supermarket Before He is Fatally Shot

A terrorist who went unarmed  into a Countdown supermarket in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn on Friday afternoon grabbed a knife off a shelf and attacked and injured six shoppers before he was shot and killed by two armed police.  The officers were part of a Special Tactics Squad (STS) who have had him under surveillance since 2016 when he was listed as a high security risk for his beliefs.  [John Bernard McCormick]

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Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Will Be ‘Gone by Lunch Time’ in New Zealand

Rush Munro’s ice cream parlor sells only its own ice cream. In Dad’s day it was hand made and he would walk a mile down Tomoana Road to the shop on Heretaunga Street after school for the best ice cream in the country. The shop today is a ‘Happy Days’ TV show style ice cream  parlor with soda drinks and the like, but no burgers or chips. It has an indoor area with a garden bar area with a fish pond that has been there since Dad was a boy. [John Bernard McCormick]

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Petition Urges New Zealand to Establish Embassy in Israel

Pastor Nigel Woodley of the Flaxmere Christian Fellowship has initiated a petition calling upon the New Zealand Parliament to establish an embassy in New Zealand. “Israel, in good faith, has had an Embassy in our country now for many years and I think it is time for New Zealand to reciprocate the goodwill,” Woodley writes in an announcement of the petition drive.  “At a time when the misguided are shouting ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘Close the Israeli Embassy in Wellington,’ we can be involved in pushing that dangerous and negative rhetoric and narrative to the back by calling for the proper diplomatic representation of New Zealand within Israel itself. [John McCormick]

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How New Zealanders celebrate their holidays

Down Under, Hanukah and Christmas are summer time party times at the beach or lake or up in the mountains or you can just stay home. A big calendar, picturing ‘Food and Culture in Israel’ was a gift from the Embassy of Israel this time last year.It shows that the Eve of Hanukah this month is Sunday Dec 22 and Christmas day is the following Wednesday. The small Jewish community of New Zealand — much smaller than that of San Diego — and the Embassy of Israel host Hanukah Parties for the public each year in Auckland and Wellington. I can’t make one this year but they are always fun. [John McCormick]

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Down Under they don’t trust U.S. media

I have a few email addresses from congressmen and senators in Washington. I sometimes get responses to what I send or have to say to them. Some of them have read the SDJW and have seen Alon Ben-Meir’s article entitled ‘Repercussions of Israel’s Fractured Democracy’ (nothing wrong with that article) and Bruce S. Tickers story ‘Impeachment unlikely to affect Democratic control of the House’???. So I won’t send Joel Cohen’s item entitled “Trump seeks Israel’s help in Election” because one or more dopey members of Congress might take it seriously and make an issue of it. (To read more, please click on the headline.)

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Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 2, 2019 (7 items)

Barbara Bry announces candidacy for San Diego Mayor in 2020 election Barbara Bry, one of two Jewish members of the nine-member San Diego City Council, has announced her candidacy for mayor of San Diego in the 2020 election.  The incumbent mayor, Kevin Faulconer, will be termed out. “Instead of making decisions designed to preserve a

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Editor’s E-Mail Box: December 20, 2018 (5 items)

Protection against Iran and Hezbollah needed after U.S. withdraws from Syria — AIPAC The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Thursday issued the following statement concerning President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. “With the decision announced yesterday to immediately withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, it is imperative that Iran and Hezbollah

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Editor’s E-Mail Box: December 2, 2018

Israeli ambassador anticipates a U.N. vote repudiating Hamas Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, is participating in the IAC conference and held an interview with journalist Gil Tamari, which focused on Israel’s activities at the United Nations. In light of the American proposal to condemn Hamas in the General Assembly, Ambassador Danon said

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Editor’s E-Mail Box: November 30, 2018 (5 items)

American Jewish Committee  opens global religious freedom drive American Jewish Committee (AJC) has launched #8Nights4ReligiousRights, the global Jewish advocacy organization’s Hanukkah initiative in support of religious freedom around the world. The eight-day Hanukah holiday, which begins Sunday evening with the lighting of the first candle in the menorah, celebrates the restoration of Jewish religious freedom

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More reactions to Pittsburgh Shabbat massacre

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — A day after the Shabbat morning massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, reactions from Jewish and non-Jewish organizations and individuals continued to come into the offices of San Diego Jewish World via email.  In addition to messages from those individuals and organizations that spoke out on Saturday, there

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John McCormick: A Kiwi friend of Israel

Editor’s Note: This is the 18th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego.  Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment:  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

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New Zealand coalition augurs better relations with Israel

By John McCormick WAIPUKURAU, New Zealand — Now that the membership of New Zealand’s Coalition Cabinet is known, there is reason for optimism that there will be a turn for the better in relations between New Zealand and Israel, which were soured last year when New Zealand voted for a United Nations Security Council condemning

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