By Joseph Toltz MELBOURNE, 26 July – A special performance of the music of the Theresienstadt Ghetto (Terezin) was presented in Melbourne on Sunday, July 25. Terezin, a small garrison town built in 1780 by Emperor Franz-Josef II, lies peacefully among meadows and gardens, 38 miles northwest of Prague. To us, its German name is […]
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Middle East, USACompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Society News Southwestern Jewish Press, October 15, 1954, Page 3 Nathan Halle, 84 years “young,” has just returned from a three month’s vacation in Europe and the East Coast. * It won’t be all work for Carl Esenoff when he attends the annual meeting of the American Institute
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Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Brandeis Women To Meet For Dessert Nov. 1 Southwestern Jewish Press, October 29, 1954, Page 4 The first semi-annual Membership Meeting of the San Diego Chapter of the National Women’s Committee of Brandeis University will be held Monday, November 1, at the home of Mrs. William Carter, 2171
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Adventures in SD History, Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Bonds For Israel Presents Noted Singer Southwestern Jewish Press, October 15, 1954, Page 1 Jan Peerce, one of the world’s leading singers, and for twelve years the top tenor of the Metropolitan Opera, will be guest artists, Sunday, October 24, at a city7 wide banquet at El Cortez
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Adventures in SD History, Middle EastHAIFA (Press Release)– The Maccabi Haifa professional basketball team of the Israeli Basketball Super League, announced on Friday, July 23, they have signed guard Frank Robinson, who played at Cal State Fullerton from 2004-08, to a one-year contract. Robinson, 26, played three years at Cal State Fullerton, averaging 15.8 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and
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By Norman Greene LA JOLLA, California — No matter what else is discussed, “Iran is the main issue in the Middle East…everything else is irrelevant,” stated Caroline Glick, Deputy Managing Editor of the Jerusalem Post before an audience of over 500 gathered at Congregation Beth El by the San Diego Chapter of Friends of the
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –JINSA has long expressed concern about military skills being transmitted by the U.S. to a Palestinian Authority military force while the Palestinian government remains openly hostile to Jewish sovereignty in the Middle East. The Israelis tell us, “The more they do against Hamas, the less we have to do.” The
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USAJERUSALEM (WJC, ADL)–The Israeli government has decided to postpone the adoption of a controversial law on conversion to Judaism that drew sharp criticism from Jews in the Diaspora. In a statement, a government spokesman Nir Hefetz said an agreement had been reached with liberal Jewish denominations that were opposed to the bill. The bill will
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Middle East, USARAMALLAH (WJC)–Organizers of a Palestinian music festival have prevented the music band Boney M to perform one of its greatest hits because the song refers to the exiled Jewish people’s yearning to return to the biblical land of Israel. Lead singer Maizie Williams said Palestinian concert organizers told her not to sing the 1970s hit
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Middle EastMADRID (WJC)–Three Spanish activists – two of which were aboard the controversial Gaza-bound aid flotilla raided by the Israeli Navy at the end of May – have filed a lawsuit in a Madrid court against Israel for alleged crimes against humanity. The 83-page document takes aim at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, six senior Cabinet ministers
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released the following statement Thursday, July 22, in recognition of Egypt’s National Day: * On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the Egyptian people as you mark your National Day on July 23. This is an opportunity to celebrate
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Middle East, USABRUSSELS (WJC)–The foreign ministers of the 27 European Union member states are set to approve further sanctions against Iran over its uranium enrichment program, targeting the country’s energy, financial and transport sectors. The measures, to be adopted at a meeting next week, are to include a ban on investing in Iran’s oil and gas industries,
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The sky is not falling. Today. After a week or so of panic following the encounter with the Turkish flotilla, nastiness from the peaks of the Turkish government, conventional censures from the United Nations and NGOs, and shrill comments of “We told you so” from J Street types, more conventional economics and
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Personals Southwestern Jewish Press, October 1, 1954, Page 3 Mr. and Mrs. Sam Shapov of Chula Vista left Monday, Sept. 13 for a month’s tour of Mexico. They will visit Mexico City and other spots of interest below the border. * We’re glad to welcome back from Oceanside,
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