** By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Visitors will encounter the images of numerous saints at Mission San Diego, but the most prominent in the mission’s own history and traditions are San Jose, San Francisco, and San Diego—known in English as St. Joseph, St. Francis and St. Didacus. Roman Catholics revere Joseph as […]
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C.–According to The New York Times, “Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has warned in a secret three-page memorandum to top White House officials that the United States does not have an effective long-range policy for dealing with Iran’s steady progress toward nuclear capability.” A journalist wrote to JINSA, “It seems
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By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California–I came into this world a few months before Israel; we’re both 62. I’ve had a life thankful to the security in the United States for my and my immediate family who escaped Europe’s persecutions and murders, and the opportunities in the US. I’ve relied upon my exertions to give back
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Congratulations Israel on 62 years of independence! This is an opportunity to celebrate all that Israel has accomplished and to reaffirm the bonds that unite our two nations – our strategic partnership, our shared values, and our common aspirations. You know, in 1948, it took President Truman only 11 minutes to recognize
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–This is the time of Israel’s Memorial Day and Independence Day. Appropriate to the season, I’ve received two e-mails with items that some may see as a bit too assertive for their taste. Yet they tell important elements of the Israeli narrative. It is not the whole story of the Middle East, but
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastLOS ANGELES (Press Release)– As the debate on whether or not to divest from Israel discussed by the student senate at University of California, Berkeley moved toward conclusion, six Nobel Laureates connected to Scholars for Peace in the Middle East and a seventh Nobel Laureate, Elie Wiesel, independently wrote to the senate arguing in opposition
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke extensively on Thursday, April 15, on prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace during the dedication of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace in the American capital city. Here is a transcript of her comments following her introduction: SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I should just quit
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)–A new poll of American Jewish opinion, conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, has produced a surprising result: despite the fact that American Jews voted for Barack Obama in 2008 by a massive 78% to 21%, today a plurality of 46% of American Jews say they would consider voting for someone else
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Middle EastLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–Yom HaZikaron, the day Israel remembers its war dead and victims of terror, will be observed at 7 p.m., Sunday, April 18, at the Lawrence Family JCC, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. The free public event is sponsored by the Israel Center of United Jewish Federation of San Diego County. During
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — J Street founder and Executive Director Jeremy Ben-Ami met today for the first time with Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren. The conversation, which took place at the Israeli Embassy, lasted approximately one hour and covered a wide range of topics, including the peace process, the US-Israel relationship and Iran. The meeting
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–He ain’t stupid. Stubborn is not all that bad. Neither is pressure. The subject is Barack Obama. Signs are that he is backing off from saying that he expects early compliance with his demands on Israel and Palestine. “. . . even if we apply all our political capital to that issue,
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HAIFA (Press Release)–An emotional first-time meeting took place at the University of Haifa between two survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp: Miriam Yahav, 83, and Nahum Bendel, 82. The two became connected five years ago, in 2005, when Yahav spontaneously stepped up to the stage at a ceremony in Poland commemorating 60 years of the liberation
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AUSCHWITZ, Poland (Press Release)–Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky, flanked by Israel’s former Chief Rabbi and government ministers, led a group of over 10,000 on the annual March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and death camp in Poland, marking Holocaust Remembrance Day, Monday (April 12). “It is easy to say that the lessons of Auschwitz
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The Holocaust leads all other tragedies in the extent of its commemoration. Numerous countries have an annual observance on January 27th, the anniversary of the day in 1945 when the Soviet Army liberated the largest Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. Some of them also commemorate Israel’s observance in the Spring. It comes
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA