WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Following is the text of the speech Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered on Monday to the United Jewish Communities convention. My dear friends, leaders of the Jewish communities of North America, The history of the Jewish people has been marked by a paradox. We are at once both small and […]
By Arnold Flick LA JOLLA, California–In March this year, President Obama, while in Egypt, addressed the Muslim world. In speaking of Israel, he in essence described the founding of Israel as an event proceeding from the Holocaust. The Zionist community, both here and in Israel, has been very upset by this description and has responded
Which was more important to Jewish history—Holocaust or creation of Israel? Read More »
Middle East, USABy David Amos LA JOLLA, California — One of my important missions in music is to promote lesser known composers and emerging young musicians worthy of greater recognition and exposure. The future of classical music rests in our younger generations. First of all it is essential that we educate our youth to appreciate, enjoy, and
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Middle East, San Diego CalendarHAIFA, Israel (Press Release)—A new study carried out at the University of Haifa has found that the hormone oxytocin, also known as the “love hormone”, which affects behaviors such as trust, empathy and generosity, also affects opposite behaviors, such as jealousy and gloating. “Subsequent to these findings, we assume that the hormone is an overall
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationHAIFA (Press Release)–“The big winner is Bibi Netanyahu”, says Leon H. Charney following the re-election of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg last week. Hosting former Mayor of New York City Ed Koch in his “The Charney Report” studio, Mr. Leon H. Charney, American businessman and Chairman of the University of Haifa’s Board of
Recent U.S. elections strengthen Netanyahu's hand, Koch and Charney agree Read More »
Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Following is a transcript of a speech on U.S. policy in the Middle East delivered on Tuesday, Nov. 10, by William Burns, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, to the Middle East Institute: Thank you very much Wendy for that kind introduction. And thank you for this opportunity to speak again at
Despite setbacks, U.S. remains committed to Arab-Israeli peace process–Burns Read More »
Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The Fort Hood killings will reverberate. At the lower end of the military, Muslims will find their property trashed, and hear themselves called camel jockeys and rag heads. The stories differ only in detail from those told over the years by Jews, Catholics, African Americans, and Hispanics. Soldiers the world over
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–On May 27, 2008, a major monument to gay holocaust victims was unveiled in Berlin. The monument remembering gays persecuted by the Nazi regime ‘was unveiled in preparation for a ceremony in Berlin which was presided over by Germany’s federal commissioner for culture, Bernard Neumann, and openly gay Berlin Mayor Klaus
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Carol Davis, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C.–Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority (West Bank division) has announced that he will not run in the Palestinian election currently scheduled for January 2010. He blames Israeli “intransigence” on the issue of houses for Jewish people east of the 1949 Armistice Line. We offer another perspective. “Strengthening
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — Every once in a while a book comes along that reveals a startling gap in our understanding of the world, our passions and desires, and ourselves. Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle is such a book. One of Start-Up Nation’s authors will discuss it at the San
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Middle East, San Diego CalendarBy Carine Chitayat ABOARD EL AL AIRLINES–I am flying to LAX from Ben Gurion Airport as I write this. I was in Israel for a very short visit on behalf of the Adopt A Family program at Congregation Beth Am. It’s been a fast week, leaving on a Thursday and returning exactly one week later.
On a flight from Israel back home: who 'adopted' whom? Read More »
Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USABy Jeanette Friedman ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey — Shari Alter and her oncologist husband Robert have five kids and live in Englewood. You would think that would keep her busy with no time for so much as a bubble bath or “Oprah” break, since everyone knows, five kids means lots of car-pooling, hockey and assorted craziness. So multi-tasking,
Ever plan a party from 5,000 miles away? Shari Alter has! Read More »
Middle East, USABy Ulla Hadar SHA’AR HANEGEV, Israel—Amid an atmosphere of joy and Zionistic rededication, the rebuilt, rocket-resistant Sha’ar Hanegev elementary school has been reopened in the same compound it had occupied for a half century. Ceremonies inaugurating the seven-building complex on Thursday, November 5, marked the end of the elementary school’s two-year exile from Sha’ar Hanegev’s
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Middle EastWhile only Jewish member of Congress to vote against condemning Goldstone report, Bob Filner of San Diego says he was not the only one who held that view