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Hebrew Day student honored by Legislature for her essay on Survivor Gussie Zaks

SACRAMENTO (Press Release)– Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School 7th student Celia Benchetrit was an honoree Monday at the state capital for her essay (printed below) on Holocaust survivor Gussie Zaks. The essay on Zaks, who lives today in San Diego,  is printed in a book that was presented at the annual Holocaust Memorial Project […]

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Is Obama scapegoating Israel to cover his Iran failures?

By 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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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Hillary Clinton sends Israel best wishes for Yom Ha'atzma'ut

WASHINGTON, 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, USA

Memo to the Church: Please leave us Jews out of your sex abuse scandal

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA–The Catholic Church historically inspired persecution against our people, and in the last half-century church leaders merit recognition for reconciling with us. After that immense effort to do right, the church has embarked on a new course of action: Confuse the heck out of the Jews.   New York Archbishop Timothy

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Fixing American priorities in the Middle East

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs calls on President Obama to take a personal interest in the “Middle East dispute” and use his personal good offices to push the parties to the conflict to a resolution that serves “vital national security interests” for the United States. Recalcitrant parties, pursuing their own

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

J Street reports first official meeting with Israel's ambassador

WASHINGTON, 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, USA

A short overview of Holocaust commemorations

By 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

San Diego’s historic places: Mission San Diego tells circumspect tale of Kumeyaay life

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Janet Bartel, chief docent at San Diego Mission, treads as carefully as a performer on a tightrope when discussing the Kumeyaay Indian experience at Mission San Diego, There have been too many controversies not to. In September 1988, Pope John Paul II beatified Father Junipero Serra saying that

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Holyland scandal continues to dominate Israeli headlines

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Israel returned from its Passover vacation, and unburdened itself of several files awaiting release from one official body or another. The scandal of the Holyland apartment development gained more weight with the detainment of another real estate mogul, said to have bribed local planning officials with respect to that project, and officials

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA