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Palestinians will be disappointed by hope U.S. or Arab League can deliver Israeli concessions

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The wet dream of the Palestinians is that someone else will solve their problems by forcing Israel to do what is right. They are told time and again by their leaders that it is only they who have suffered, and only they whose claims are just. To their own harm, much of […]

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

San Diego’s Historic Places: San Diego Automotive Museum

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—There are many automotive museums around the world, interpreting their missions in a variety of fashions. Some collect, wanting to obtain representative automobiles of every make, nationality, or year. Others love to show the marriages of art and technology, form and function, and marketing and self-perceptions all shaping people’s

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USA

Mideast proximity peace talks to start up again

  By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Here we go again. Maybe. The stage is set for the beginning of indirect talks between Israel and the abbreviated Palestine National Authority (West Bank without Gaza). The Arab League has provided its endorsement. Palestinian leaders carried that decision on the basis of “assurances” received from the Americans. They are warning

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

San Diego’s Historic Places: Veterans Memorial Museum hosts exhibit on Japanese-American members of the Armed Forces

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Probably no event has seared into the consciousness of the Japanese-American community more painfully than their forced relocation from their homes on the West Coast of the United States to internment camps in the interior of the country during World War II.   This is the central portion of

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USA

Illegal immigration is a global problem

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–You want to look at a conundrum? (a problem without a solution) Immigration reform is a good example. A NYT article describes efforts at producing some kind of amnesty along with “tougher enforcement.” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/us/politics/01immig.html?hp Can any country control its borders, and also preserve its morality? Tougher enforcement will mean random deportations while

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Obama proclaims May 2010 as Jewish-American Heritage Month

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– President Barack Obama on Friday declared May 2010 as Jewish American History Month. His proclamation read: “In 1883, the Jewish American poet Emma Lazarus composed a sonnet, entitled ‘The New Colossus,’ to help raise funds for erecting the Statue of Liberty. Twenty years later, a plaque was affixed to the completed

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Jewish organizations call for walkout on Ahmadinejad's U.N. nuclear speech

NEW YORK (Press Release) — World Jewish Congress on Friday called for the United Nations delegates to demonstrate their outrage against the presence of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at next week’s UN Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, and urged its member communities to communicate this to their governments. More than ironic, the participation of the Iranian dictator who

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Middle East, USA

Clinton tells AJC that Arab nations must contribute more to peace process

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Following are remarks of Secretary of State Hillary Clilnton to the American Jewish Committee in Washington D.C. on Thursday, April 29: SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you all. Well, it is wonderful to be back here at the American Jewish Committee and I thank David for that introduction. What he was really trying to

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ADL tells objections to Arizona's new immigration policy

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is profoundly disappointed with Arizona Governor Jan  Brewer’s decision to sign what is the most reckless state immigration law in the country.  The ADL was founded 97 years ago with the mission “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” With

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San Diego’s Historic Places: 19th Coast Artillery at Cabrillo National Monument

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—It is commonplace to see elementary school classes walking through Cabrillo National Monument on history field trips. But similar field trips to Cabrillo may also be appropriate for high school trigonometry classes – especially for those students who wonder, “What’s the point of this stuff? When would we ever

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USA

Obama using Israel as a scapegoat for his own failed policies

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–There was no particular courage required to excoriate the government of Israel when its housing minister announced the construction of so many new home units in the Jerusalem area exactly when Vice President Joe Biden was arriving in the country to discuss peace talks.  Many in the Israeli establishment and

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