Travel and Food

Danny Ayalon, “An Open Letter to the Arab World” in Asharq Al-Awsat (forwarded by Jack Forman of San Diego) Theodore Bikel, “Chanukah Song” video on You Tube (forwarded by Phyllis Kahn) Jake Coyle, “Once an underdog, Reitman now an Oscar favorite,” in San Diego Union-Tribune Rabbi Ben Kamin “For Christmas, we’d like Jerusalem, no returns […]

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the government of Austria have agreed to continue and expand a program that provides Austrian law enforcement professionals with anti-bias training on hate crimes, victim assistance and community policing. Under the new three-year contract, the League’s Austrian law enforcement trainings will commence in January 2010 and continue

JERUSALEM (Press Release)–The following statement was issued by the U.S. State Department: Delegations of the United States and Israel discussed the status of the U.S. and Israeli economies, the progress of Israel’s economic reforms, and ways to enhance high-tech cooperation during the U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) 2009 Mid-Year Review, held Tuesay in Jerusalem.

WASHINGTON, DC  (Press Release)– Rep. Jim Moran (Democrat,Virginia) on MOnday introduced bipartisan legislation that would clarify current sanctions law to provide the Iranian people access to information and the ability to communicate both internally and with the outside world in an effort to undermine censorship and monitoring efforts by the Iranian government.  When it authored

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA– So, a religious group for aspiring attorneys claims the right to discriminate. A law school refuses to accept the organization if it will not accept gays and other so-called heathens. The victims of this group’s discriminatory policies are unlikely to seek membership in this organization. There is a joke in

Judy Lash Balint provides us with a link to her story about a Jewish bride and a father who were arrested for seemingly praying on the Temple Mount. Ulla Hadar, our Shaar Hanegev bureau chief, spotted this piece on Yahoo.com about how peaceful life has become in the wake of Operation Cast Lead on  Nahal

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday condemned the desecration of two menorahs in Suffolk County over the weekend, the latest in a series of menorah vandalisms on Long Island in recent weeks. According to authorities, a menorah at the entrance of Raynor Beach County Park in Ronkonkoma was broken and left on

NEW YORK (Press Release)—The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on MOnday urged the government of Moldova and the leadership of the Orthodox Church to punish those responsible for uprooting a Hanukkah menorah on a main public square in Moldova’s capital, Chisinau, and replacing it with an Orthodox cross. A video shows an Orthodox priest, identified by the

PARIS (WJC)–In France, which is home to the world’s third largest Jewish community after Israel and the United States, anti-Semitic incidents had reached a worrying level, according to French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux. During the first nine months of 2009, the number of recorded incidents had more than doubled, compared with the same period the

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The following Chanukah greetings were issued on Friday by President Barack Obama: Michelle and I send our warmest wishes to all who are celebrating Hanukkah around the world.   The Hanukkah story of the Maccabees and the miracles they witnessed reminds us that faith and perseverance are powerful forces that can sustain us

By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO–One of the things that caught my attention when I joined a synagogue community was the importance of guarding one’s tongue when speaking of others.  The rabbi said “Gossip is like murder.”  I think that is true – and it is an insidious failing of our human aspect which needs constant