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Editor: I enjoyed Bruce Kesler’s  article, “Are service medals so unimportant that Pentagon can’t be bothered to remember the awardees?” of September 29 very much.  I found that the article was informative, well researched and scholarly. I do have a slight correction please. I am a US Army veteran (MOS; 96B; USAICS, 66th MID, 3d […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The religious beliefs and practices of Americans do not fit neatly into conventional categories. According to a new report based on a recent national survey by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, large numbers of Americans engage in multiple religious practices, blending elements of diverse traditions. The survey,

BEIRUT, Lebanon (WJC)–Human rights violations in Iran are “the worst in 20 years,” according to a new report by the human rights group Amnesty International (AI). It describes patterns of abuse before, during and after the June election and includes various testimonies and case studies. The report also urges Iranian leadership to allow two key

AACHEN, Germany (WJC)–The former SS hit squad member Heinrich Boere has admitted to killing three civilians in Nazi-occupied Holland. Boere, 88, told the district court in Aachen that he shot the three Dutch men in 1944, but said he had only followed orders by his superiors. Boere said he had learned “as a simple soldier

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)–Some have pointed to Wednesday’s Quinnipiac poll and claimed that Obama’s support in the Jewish community is “declining quickly.” Unfortunately,  for Obama’s critics this poll has an “unacceptably high” margin of error and Quinnipiac’s Jewish approval rating is “unreliable.” See today’s JTA’s piece, “Don’t believe today’s Obama’s Jewish poll numbers”  (http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/12/09/1009644/dont-believe-todays-obamas-jewish-poll-numbers). “This

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)- During Shabbat Morning Services at 9 a.m., December 19, Congregation Beth Am will dedicate its beautiful stained-glass windows, recently installed in the sanctuary. The six windows, donated by Beth Am members, past and present, represent the six days of creation.  The Arc doors represent the 7th. The windows and Arc were

By David Amos SAN DIEGO–The ones of us who are passionate about classical music are a pretty odd group, whether we realize it or not. The music we hear has to be played “just so”, to fit our very narrow parameters of what we consider good taste and proper interpretation, to comply with the vision

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)–Voicing the concern that arts education in the public schools is in danger of being sanitized of any art with remotely religious themes or inspiration, The Rutherford Institute has asked the U.S Supreme Court to weigh in on a case in which public school officials banned the performance of an instrumental arrangement

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The U.S. House of Representatives approved on Tuesday legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis (Republican, Florida), which would label certain Middle Eastern satellite providers of incendiary television programming as terrorist organizations, in an effort to prevent radical anti-American propaganda from hitting the airwaves. “This legislation will provide the United States with

NEW YORK (WJC)–Leaders of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) have expressed their grief upon the passing of Count Otto Lambsdorff, a former German industry minister and the chief negotiator of the German government in the negotiations for compensation to Nazi slave and forced laborers. Lambsdorff had died on Saturday aged 82. WJC President Ronald S.