HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Prof. David Faraggi has been elected the next Rector of the University of Haifa by the Senate of the University. He is to take over from current Rector Prof. Yossi Ben-Artzi in October 2010. Faraggi, who is currently Vice Rector, is a bio-statistician in the Department of Statistics. He received his […]
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Middle East, USA
By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — Five women sit in a row onstage and talk about being women. Their subjects range from buying a bra to their obsession with boots to the enduring chic of the color black. They talk about marriage and divorce and the death of a child. And most of all, they
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By Donald H. Harrison AGUANGA, California—The olive groves in this rural Riverside County community about 20 miles east of Temecula may become one of the growing grounds for Middle Eastern peace if Israeli, Palestinian and American visionaries are successful in promulgating the idea that entrepreneurship and business cooperation between the Middle Eastern neighbors
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Tatyana Chernyachovskaya, an immigrant from Russia, had been building a new life for herself and her family. She had a good job in the biology depeartment at Mesa College. Her children are enrolled at Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School. And then a rare form of cancer struck. Now, friends in and out
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By Lloyd Levy Lloyd Levy EILAT, Israel –A major fault line exists, not merely in California geology, but in the Jewish world ! The split is about two Jewish world views that are difficult to reconcile. On the one hand are the mainstream western Diaspora Jews, and on the other hand Israeli Jews. They each
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Lloyd Levy, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–It is worth reading this item from the Jerusalem Post. http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=175654 Senior Jewish advisors of the President, meeting with a selected group of American rabbis, said that the White House erred in its messages about Israel. Not only do they reiterate American support for Israel in general terms, but they express reasoning
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Middle East, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In the current Pickwick Players production of Annie, Megan Spector, 10, a fourth grade student at Solana Highlands Elementary School is a stand-out in the title role at the Moxie Theatre on El Cajon Boulevard. Come fall, she plans to try out for the play Snoopy
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Miramar National Cemetery was dedicated Saturday, January 30, 2010, by two members of Congress and ranking officials of the military and Veterans Administration with promises that San Diego will once again be able to bury the bodies of its veterans—and not only their ashes—before the end of the year.
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Donald H. HarrisonSAN DIEGO (Press Release)- The San Diego Women’s History Museum will sponsor a wine, cheese and chocolate festival from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, June 4, in the Spanish Village section of Balboa Park, with commemorative wine glasses to be awarded to the first 500 attendees. Dozens of well-known chocolatiers, wine and cheese
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San Diego CalendarStaff Report SAN DIEGO–Our correspondent in Sha’ar Hanegev, Israel, Ulla Hadar, sent along to us video footage of a television newscast devoted to the discovery of American millionaire Fred Monosson’s color movie footage of pre-state and early Israel. The video literally has bounced and forth across the world, as she received it from Michael Rassler, executive
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)- The San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) is proud to announce the launch of possibly the largest online collection of aviation images in the world. By using Flickr.com, the entire SDASM Library & Archives digitized photo collection will eventually be viewable via the internet anywhere in the world. To date,
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San Diego CalendarLA JOLLA (Press Release) – The dates for the 10th Annual Used Book Sale of the Samuel & Rebecca Astor Judaica Library, have been changed to June 9-11 and 13, 2010 during open hours at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS, 1426 Executive Drive, La Jolla. The Used Book Sale closes on
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Every year, the San Diego Museum of Man honors its commitment to American Indian culture through its Art Market and – starting this year-a Film Festival.The Museum of Man’s First Annual American Indian Film Festival, sponsored by Pechanga Resort & Casino and presented by the American Indian Film Institute of San Francisco,
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San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Jewish Family Service of San Diego has created a new program to provide special help to individuals and families who are struggling through the tough economic times. The JFS Economic Crisis Response Program provides free workshops, counseling, and case management services to the entire San Diego community. Upcoming June workshops include: June
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