By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Numbers are not everything in the assessment of public policies, but they can at least justify questions about the efforts officials are making in X as opposed to Y. The X in this case is the dispute between Israel and the Arabs. The Y is greater violence close to the Mexican border […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Jewish Community Foundation (JCF) recently announced the hiring of Sharyn Goodson as Program Officer for the Leichtag Family Foundation, with which the JCF has a consulting relationship. As program officer, Sharyn will develop and implement grant-making and other programs to further the Foundation’s strategies. “We are delighted to welcome Sharyn to
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San Diego Calendar
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Rebuilt in 1931 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, the church at Mission San Diego features a broken crucifix that intentionally has not been repaired. There are no arms on the figure of Jesus on the cross, but in 1970 when Monsignor Brent Eagen saw it in
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Donald H. Harrison, USA
By Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD–On the 55th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s death, April 18, 2010, his secretary, Helen Dukas, called a press conference at Theatre West in Hollywood. She wanted to talk about an earlier press conference, held on March 14, 1934, on the occasion of her boss’ 55th birthday, celebrated with a symposium in his
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Cynthia Citron, Middle East, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—At “Generations Day” on Tuesday, April 20, when parents, grandparents and even great-grandparents trooped to Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School to learn with their school children, this year’s lesson figured to be a snap. As the day corresponded with Yom Ha’Atzma’ut, Israel’s Independence Day, the teachers decided the all-school
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–San Diego’s largest attended one-day Jewish community building event, Yom Ha’atzmaut takes place on Sunday, April 25 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the San Diego Jewish Academy, 11860 Carmel Creek Road, San Diego. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public. Parking is available for $5 at
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By Ulla Hadar SHA’AR HANEGEV, Israel — A large number of people gathered the morning of Yom Haatzmaut in the Arnon community Center situated in the municipality of Shaar Hanegev to celebrate Israeli independence with a mixed group of BikeIsrael 2010 riders from the local kibbutzim and from their partnership region of San Diego,
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Middle EastENCINITAS, California (Press Release)–Congregation Beth Am and Temple Solel will host a traditional Lag B’Omer Bonfire at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas. Please join the congregations for bonfire, kosher BBQ, beach and buddies on May 2 from 4pm-6pm. There is no charge for this event, but reservations are appreciated. Please bring your own blankets and beach
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Travel and Food
By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, April 20–Today, modern Israel’s 62nd birthday, is a good time to ask the question, “What if there wasn’t an Israel, would things be different in the Middle East?” The world would still be dealing with and suffering from MidEast extremists: First of the Soviet proxies, but without Israeli intelligence penetrating them
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The following statement was issued on Tuesday by Gordon Duguid, deputy spokesperson for the U.S. State Department: “The most senior Syrian diplomat present in Washington today , Deputy Chief of Mission Zouheir Jabbour, was summoned to the Department of State to review Syria’s provocative behavior concerning the potential transfer of arms to Hizballah. This
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Middle East, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Three Franciscan Padres whose lives are celebrated at Mission San Diego are Father Junipero Serra, who founded this mission and eight others, Fermin Lasuen, who succeeded Serra as president of the missions and founded nine more, and Luis Jayme (also spelled Jaime), who is remembered as the first Christian martyr
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–National holidays are occasions for reflection. The linkage of Memorial Day and Independence Day was designed to focus on the miseries and hopes of being Jewish and Israeli, so there should be no surprise that they work on our emotions, this year as in the past. Memorial Day is heart wrenching stories of
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA
By Toby Klein Greenwald GUSH ETZION, Israel — In his official Memorial Day speech at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu described how, as a young soldier, two of his fellow soldiers, 19 years old, were killed during a lethal military operation, and how one of them, David Ben Hamu, died in
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Middle East, Toby Klein Greenwald, USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release)–The Jewish Agency for Israel held a special ceremony on Israel’s Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers Monday (April 19) to honor the memory of Diaspora Jews murdered in terrorist and anti-Semitic attacks abroad, as well as Jewish Agency emissaries killed while serving abroad. Lighting this year’s torch in memory of the fallen was
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Middle East