NEW YORK (Press Release)—The Jewish Agency for Israel announced that 3,767 new immigrants from North America will have moved to Israel in 2009, an increase of 17 percent compared with 2008, which saw 3,210 newcomers from the US and Canada. Globally, there was also an increase of 17% in the number of new immigrants to […]
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Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen [Note: at the Sunday funeral of the three men, thousands of Palestinians chanted anti-PA slogans, accusing the Palestinian Authority of “collusion” with Israel to arrest, disarm and kill Fatah military operatives. A largely unreported story is the unhappiness of Palestinians with the ruthlessness of the PA security forces in hunting down its
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida –The statement in my last column that Israel tripled the size of East Jerusalem when it reunited the city in 1967 was a serious understatement. Actually, the Israeli geographers, who, they thought, were drawing the frontier of a state and not just its capital city, enlarged the area
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Middle EastHAIFA, Israel (Press Release)– More than 86% of the news photographs in the Israeli newspapers are archive photos. This is the result of a new and original study that was carried out at the University of Haifa for its Second Photojournalism Conference, “Photojournalism: From Hard to Soft News?” which took place at the University on
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Middle EastCARLSBAD, California (Press Release)– Temple Etz Rimon of Carlsbad will formally install Rabbi Karen Sherman at a special Havdalah Service at 6 p.m. on Saturday, January 9 at the Temple. The festivities will commence with wine, cheese and hors d’ouevres followed by the 7 p.m. Havdalah Service and installation ceremony. Dessert and socializing will follow the services. Temple
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San Diego Calendar
Oceanside Museum of Art …. Photo: OMA _____________________________________________________ By Donald H. Harrison OCEANSIDE, California—The Jewish poetess Emma Lazarus is best known for the “New Colossus,” a poem that is engraved onto the base of the Statue of Liberty. She expressed the promise that America held for immigrants in 1876, the American centennial year
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Donald H. Harrison, USABy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — Our Graduation in June 1959 took place on a typical hot humid Philadelphia day. I remember the lengthy discussion of what we (the girls) should wear under our graduation gowns, and I think the consensus was – full length slips. And, white heels for sure. There were so many
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USA
By Kashif Shahzada LAHORE, Pakistan—Evidence From The Qur’an to demonstrate that it does not support racial discrimination. Islam is the religion of peace, tolerance and social justice. It promotes humankind as one community and shuns racism and bigotry. But sadly some misguided elements portray it negatively and their wrong portrayal if not challenged results in
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Travel and Food
By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Two recent newspaper articles about climate change in the far distant future, say 2500 or so, (titled, respectively, “How much more proof is needed for people to act?” and “Ignoring the future — the psychology of denial”) emphasized the importance of facing major issues that will have an
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Middle East, USA
WIZO International President Helena Glazer shakes hands with Mayor Alon Schuster of Sha’ar Hanegev, Israel, at ceremonies inaugurating new teachers rooms in two municipalities along the Gaza border. Photo by Kfir Sivan/Israel _____________________________________________________________ By Ulla Hadar SHA’AR HANEGEV, Israel–Eleven upgraded teachers rooms in this municipality and neighboring Eshkol municipality were inaugurated Dec. 21, making them
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Middle EastAsahi Shimbun (a Japanese newspaper) – Interview with Shimon Peres on the Middle Eastern situation. Shoshi Bogoch, the Israeli shlicha for San Diego, reminds that sign-ups are being taken for a teen trip to Israel. Donald H. Harrison, Sightseeing in San Diego County, a growing compendium of stories about places to take your family or
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — Film critics have been brutally dismissive of Rob Marshall’s new film “Nine.” (It received only a 38% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.) So I have to tell you, I LOVED it! Based on Federico Fellini’s surrealistic and autobiographical 1963 film “8 1/2,” and the 1982 Broadway musical “Nine,”
To other movie critics who panned 'Nine': Nein! Read More »
Cynthia CitronBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–One of the creepiest television programs on cable is “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.” Andrew (who is Jewish, of course) tours the world sampling unusual local cuisine. Some of his favorite dishes have been roasted Wallaby tail, raw crocodile eggs, and juicy cheese worms. While all of these
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Jewish Religion, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–An estate agent told me the other day that many sellers miss opportunities because they don’t accept an early offer which is near enough to the asking price in the hope of getting more by hanging on. In most cases, more doesn’t happen and in the end the property is sold
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Middle East