Brazilian oil company considering halting operations in Iran

RIO DE JANEIRO (WJC)–Three days after hosting Israeli President Shimon Peres, the Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras has announced that it is considering closing its operations in Iran. The company’s international director, Jorge Zelada, told the magazine ‘Veja’ that Latin America’s largest company was studying this possibility. Peres had met last Friday with Petrobras […]

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Middle East

Peace recedes as Obama policies harden Palestinian positions

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Barack Obama was six years old when the Jordanian army opened fire on Jerusalem as its part in the 1967 war. Shortly after the fighting, Israel expanded the city’s boundaries. Four years later it began construction the Gilo neighborhood. Gilo was in the news early in the intifada that began in 2000, when

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Manny Farber exhibit begins Dec. 14 at Gotthelf Art Gallery

  SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – “Manny Farber: Four Decades of Painting and Drawing” will be exhibited December 14 through February 24 in the Gotthelf Art Gallery, part of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS. A free opening night reception with a keynote speaker

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Israel dedicates monument to U.S. 9/11 victims

JERUSALEM (Press Release)– On Thursday, November 12,  Israel took another step in the country’s long history of solidarity with the United States and global victims of terror as international diplomats, U.S. and Israeli politicians and religious leaders unveiled a monument dedicated to the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Commissioned and built by

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Middle East, USA

State Department bias favoring Palestinians shows in report on international religious freedom

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM—More than 40 years ago I chose public administration as my specialty in political science. I still poke at it, despite being interested in other things as well. Here I will poke at the 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom published by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History~December 25, 1953, Part II

Compiled by Gail Umeham Pay Pledges Now!  Urges Harry Snyder Southwestern Jewish Press December 25, 1953 Page 1 ** ** In an appeal for cash before December 31st Harry Snyder, Treasurer of the Fund urged all contributors to pay their pledges now in order to take advantage of tax exemptions for charitable gifts. “Uncle Sam”

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IAEA suspects more hidden nuclear sites in Iran

  VIENNA (WJC)–Iran could have several secret nuclear facilities across the country, according to a new report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. IAEA inspectors who visited the recently disclosed underground nuclear enrichment plant near Qom last month said the site was built to hold 3,000 centrifuges,

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Peres' visit prompts protests, welcome in Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES (WJC)–Israeli President Shimon Peres and Argentinean President Christina Fernández have met in Buenos Aires. “Argentina does not allow anybody to choose its friends, and it doesn’t choose the friends of others,” Fernández told reporters after meeting, referring to the influence of Iran in Latin America and Tehran’s close relations with Venezuelan President Hugo

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Program twins mosques and synagogues on two continents

NEW YORK (WJC)–A hundred mosques and synagogues throughout North America and Europe took part in the second edition of twinning. The annual event involves meetings between local Muslim and Jewish congregations aimed at launching joint activities. The New York-based Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, founded by Rabbi Marc Schneier, has been organizing the event, which this

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Illinois Congress members split on terror prison site

WASHINGTON, DC  — Rep. Jan Schakowsky, (Democrat-Illinois) released the following statement in response to proposals that Guantanamo Bay deatainees will be relocatoted to a prison in Illinois. “The Guantanamo Bay facility is a recruiting tool for Al Queda and a mark against the morals of the United States. In closing ‘Gitmo’ and moving some detainees to

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