By Bruce F. Lowitt OLDSMAR, Florida–Freddie Roman hasn’t been around as long as the Catskills, although it might seem that way. He is a living history of a region that gave birth to countless great Jewish comedians and a reminder of an era of American Jewish life long past. There are the Catskill Mountains, ranging […]
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Bruce F. Lowitt, USABy Gerry Greber LA JOLLA, California– Holocaust histories frequently omit the stories of what happened to survivors from their time of their liberation to their final destination – Israel. This period is mostly recorded in a simple statement that “They went to Israel.” Anita Diamant fills in some of those blanks in her latest novel
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By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – One day, there will be a Palestinian Embassy in Israel and an Israeli Embassy in Palestine and Jerusalem residents will be able to walk from one to the other, novelist Amos Oz predicted Thursday evening, Nov. 12, at the San Diego Jewish Book Fair. Oz, author of
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Quite a bit of it is still hush-hush, but a proposed joint Palestinian-Israeli demonstration peace project to co-market a blended olive oil is evolving into a tri-national effort that also will involve mixing in some olive oil from neighboring Jordan. Oren Blonder, director of the Peres Peace Center’s agriculture, water
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education, USACANBERRA, Australia—Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor has approved the extradition of the Hungarian-born Perth resident Charles Zentai, 88, to Hungary but emphasized the decision was no indication of guilt. Zentai has now two months to appeal the decision. Hungarian prosecutors accuse Australian citizen Charles Zentai, 88, of being one of three men who tortured
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Travel and FoodBy Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California–Sibling rivalry is as old and as common as was in biblical days: Cain and Abel, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers. Throughout history, in literature and in theatre (Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon For the Misbegotten and Tennessee Williams’ Streetcar Named Desire,Tracy Letts’ August: Osage Count, Arthur Miller’s Death
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—U.S. Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, on Thursday released the following statement regarding the decision by the Army’s III Corps Commander to charge Major Nidal Hasan with 13 initial specifications of premeditated murder following last week’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood: “The senseless shooting
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USAREGENSBURG, Germany (WJC)–The bishop of the ultra-conservative Catholic Society of St Pius X (SSPX), Richard Williamson, is facing trial in Germany for denying the Holocaust. Williamson has lodged an appeal against a fine of US$ 19,000 imposed on him by a German court two weeks ago. As Holocaust denial is a crime in Germany, and
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Travel and FoodSIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (WJC)–A jury in the US state of South Dakota has convicted Sholom Rubashkin, the former owner of the leading Iowa-based kosher slaughterhouse AgriProcessors, of 86 out of 91 fraud charges. The decision means that Rubashkin, 50, will spend likely the rest of his life in prison as the combined sentences could
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USATRONDHEIM, Norway (WJC)—The Board of the Norway’s second largest university in Trondheim, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), has unanimously rejected a proposal to boycott Israeli academics. The boycott petition originated with a letter to the Board from 34 university professors and assistant professors, which said Israeli universities “have played a key role
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Middle EastAACHEN, Germany (WJC)—The trial in Germany of 88-year-old Heinrich Boere, accused of murdering three civilians in wartime Holland as part of a SS hit squad, has been postponed until next week on medical grounds. The decision came on the third day of the trial after defense attorneys for Boere argued their client could not hear
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Travel and FoodUNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (Press Release)–At a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York, the United States has accused Iran of violating a United Nations arms embargo imposed on it by secretly sending weapons to Syria in a cargo ship seized by Israel. Britain also expressed “very serious concern” at suggestions that Iran was
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Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (WJC)–The chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Gabi Ashkenazi, has told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee that Hezbollah now had rockets capable of reaching Israel’s largest cities. Ashkenazi’s warning came days after Israel’s navy seized a ship it said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons destined for Hezbollah. The
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Middle East, USABRASILIA (WJC)–Brazilian President Lula da Silva has rejected criticism over the upcoming state visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying all sides needed to be involved to achieve peace in the Middle East. ” One does not build the peace necessary in the Middle East if one doesn’t speak to all the political and religious
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