BAGHDAD (Press Release)— Iraqi police on Tuesday arrested 11 suspected members of the al-Qaida in Iraq terrorist group during two joint security operations in northern Iraq. Near As Sadiyah, northeast of Baghdad, Iraqi police and U.S. advisors searched several buildings for an alleged al-Qaida in Iraq member believed to have ties to senior leadership. Based […]
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Travel and FoodWEST POINT, New York (Press Release)–Following is the transcript of the speech by President Barack Obama announcing an increase in troop levels in Afghanistan: THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. To the United States Corps of Cadets, to the men and women of our Armed Services, and to my fellow Americans: I want to speak to you
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USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) urged a federal appeals court to allow a Wiccan religious leader to have his day in court to pursue a religious discrimination case. A Wiccan clergy member challenged as unconstitutional a policy of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that limits paid clergy positions to members of
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USAPOWAY, California (Press Release)—The Temple Adat Shalom Adult Education Committee presents Rita Ross, the writer of an exceptional memoir that delves into her childhood during the Holocaust, saving the lives of children and personally experiencing the horror of the era. Her book, Running from Home, which will be available for purchase, is written in a
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San Diego Calendar, USASAN DIEGO–Jews in their 20s, 30s, and early 40s who desire to participate in and influence the cultural offerings of the Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family JCC have formed a new group called “In the Mix.” The group is kicking off its activities with a Wednesday, Dec. 9, Flix Mix cocktail party
____________________________________________________ By Linda Capeloto Sendowski BEVERLY HILLS, California—Hot from the sizzling oil, dripping with warm, lemon scented, honey syrup the bumuelo is a Sephardic tradition. That first bite of sweet crispy goodness is worth the calorie conscious guilt I will feel after eating this traditional goodie. Bumuelos also known as birmuelos, as burmuelos, depending on
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Interior of Musmeah Yeshua ________________________________________________ By Sammy Samuels YANGON, Myanmar–Jewish life in Burma today is quite different from what it was during colonial times, which lasted until World War II. Before the war, it still was the case that “the sun never set” on the British Empire, including in Southeast Asia. Jewish merchants, who migrated
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Travel and FoodCARLSBAD, California (Press Release)–Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort, spiritual leader of Chabad of La Costa, has issued the following appeal: “Our Annual Community Yard Sale is THIS coming Sunday (December 6) from 8am – 2pm at the shul (1980 La Costa Avenue, Carlsbad). We need your saleable items now. Please bring items in good condition to the
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San Diego Calendar, USA, Yeruchem Eilfort-RabbiBEVERLY HILLS, California (Press Release)–Explore the intriguing mysteries surrounding three of Lee Waisler’s portraits on the closing day of his About Faces exhibition at Sundaram Tagore Gallery in Beverly Hills on Sunday, December 12 from 3 to 5 pm: Literary genius Franz Kafka, his last love Dora Diamant, and Kafka’s friend and literary executor Max
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) announced that it will present to world-renowned businessman and pro-Israel philanthropist Sheldon G. Adelson its most distinguished and historic award, the Theodor Herzl Gold Medallion for outstanding achievement in Zionism. The ZOA Dinner will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City, 42nd
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Middle East, USAPARIS (WJC)–The French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala has announced that he secured funding from Iran for films meant to “combat Zionism” in France. Dieudonné and the head of France’s Anti-Zionist Party, which Dieudonné helped to found earlier this year, said the support was obtained during a recent meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran
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USAMUNICH, Germany–On the opening day of the trial of suspected Nazi war criminal Ivan Demjanjuk in Munich, his attorney said it was unfair for his client to be charged for following orders when his superiors were never charged. Demjanjuk, 89, a former autoworker who lived in near Cleveland, Ohio, and was extradited in May to
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USAUNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (WJC) — The United Nations General Assembly is marking the 23rd edition of the annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The debate is expected to generate six resolutions which are critical of Israel. Until recently, Israel boycotted the debate, but for the past two years has sought a platform
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Middle EastJERUSALEM (WJC)–The foreign ministers of the European Union are expected to endorse a document prepared by the Swedish EU presidency which calls for East Jerusalem to become the capital of a future Palestinian state, the newspaper ‘Haaretz’ reports. A draft document implies that the EU would recognize a unilateral Palestinian declaration of statehood, the paper
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