WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The White House on Tuesday issued the following statement in response to the formation of a new government in Lebanon: “The United States commends Prime Minister Hariri and President Sleiman for their stewardship during the government formation process, and looks forward to working with the next Lebanese government on behalf of […]
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USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– Recently I unilaterally imposed upon my computer a trial separation, although there were times in our relationship that I would have gone further and demanded an irrevocable divorce. I’m sure many of you know the type of computer that I had wedded myself to — always demanding more
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C–On July 26, 1948, President Truman issued Executive Order 9981 abolishing segregation in the armed forces and ordering, “there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed forces without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin.” It was, and he was, politically incorrect for
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Shoshana Bryen, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (Republican, Illinois), co-chair of the bipartisan House Iran Working Group and a Navy Reserve intelligence officer, on Monday called on President Obama to form an international coalition to cut off gasoline deliveries to Iran in response to the regime’s rejection of a compromise nuclear deal, its reported
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Senate Homeland Security Chairman Joe Lieberman ( Independent,Connecticut), and Ranking Member Susan Collins, (Republican-Maine), formally announced on Monday that their Committee will be conducting an investigation into last week’s murders at Ft. Hood, beginning with a public hearing next week. The Senators released the following statements today on their inquiry and intention to
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USANEW YORK (Press Release) – A 16th century two-volume Bomberg/Pratensis Rabbinic Bible is back in the hands of its rightful owners 71 years after it was stolen by the Nazis. On Monday, November 9, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S.
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USAHAIFA (Press Release)–“The big winner is Bibi Netanyahu”, says Leon H. Charney following the re-election of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg last week. Hosting former Mayor of New York City Ed Koch in his “The Charney Report” studio, Mr. Leon H. Charney, American businessman and Chairman of the University of Haifa’s Board of
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Following is a transcript of a speech on U.S. policy in the Middle East delivered on Tuesday, Nov. 10, by William Burns, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, to the Middle East Institute: Thank you very much Wendy for that kind introduction. And thank you for this opportunity to speak again at
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The Fort Hood killings will reverberate. At the lower end of the military, Muslims will find their property trashed, and hear themselves called camel jockeys and rag heads. The stories differ only in detail from those told over the years by Jews, Catholics, African Americans, and Hispanics. Soldiers the world over
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Lloyd Levy LONDON, England, Nov. 10 — I suppose it is a sign of getting old, that one feels standards are falling in the younger generations. The last 24 hours have seen some thoroughly distressing examples of the most unbelievable ignorance among young people in the UK. There is a quiz programme on television called
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Lloyd LevyBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–On May 27, 2008, a major monument to gay holocaust victims was unveiled in Berlin. The monument remembering gays persecuted by the Nazi regime ‘was unveiled in preparation for a ceremony in Berlin which was presided over by Germany’s federal commissioner for culture, Bernard Neumann, and openly gay Berlin Mayor Klaus
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Carol Davis, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastPOWAY, California (Press Release) – Rick Recht, the top-touring musician in Jewish music, will perform an all-ages family concert on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm at Temple Adat Shalom, 15905 Pomerado Road, Poway, CA 92064. Recht’s high-energy, interactive family concert will appeal to all ages and feature a lot of singing, clapping and jumping from
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San Diego CalendarLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — The 26th Annual Hanukkah Happening, co-sponsored by the Nierman Preschool – Glickman-Galinson Education Complex and the JCC Youth Department, will take place at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS on Sunday, December 6, 2009, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Hanukkah Happening is San Diego’s largest
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San Diego Calendar, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner on Monday announced that the Department of Insurance (CDI) has recovered more than $27 million from insurance companies for consumers through its complaint process in the aftermath of the devastating Witch Creek fire in San Diego County that killed two people, destroyed 1,650 structures and burned more than 197,000