JERUSALEM (Press Release)– In response to the overwhelming reaction among Israelis to the arrival of hundreds of single Olim from the USA, Canada and the UK this past summer, the Aliyah organization has teamed up with popular Jewish dating site JDate Israel to create a portal for its Olim to meet Israeli singles. As part [...]
GENEVA (WJC)—In a nation-wide referendum, Swiss citizens voted in favor of banning the construction of minarets on mosques. The surprise result, in a country that has only four mosques with minarets and no major problems with Islamist militancy, has led to concerns that Switzerland’s trade relations with the Muslim world might suffer. Fifty-eight percent of [...]
TEHRAN (WJC)–In defiance of the international community, the Iranian Cabinet headed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran to begin construction of five uranium enrichment sites and propose five other sites for future construction within two months. The head of the nuclear body, Iranian Vice-President Ali Akbar Salehi, told state media [...]
AUCKLAND, New Zealand–Fred Silberstein, a survivor of Auschwitz who gave evidence at the Nuremberg Trials has died aged 80 in New Zealand. Silberstein, who was 14 when he was taken to Auschwitz in 1943, spent much of his life educating people in New Zealand about the horrors of the Holocaust and the subsequent dangers of [...]
MUNICH, Germany (WJC)–The trial of Ukrainian-born Ivan Demjanjuk, 89, who is accused of helping to murder 27,900 Jews in the Sobibor Nazi death camp during World War II, began here Monday, marking the final chapter of 30 years of efforts to prosecute the retired autoworker. Demjanjuk was deported from Ohio in May after his US [...]
TEL AVIV (Press Release) – Terminal 4 – Pet Relocation, the pioneer of pet travel in Israel, on Mondayt announced the launch of its “Aliyah for Pets” project. The company, already assisting “Olim” families with their pet travel needs, will be broadening its support for Jewish families in the process of relocating to Israel. Statistics [...]
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — It sounded as if Florida Gov. Charlie Crist had all but declared war on the 800,000 Jewish inhabitants of his state. Bob Kunst, president of Shalom International in Miami Beach, sent Crist a vehement letter, which he shared with the media and others, accusing him of mounting “a direct [...]
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Didi’s Magic Keys, a play for children ages 3-8, tells an engaging story while teaching valuable lessons about creative problem solving. The performance has been touring the United States this year with stops on the East Coast in New Jersey and Chicago, moving on to Las Vegas and landing in California for [...]
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Jerome Summers hales from Ontario, Canada, where he is Music Director of the Stratford Symphony Orchestra and, across the border, conducts the International Symphony Orchestra of Sarnia/Port Huron, Michigan. Summers was in San Diego recently to guest conduct TICO. For several days prior to TICO’s opening concerts November 15 [...]
Wine and Food Festival, 2009, behind Seaport Village ______________________________________________________ By Lynne Thrope SAN DIEGO– Amongst the 170 wineries, breweries, and spirit purveyors, 70 chefs showing off their gourmet prowess, and thousands of enthusiasts in attendance at last weekend’s Grand Tasting at the largest wine and food festival in Southern California was Ellen, my long lost [...]
