August 2010

Decision to cut Brooklyn College out of will causes a stir

By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — Since last Friday, when I wrote Why I Just Disinherited My Alma Mater,  the post has had “legs” about what I and others say is politicized indoctrination as official college policy. Brooklyn College requires incoming freshmen and transfer students to read an absurdly slanted book that Arab-Americans are routinely […]

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Travel and Food

Q & A with George Mitchell on upcoming peace talks

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The White House released the following transcript of a news briefing Tuesday by Special Envoy George Mitchell on the upcoming Middle East Peace process: SENATOR MITCHELL: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.        Last week Secretary of State Clinton invited President Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu to Washington on September

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Travel and Food

Lecture series will cover documentary hypothesis of Bible authorship

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Agency for Jewish Education announces a 2-part lecture series with Noah Hadas beginning on September 14th. The title of the class is “Who Wrote The Bible?” Why do there appear to be two creation stories in Genesis? Why did Abraham ask Sarah to pretend to be his sister two different times?

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San Diego Calendar

U.S. policy on Israel, Palestinians may prove as troublesome at that toward Iraq

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The 7 PM discussion on one of the major networks focused on what several commentators agreed were amateurish preparations for the Washington summit. The principals were still jockeying against one another, rather than acting as if the outline of an agreement had been hammered out in preliminary discussions. Americans seemed unsure about

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Middle East

White House, Jewish groups condemn Hamas murder of 4 Israelis

  WASHINGTON, D.C  (Press Release)– The following statement was issued by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. “The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attack today perpetrated by Hamas in which four Israelis were killed in the southern West Bank. We express our condolences to the victims’ families and call for

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Middle East

J Street's Ben Ami urges Israelis, Palestinians to avoid unilateral actions

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami released the following statement ahead of this week’s launch of direct talks between the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority: “J Street welcomes the arrival of the respective delegations and leaders – including those of Israel and the Palestinian Authority – to Washington for the

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Middle East

First-time readers have more difficulty decoding Arabic than English

HAIFA (Press Release)–The brain’s right hemisphere is not involved in the initial processes of reading in Arabic, due to the graphic complexity of Arabic script. Therefore reading acquisition in Arabic is much harder in comparison to English. This has been shown in a series of studies that were carried out at the Department of Psychology

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Science, Medicine, & Education

There are alternatives to the 'two-state' solution

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA–Low expectations, or no expectations, can only benefit the revived Middle East peace talks.   As Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof” assesses his future son-in-law, Motel the tailor, we can characterize the Israeli and Arab leaders’ prospects thus: “They have absolutely nothing. On the other hand, things could never get

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Middle East

ZOA on eve of peace talks calls for reinstatement of construction in Judea and Samaria

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to accede to international and U.S. pressure, for a continuation of the 10-month freeze on Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria which the Netanyahu government imposed in November 2009. The 10-month freeze, which is due to end

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Middle East

Chagall's life and works to be celebrated at Oceanside Museum of Art

Marc Chagall, Detail of Tribe of Benjamin, lithograph, ca. 1962, courtesy of Rudy and Elizabeth Van Hunnick. OCEANSIDE, California (Press Release)–Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA) announces A Season of Chagall, an exciting series of programs celebrating Jewish art and culture inspired by the art and life of Marc Chagall (1887-1985), the iconic modernist and foremost

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Travel and Food

Former San Diegan seeks support for Israel's 'lone soldier' program

(Editor’s Note:  In the following letter, ‘Lone Soldier’ refers to soldiers who immigrate to Israel without their families, and who thus are without the support groups other soldiers enjoy in their off hours or on leave.) Editor, San Diego Jewish World I am writing to tell you about a very special organization in Israel, and

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Middle East