Compiled by Garry Fabian A Tale of two Shalits MELBOURNE, 26 May – Australians travelling to Israel for a gap year had the opportunity to meet the father of captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit as part of a special seminar earlier this month. The meeting with Noam Shalit was part of the three-day advocacy seminar [...]
By Cynthia Citron SANTA MONICA, California – In A.R. Gurney’s shaggy dog story, Sylvia, Tanna Frederick plays a pampered pooch dressed in tutus and tiaras. You might call her a woof in chic clothing. Frederick, who has starred in four of playwright and filmmaker Henry Jaglom’s romantic comedies, Hollywood Dreams, Irene in Time, Queen of the [...]
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — It’s hard not to choke back tears while watching the Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. I catch my breath short at even the smallest military or naval funeral I perform—particularly when a twenty-something boy or girl in a [...]
By Sarah Bernstein, PhD JERUSALEM — Patriotism has become a dirty word in many circles. It has become equated with fanaticism and extremism. To be an Israeli patriot is even worse. And because of my left-wing views, many people would be surprised to hear me describe myself as an Israeli patriot. In Israel, patriotism and Zionism [...]
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The basic flaw in the Palestinian logic, joined by Barack Obama and lots of others, is the problem in turning back history. Why 1967? Why not something else, earlier or later, equally irrelevant? By this thinking, what we call the eastern part of United States could still be [...]
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Pioneer Women Southwestern Jewish Press, April 13, 1956, Page 7 Pioneer Women, Negba Club, wishes to thank all of their friends, and members, for their cooperation which contributed to the success of their Rummage Sale. Florence Lebb and Rose Abrams, co-chairmen, and their committee, Rose Brooker, L:illian Yukon, [...]
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Lasker Lodge News Southwestern Jewish Press, April 13, 1956, Page 5 Father and Child Night, Lasker Lodge’s annual festive night for parents and children, will be at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 23rd, at Temple Center. An hour-long variety show, m.c.’d byu Al Kaye, will feature an evening [...]
By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California—-When Arthur Kopit gets an idea, you can pretty much count on it being a little off the charts. Take for example his 1963 movie Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad based on the 1962 Off Broadway play that lasted 454 [...]
BROOKLYN, New York (Press Release) – Following a four-week jury trial, Kareem Ibrahim was convicted Thursday in the Eastern District of New York of conspiring to attack John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, by exploding fuel tanks and the fuel pipeline under the airport. The defendant believed the attack would cause extensive damage [...]
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–As I understand what has happened: Prior to Barack Obama’s ascendance to the presidency, the Palestinians of the West Bank and Israel were moving at their own pace to a tolerable coexistence. A technocrat as prime minister, financial aid and training by the United States and Jordan had improved Palestinian security [...]
