March 2013

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, May 3, 1957, Part 3

Home for the Aged Auxiliary Slate Installation Luncheon May 22nd Southwestern Jewish Press, May 3, 1957, Page 5 Plans for the 11th annual Donor Installation Luncheon for the Home for the Aged Auxiliary to be held at the Lafayette Hotel on Wednesday, May 22, at 12 o’clock, are practically completed, according to general chairman, Mrs.

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JNS news briefs: March 31, 2013

Knesset member demands Turkish apology for Struma sinking (JNS.org) Amid the continuing aftermath of Israel’s apology to Turkey for the May 2010 Gaza flotilla incident, Likud Member of Knesset Moshe Feiglin demanded on Sunday that Turkey apologize for the February 1942 sinking of the MV Struma in the Black Sea, Israel Hayom reported. In mid-December

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JNS news briefs: March 29, 2013

New plans to breach Israel’s naval blockade (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) While the aftermath of Israel’s apology to Turkey for the Mavi Marmara incident continues to unfold, a pro-Palestinian group says its activists will soon stage a provocation aimed at ending the Israeli naval blockade on the Gaza Strip. But unlike past attempts in which activists,

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International

Psychiatrist ‘psyched’ to fight climate problems

By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — From letters-to-the-editor at Time magazine to the public shows he performs with his wife Rusti, psychiatrist Steven Moffic believes that personal actions are important in the global fight against climate change. But readers might wonder what exactly does climate change have to do with psychiatry?  Is it all

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