Donald H. Harrison

US evacuates 17 out of 20 American doctors stuck in Gaza

Published by ANI News Washinton, DC [US], May 18 (ANI): Seventeen of the 20 American doctors who were stuck in Gaza after Israel shut the border crossing from Rafah to Egypt have safely departed the enclave, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Friday. “They’re out. There was 20 American doctors, 17 are out […]

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Bodies of three hostages recovered in Gaza Strip: IDF

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], May 17 (ANI/WAM): The bodies of three Israeli hostages were recovered today from the Gaza Strip. Speaking late Friday afternoon, Israel Defence Force Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said the bodies of the hostages have been identified as Itzhak Gelerenter, Amit Buskila, and Shani Louk. Hagari further said

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Three Intriguing Stories Lead to One in ‘The Boy with the Star Tattoo’

The highly readable novel juxtaposes three stories: 1) love and survival in Vichy France;  2) Jewish efforts shortly after World War II to find European Jewish orphans who could be brought to Eretz Israel; and 3) the drama of Israel “stealing” its own ships from under the eyes of the French. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Gaza Strip: Israel rejects genocide accusation before UN court

Published by Daily Post (Nigeria) Israel has rejected accusations of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, while arguing before the International Court of Justice, ICJ, that its military operations in the city of Rafah were self-defence. The case brought by South Africa was a “distortion of reality,” the head of Israel’s delegation, Gilad Noam, said

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French police kill man trying to burn down synagogue

Published by Euronews (English) A man allegedly trying to set fire to a synagogue in northern France was shot and killed by police on Friday, according to French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. Officers in Rouen “responded to a report of smoke near the synagogue,” a police source said. “The man was armed with a knife

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‘Kosher Jammers’ Links Jewish and African-American Jazz

From the 1920’s through the early 1950’s, luminaries like Harold Arlen (Hyman Arluck) Yip Harburg (Isidore Hochberg) and countless others wrote tunes that became the jazz standards that helped make Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Teddy Wilson, et al, world famous. [Yale Strom]

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U.N. Engaged in Subterfuge, Sabotage in Response to Sandberg’s Film on Hamas Rape of Israeli Women and Girls

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres “all but publicly declared Hamas had not used sexual violence” against Israeli women and girls. Alt Miller pointed out that in Guterres’ annual report titled “Conflict-Related Sexual Violence” he paradoxically failed to list Hamas among the organizations that had employed sexual violence in the past year. [Amy Neustein, PhD]

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Jewish Community Finds Heartfelt Support in California’s Capitol

Fifty of California’s 120 legislators joined the conference on Tuesday, May 14, to express their solidarity with the state’s Jewish community, and almost the entirety of the 19-member Legislative Jewish Caucus spoke about their close working relationship with JPAC. In addition to Governor Newsom’s remarks, Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis, Senate President pro Tempore Emeritus Toni Atkins (by video), Attorney General Rob Bonta, and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond addressed participants. [Press Release]

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Israeli PM Netanyahu advances contentious bill to conscript orthodox men

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], May 16 (ANI/TPS): Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced on Wednesday that the Israeli premier will advance contentious legislation for conscripting members of the Orthodox Jewish community into army service. “In order to bridge the disagreements and bring about a broad consensus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has

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Federal Patents, UCSD Investments Become Issues in Gaza War Fallout

Local Republican Congressman Darrell Issa is concerned that anti-Israel sentiment may influence decision-making at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  And, at UC San Diego and other University of California campuses, unionized graduate student workers, have voted to authorize a strike in reaction to campus officials calling in law enforcement to clear out war protesters’ encampments. [SDJW staff]

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