By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–”Document Leak May Hurt Efforts to Build War Support” Each of us may have a different view of that headline in the New York Times, which derives from the paper’s activities, along with the Guardian, Der Spiegel, and WikiLeaks, to bring purloined documents to the public’s attention. Some will condemn the paper as working against the national interest [...]
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — One recalls July 4, 1976—the great Bicentennial—with much nostalgia and affection. America was exactly 200 years old, had survived the Watergate scandals and a presidential resignation without bloodshed or constitutional tremors. The dreadful Vietnam War was over after some fifteen years of entanglement, though we struggled (and [...]
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By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The dismissal of General Stanley McChrystal in Afghanistan is not as seismic as some are contending, but it is significant. The comparison with Truman and MacArthur is not appropriate. MacArthur acted against presidential policy, and helped create the military and political disaster of Chinese entry into the Korean War. McChrystal and his [...]
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By Donald H. Harrison Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Probably no event has seared into the consciousness of the Japanese-American community more painfully than their forced relocation from their homes on the West Coast of the United States to internment camps in the interior of the country during World War II. This is the central [...]
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–There was no particular courage required to excoriate the government of Israel when its housing minister announced the construction of so many new home units in the Jerusalem area exactly when Vice President Joe Biden was arriving in the country to discuss peace talks. Many in the Israeli establishment and [...]
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QUESTION PERIOD—Brian Greenspun and Scott Goldstein listen to a question posed by an audience member at San Diego Jewish Film Festival Tuesday, Feb. 16, at Lawrence Family JCC in La Jolla, California _________________________________________________ By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story introduced to attendees of the San Diego Jewish [...]
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Israel radio announced that The Times of London was accusing Israel of “waging covert war across the Middle East.” The worry was that this would be the start of another campaign to condemn and delegitimize Israel, recruit support for boycotts of its exports and its academics, and arrange arrest warrants for officials [...]
Compiled by Garry Fabian Cooking duo eyes $100,000 prize MELBOURNE, 3 February – Forget the stereotype of the Jewish grandmother slaving away over bubbling chicken soup and kneidlach in the kitchen, Australia’s newest Jewish super chefs are Clint Yudelman and Noah Rose. The culinary duo are the Victorian contestants on Australia’s newest reality TV cooking [...]
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WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe Lieberman, (Independent, Connecticut) and Ranking Member Susan Collins, (Repubilcan, Maine) - who are conducting an investigation into the shooting deaths of 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, last November – issued preliminary policy recommendations Wednesday to the Department of Defense (DoD). The recommendations, which came in [...]
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Ha’aretz headlines an escalation. Some 20 rockets and mortars have been fired toward Israel in recent days, so far with no casualties and minimum property damage. Ten Palestinians have been killed in retaliations by the air force, and there has been damage to structures as well as the tunnels used to smuggle [...]
