NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday welcomed a decision by South Africa’s highest investigative body to reject a request for an arrest warrant for Tzipi Livni, Israel’s former foreign minister, upon her visit to the country. The announcement, from the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) headed by General Anwa [...]
UNITED NATIONS (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Nov. 24, expressed disappointment with a United Nations resolution to commemorate the Durban conference, calling it “outrageous and shameful.” On November 23, the United Nations’ Third Committee voted to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the infamous 2001 U.N. World Conference Against Racism, which was marred by [...]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (WJC)– A Muslim-owned company in Johannesburg has canceled an order placed by the South African Zionist Federation with comments saying: “Please don’t pay! Don’t contaminate our account with your blood money!” JTA reports that the organization had ordered conference bags from Saleys Travel Goods for a conference in March and had dealt with [...]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (WJC)– The retired Anglican archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu has urged the Cape Town Opera to abandon an upcoming trip to Israel, saying that Palestinians would not have equal access to the performance. “Cape Town Opera should postpone its proposed tour next month until both Israeli and Palestinian opera [...]
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday, Oct. 4, called on the University Council of the University of Johannesburg (UJ) in South Africa to “make a stand for academic freedom and fairness” and reaffirm its relationship with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and reject a “falsehood-filled campaign” to politicize a [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Following is a transcript of the news conference at which Secretary of STate Hillary Clinton and George Mitchell outlined the agreement between Palestinians and Israelis to directly negotiate for peace. The news conference was moderated by Assistant Secretary of State Philip Crowley: MR. CROWLEY: Good morning and welcome to the Department of [...]
By Garry Fabian New Zealand Jewish Community goes to court WELLINGTON, New Zealand, 10 August– The following announcement was released by the New Zealand Jewish Community: As we informed the community last week, we filed legal proceedings against the Minister of Agriculture, seeking a restoration of the right to practise shechitain New Zealand. We are [...]
Compiled by Garry Fabian Jewish congregation prepares to sue New Zealand government over shechita AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 23 July 2010 (Press Release)–The Working Group on shechita of the Auckland Hebrew Congregation has tried to engage further with theMinister of Agriculture. The Minister is firm in his resolve to preserve his position, which does not give the Jewishcommunity [...]
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Since 1854: A Noted Historian Views American Jewry’s Last Century Southwestern Jewish Press, September 17, 1954, pages 6, 7 By Dr Salo W. Baron, president, American Jewish Historical Society When one looks back on the past 100 years, one finds that that period started as a period of [...]
By Franklin Gaylis SAN DIEGO — Several thousand years of Jewish history has been extremely well documented. What about our personal family’s history over the past few hundred years? This is the question I asked myself when our children were born in the USA after my wife Jean, and I emigrated in 1982 from South [...]
