November 2010

When soap-opera affairs are reminiscent of international relations

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–You want soap opera in real life?  It is far from politically correct to be cynical in the presence of charges about sexual harassment and rape, but who wants politically correct in the presence of these stories? The initial inquiry into a leading candidate for the job of national police chief has […]

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Obama’s response is measured in face of North Korean provocation

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama struck just the right notes after the North Korean artillery barrage that killed two South Korean marines and two civilians yesterday. He was outraged, as we all should be, but didn’t take the North Korean bait. U.S. Forces Korea – not the White House – made the

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Travel and Food

Bone particle measurements may help ward off deterioration

TEL AVIV (Press Release)– Ferrography, a practice used by the American and Israeli air forces to monitor the condition of machinery, extracts tiny iron particles from lubricants such as oil and grease to analyze wear in machines. Determining whether a system requires preventative maintenance can be the key to preventing catastrophic failure. Now Tel Aviv

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Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

J Street urges President Obama to press for decision on Israel-Palestinian borders

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–To address persistent stagnation in Israeli-Palestinians negotiations, J Street is putting forth a new policy proposal urging President Obama to adopt a bolder, more assertive strategy to resolve the conflict.  The pro-Israel, pro-peace movement is asking the administration not to pin its strategy on obtaining a 90-day extension of the partial settlement

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Middle East

Artist Mordechai Rosenstein to visit San Diego Jewish Academy

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Students at San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) will have the opportunity of a lifetime to work with a world-renowned artist when Mordechai Rosenstein visits the school in December.  At SDJA, he will engage students in the creation of a unique piece of art that will incorporate the school’s current annual theme

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Travel and Food

6,604 hate crimes reported across U.S. in 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The FBI released on MONDAY, Nov. 22, the  2009 statistics which indicated that 6,604 criminal incidents involving 7,789 offenses were reported as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or physical or mental disability. Hate Crime Statistics, 2009, published by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, includes

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Obama pushes on behalf of Palestinians, and still they won’t make peace

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –The United States is offering Israel a variety of gifts and promises in exchange for a 90-day building freeze that includes eastern Jerusalem (according to a U.S. official, as reported by Ha’aretz) to induce the Palestinians to negotiate with Israel for the Palestinian state to which President Obama appears committed.  

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Middle East

Fortunately, transit will get you to National Museum of American Jewish History

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA–The reinvented National Museum of American Jewish History features this inspired advantage: A visitor can readily find it, and swiftly reach it. The museum, which traces the Jewish experience in the United States, is located at the same corner as Philadelphia’s Fifth Street SEPTA subway station and a stop for numerous

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Travel and Food

Reform Movement urges repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)— The leaders of the Reform Movement on Monday, Nov. 22,  sent a letter to Secretary Robert Gates urging him to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, a regulation that threatens the rights of all LBGTQ servicemen and women by prohibiting them from serving openly in the United States military. The full text of

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