November 2010

SDJA screens ‘Race to Nowhere’ Dec. 6

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The movie Race to Nowhere examines the high-stakes,  high-pressure culture that has invaded our schools and our children’s lives, creating unhealthy, disengaged, unprepared and stressed-out students. An SDJA education has always been about helping our students discover their passions and exceed their own expectations, no matter their level of ability. “This […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Salome Jens’ one-woman play focuses on life of poet Anne Sexton

By Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California–“Anne Sexton saved my life,” Salome Jens says.  The actress, still beautiful in her 70s, sits munching her salad in a trendy outdoor cafe.  Her words are startling as they float in the bright California sunshine.  “At 46,” she continues, “I was suicidal and alcoholic.  Just like Anne.  But I

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Cynthia Citron, Travel and Food

Most European countries need to do more to fight anti-Semitism, ADL says

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The vast majority of the 56 participating governments in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are failing to adequately address the problem of hate crime and anti-Semitic incidents, according to a new analysis by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Human Rights First. ADL and Human Rights First analyzed data

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Travel and Food

Lautenberg legislation would require colleges to put anti-harassment policies in place

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ-12) on Thursday introduced the “Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act,” legislation that for the first time would require colleges and universities to have anti-harassment policies in place. The bills introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, also would

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Feinstein calls for immediate repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Thursday called on her colleagues in the Senate to vote in favor of repealing the military’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which unfairly discriminates against gay and lesbian Americans in uniform. Senator Feinstein made her statement at a press conference with fellow Democratic Senators. Following is

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USA

Iran’s Human Rights Council secretary-general says stoning an important deterrent

NEW YORK (WJC)–Mohammad Javad Larijani, the secretary-general of Iran’s Human Rights Council, has defended the practice of stoning people. Larijani said in New York that the sentence had not been carried out applied for years because of a moratorium, but added that it served as an important deterrent. “More than 50 percent [of people] may

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Travel and Food

Jewish groups denounce initiative in San Francisco to ban circumcision

SAN FRANCISCO (WJC)–Jewish organizations have condemned a proposal to outlaw ritual circumcision of minors in San Francisco. The Anti-Defamation League, the SFJewish Community Relations Council, the Board of Rabbis of Northern California and the American Jewish Committee together issued a statement expressing “great concern” about the proposed initiative by a San Francisco resident, which would

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USA

Obama pushing peace treaty, whatever the consequences to Israel

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — During the Bush administration, an envoy was sent to ask what it would take for Israel to feel secure if a Palestinian state was established without a peace treaty with Israel. He had incentives in his pocket. The Israelis turned him down because without a treaty that addressed Israel’s

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

Is 90-day construction freeze agreement unraveling?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Let’s start with the bad news. For the good news, you’ll have to look elsewhere. A week ago things were looking pretty good. The prime minister reported that the Americans were offering, as an inducement for a 90-day construction freeze in the West Bank, 20 F-35 advanced military planes, free of charge,

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

‘Deathtrap’: Audiences will laugh themselves to ….

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — Ira Levin’s 1978 play Deathtrap was the longest running comedy-thriller on Broadway. It ran four years with over 1800 performances. Not bad for a non-musical. But everyone loves a good mystery, and Levin gives us that. If you are like the rest of us who sneak a peek at

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Obama’s order on faith-based initiatives stirs support, opposition

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)— In response to President Obama’s Executive Order concerning federally funded partnerships between the government and faith-based and neighborhood organizations, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and member of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, released the following statement: “We welcome today’s executive

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USA

ADL applauds court decision permitting mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Interfaith Coalition on Mosques (ICOM) on Thursday welcomed the decision of a Murfreesboro, Tenn., judge that turned back a meritless attempt to block the construction of a mosque. Chancellor Robert Corlew III rejected claims that the city planning commission had acted inappropriately in granting the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro permission to

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