December 2010

Israel Philharmonic tells details of U.S.A. tour

TEL AVIV (Press Release)– Fifty years ago, distinguished conductor Eugene Ormandy was forced to cancel a performance with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra due to illness. An up-and-coming, 25-year-old conductor named Zubin Mehta came to the rescue, launching a relationship that remains creative and prosperous five decades later. Celebrating the concurrent 75th anniversaries of both the […]

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Travel and Food

San Diego philanthropists were rapid responders to Carmel fire

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – In the face of the tragic wildfire in the Carmel Mountains of northern Israel, the worst natural disaster in Israel’s history, more than 50 individuals and families who partner with the Jewish Community Foundation for their giving, immediately responded within 72 hours to the crisis directing more than $350,000 in

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

What Pew Poll shows about Middle Eastern support for terrorist groups

By Barry Rubin   HERZLIYA, Israel — There’s a lot of interesting material in the Pew Foundation’s latest poll of the Middle East, a survey that focuses on attitudes toward Islamism and revolutionary Islamist groups. The analysis that accompanies the poll, however, is not very good, so here is mine. For example, in evaluating attitudes toward

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Middle East

AJC, ADL, NCJW disappointed over DREAM Act failure in Senate

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Releases)–Three Jewish advocacy groups expressed regrets on Monday following the U.S. Senate’s failure to pass the DREAM act to extend cititzenship to children raised in the United States who complete college or serve in the military.   The organizations and their statements were: American Jewish Committee:  “AJC is profoundly disappointed that the U.S.

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USA

Appeals court upholds conviction of man who told terrorists of planned movements of USS Constellation battle group

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The U.S. Second Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of Hassan Abu Jihaad, a sailor who sent notification to terrorists of the planned movements from San Diego to the Persian Gulf of the U.S.S. Constellation battle group.  Here is a text of the court’s decision.

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USA

Terrorists reportedly planned to poison salad bars and buffets

WASHINGTON, D.C (WJC)–The US Department of Homeland Security has reportedly discovered a plot devised by a cell of the Islamist terror network al-Qaeda of Osama Bin-Laden to poison buffets and salad bars at several hotels and restaurants in the United States over a single weekend. The broadcaster CBS reported the story on Monday. An unnamed

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USA

Lauder calls for quick extradition of Peter Egner to Serbia

NEW YORK (WJC)–The president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), Ronald S. Lauder, has called on courts and authorities in the United States to quickly pave the way for the extradition of the alleged Nazi war criminal Peter Egner, 88, to Serbia, where he is to stand trial on charges of genocide. “The accusations brought against

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Travel and Food

Israeli technology designed to identify and track video pirates

TEL AVIV (Press Release)― You know when you’re watching a pirated film downloaded from the Internet ― there’s no mistaking the fuzzy footage, or the guy in the front row getting up for popcorn. Despite the poor quality, pirated video is a serious problem around the world. Criminal copyright infringement occurs on a massive scale

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Travel and Food

San Diego Museum of Man becomes formal affiliate of the Smithsonian

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The San Diego Museum of Man (SDMoM), a cultural and physical anthropology museum in Balboa Park, announced on Monday that it joins 164 cultural institutions as an Affiliate  of  the Smithsonian Institution. On Friday, January 14, Harold Closter, director of Smithsonian Affiliations, will formally present SDMoM with its Certificate of Affiliation.

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Travel and Food

Hebrew University to inaugurate legal center named for Aharon Barak

JERUSALEM – The Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University will inaugurate the Aharon Barak Center for Interdisciplinary Legal Research this week on December 22. The event will be attended by the former President of the Supreme Court, Prof. Aharon Barak, President of the Supreme Court, Justice Dorit Beinisch and Dean of the Faculty of Law

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Middle East

Holocaust survivors inspire with book detailing their commitment to Orthodox Judaism

 A Vow Fulfilled by Fran Laufer; Targum Press; 210 pages; $21.99. By Norman Manson SAN DIEGO–The most inspiring aspect of this memoir – in addition to its story of sheer survival – is the way Fran and Simon Laufer created a thriving, prosperous life for themselves and their family in the United States, at the same

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Jewish Religion

This book may eat at your conscience and sense of well being

The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life And Our World by John Robbins, Conari Press, 2011, 453 pages including index; ISBN 978-1-57324-487-9; $19.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – We have ways of settling into reading and viewing patterns, paying attention to what is comfortable, and dismissing as “background noise”

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Science, Medicine, & Education