March 2011

U.S. policy makers should apply Cold War lessons to Middle East

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — I just don’t get it. The more degrees from famous universities U.S. leaders have, the less they seem to know, especially about history. Consider this in light of their inability to understand that not only al-Qaida but also Syria, Hamas, Hizballah, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the AKP government in […]

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International, Middle East, USA

StandWithUs says U.S. should require P.A. to end anti-Israel incitement

LOS ANGELES  (Press Release)– StandWithUs is horrified and grief-stricken by the savage murder of five members of the Fogel family.  Palestinian terrorists slipped into the house while the family slept, stabbed the parents, slashed the throat of 11-year-old Yoav, knifed 3-year-old Elad in the heart, and slit the throat of their three-month-old baby, Hadas. The

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Middle East

How do we preserve someone’s memory?

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—The continuing column “Adventures in San Diego Jewish History,” which is compiled from issues of the Southwestern Jewish Press, has,  in recent postings, been dealing with the construction and development in the 1950s of two adjoining properties on 54th Street: the Hebrew Home for the Aged and the Jewish Community Center.  In late 1955, the

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Adventures in SD History, Donald H. Harrison

Barak shows some gumption

By Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — If you describe yourself as progressive it’s likely that you’ll warm to Ehud Barak these days. Though he betrayed the Labor Party he was elected to lead, and though for a long time he has appeared as the fig leaf for the policies of the Netanyahu government, he has of

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Travel and Food

Cuba sentences Gross to 15 years; ADL calls for his release

NEW YORK (Press Release) –The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Sunday strongly criticized the conviction and sentencing of Alan Gross to 15 years in prison by a Cuban court and called on the Cuban government to release him on humanitarian grounds.  Gross, an American subcontractor on a U.S. Agency for International Development program and an active member of the Jewish

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Travel and Food

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, December 9, 1955, Part 4

Compiled by San Diego Jewish WorldThe Festival of Lights (Editorial) , Chanukah, commemorating history’s first uprising on behalf of religious liberty, is a holiday which has grown in meaning and importance with the years. Jews have suffered and died for religious liberty, but the occasions when  they fought were few and far between.  The example

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Adventures in SD History, San Diego County

BIG (Buy Israel Goods) campaign set for March 30

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)–The Israel advocacy group, StandWithUs, is urging schools, campuses, synagogues, community organizations, and individuals to celebrate Israel by designating March 30 as the day to buy up Israeli goods at local stores.    The date was chosen because the anti-Israel boycott campaign has planned a global boycott of Israeli products for the

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USA

Arab revolts show domestic affairs, rather than Israel, top their concerns

By Barry Rubin LOS ANGELES–As we consider the lessons of the dramatic upheavals in Arabic-speaking countries one of the main ones is this: the overriding obsession with the Arab-Israeli conflict, Israel-Palestinian conflict, and Israel as the supposed cause of all regional problems has repeatedly blinded people to the realities of the region. The “normal” issues

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Middle East, USA