November 2012

Suit brought against State Department for funding P.A.

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)–Dual US-Israeli citizens filed a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and the State Department claiming that the US administration provided the Palestinian Authority with billions of dollars in aid money which were used to fund terrorist groups such as Hamas instead of supporting humanitarian causes, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. According to the lawsuit, the […]

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USA

JNS news briefs:November 28, 2012

 Iran simulates nuclear weapon with triple the power of Hiroshima bomb (JNS.org) Computer simultions run by Iranian scientists reveal a nuclear weapon with more than three times the power of the bomb America dropped on Hiroshima during World War II, the Associated Press reported. The AP cited a diagram it obtained from anonymous officials featuring

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International

Upcoming events of Jewish interest

* _____________________________ For the Record, 2012 Events now gone by: ____________________________ Sunday, Dec. 2 –The 29th Annual Hanukkah Happening, co-sponsored by the Nierman Preschool – Glickman Galinson Education Complex and the JCC Youth Department, will take place at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS on Sunday, December 2, 2012 from 11:00 a.m.

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San Diego County

What will U.N. recognition mean for Palestine…. and Israel?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Palestine is poised to receive recognition as a state by the United Nations General Assembly. Someone has labeled this as its arrival to the level of a “virtual state” without membership in the United Nations or recognition as a state by the two governments most important, i.e., Israel and the

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

JNS news briefs: November 27, 2012

Islamic Jihad says it leaked IDF soldiers’ personal information (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Islamic Jihad terrorist group in the Gaza Strip claims that it published more than 100 Israeli soldiers’ personal information on the Internet on Monday, according to Palestinian media outlets. The list of documents published online reportedly contains confidential information including the

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International

JNS news briefs: November 26, 2012

Nasrallah says Hezbollah capable of striking all of Israel (JNS.org) Hezbollah has the capability to hit Israeli targets “from Kiryat Shmona—and let the Israelis listen carefully—from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat,” representing the Jewish state’s northernmost and southernmost points, the Iranian-funded group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah said Sunday, Reuters reported. Nasrallah’s statement came in the wake of

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International

‘Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots’ in world premiere

  By Carol Davis  LA JOLLA, California—When the La Jolla Playhouse promises a fourteen-foot tall robot, you better believe it delivers. And when they promise the sounds of the band Flaming Lips  they deliver on that one too. And when they combine the two, hold on to your hats because former Playhouse Artistic Director Des

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

At 107, Mrs. Simon expresses concern for Armed Forces

  Story and photo by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – With Veterans Day having been observed in the United States earlier this month—and warfare between Israel and Gaza having dominated recent headlines – Laura Simon told  a luncheon celebrating her 107th birthday about one of the first times she thought about soldiers and wars. It was

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Donald H. Harrison

L.A. Play Reviews: ‘Yankees’ and ‘Pancreas’

By Cynthia Citron    NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California–What could be more lacerating than a sister’s scorn?  Especially if she sits on the board of a prestigious art museum and he is a struggling conceptual artist.   That’s the premise and dilemma of Joshua Ravetch’s new four-part play One November Yankee, now having its world premiere at the NoHo Arts Center in North Hollywood.

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Cynthia Citron