By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — The drive to Tucson from San Diego is seven-hours long over well-maintained highways. The scenery alone is worth the trip. Yellow desert flowers line the road, while majestic windmills with their blades turning leisurely studding the countryside, and miles of solar panels reassure me that we are […]
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodThe Tel Hashomer Hospital provided on Tuesday evening an update on the condition of former President Shimon Peres, who was admitted to the hospital earlier after suffering a stroke. The hospital”s director, Professor Itzik Kreis, said that the former President is in serious condition and is sedated and on a respirator. “Peres underwent several tests
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Middle EastThe 9th President of Israel, Shimon Peres, suffered a stroke this evening (Tuesday) and was rushed to the Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer Hospital. While his condition was first described as stable, reports now say the former President is “in serious condition.” Peres’ office later said that his doctors have decided to intubate
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday, Spet. 13, hailed the announcement of a military aid agreement between Israel and the United States, calling it “a resounding and tangible” demonstration of the enduring U.S.-Israel relationship. The new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) provides Israel with the largest defense aid package in American history –
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Middle East, USAThis article updates previous BERKELEY, California (Press) — Responding to pressure from dozens of Jewish and education advocacy organizations, who over the past few weeks have individually and on Tuesday collectively objected to a blatantly anti-Israel and anti-Semitic course currently being offered, UC Berkeley announced it will suspend the course because it was not adequately vetted
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USANEW YORK (Press Release) –– Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Tuesday, Sept. 13, expressed outrage and dismay in response to reports that a pro BDS event sponsored by the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is scheduled to take place this week in the halls of Congress. Noting
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Middle East, USABy Colleen O’Connor From Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — The No. 1 cardinal rule in politics—offer a contrast to one’s opponent. Simple. I am a Democrat. He is a Republican. I want to save the environment. He doesn’t. I support the President. He doesn’t. I want to save the status quo. He doesn’t.
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Cruel Beautiful World by Caroline Leavitt; Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill; © 2016; ISBN9781616-203634; 354 pages; $26.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This is a story of two sisters and their “aunt” who are thrown together after the parents of the two sisters are killed in a car crash. When the younger sister,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonMy parents, brother and I were on vacation in Florida, and we were talking about Donald Trump. The idea of leaving America if a scary Republican wins has always been a joke among high-minded liberals who can just fly off and find a job in Toronto or Geneva. But for my family, the joke had
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InternationalThis article was originally published in The Conversation. Read the original article. In August 2016, the 13-deck, 1,000-passenger Crystal Serenity set sail from Alaska to become the first cruise liner to attempt the Arctic’s fabled “north-west passage” that runs across the top of North America from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Until recently the passage
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InternationalThe following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, Sept. 13: ——— Some political debates are about ideas and issues. The 1858 U.S. Senate debates in Illinois between Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln focused on the future of slavery in America. The candidates talked for a total of three hours in each of seven
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USASACRAMENTO, Calif. — As many California voters prefer “none of the above” as plan to vote for Loretta Sanchez. Support for the Orange County congresswoman in the state’s U.S. Senate race not only lags far behind that of her rival, Attorney General Kamala Harris, but is matched by the pool of Californians who say they
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USASwing states, the handful of electorate gold that can make or break a bid for the Oval Office, will once again be at the very core of the U.S. presidential election and this year 13 states have earned the designation. According to the latest poll analysis from the Associated Press, Democrat Hillary Clinton currently has
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USAGreen Party presidential nominee Jill Stein is ramping up her campaign efforts in an attempt to bring more attention to herself and her political platform, looking to the past as a way to potentially propel her candidacy forward. The longshot White House hopeful who just last week was charged criminally for her role in a
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