SAN DIEGO–The news and feature report of San Diego Jewish World has expanded remarkably thanks to news sharing agreements under the auspices of RepubHub and the San Diego Online News Association (SDONA). Here is a list of writers whose works appeared during July on San Diego Jewish World, along with the names of the originating publications and organizations. The […]
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Travel and FoodCALGARY, Alberta, Canada — Marcel Marceau, famed French mime, passed away on September 22, 2007 Yom Kippur, at the age of 84. While most remember Marceau as the preeminent performer of silent art; the unsurpassed entertainer who could say more with silence than an actor with volumes of lines; the incomparable artist who could make his
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International, Jewish HistoryMPs in Tunisia’s parliament have overwhelmingly voted to dismiss Prime Minister Habib Essid from office. The no-confidence ballot stemmed from discontent over delays in implementing a financial reform package aimed at creating economic growth and jobs. A total of 118 parliamentarians voted against Essid, while just three were in favour, meaning his government is effectively
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Middle EastPalestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday said that any reboot of peace talks with Israel should happen within a clear timeframe and under international supervision. Abbas made the comments after his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Paris, reported the AFP news agency. Abbas also held talks with French Foreign
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International, Middle East, USAPITTSBURGH — Mark Cuban, the flashy billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, made a surprise stop here in his hometown to support Hillary Clinton and mock Donald Trump. “Leadership is not yelling and screaming and intimidating,” Cuban said. “You know what we call a person like that in Pittsburgh? A jagoff,” using some
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USAPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would remain neutral in the U.S. presidential election campaign and avoid any intervention on behalf of any candidate. The remarks were made in a press conference with diplomatic correspondents and quoted by Haaretz. Netanyahu told the reporters that although he is attending the United Nations General
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Middle East, USAU.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Sunday accused her Republican rival Donald Trump of scapegoating the parents of a Muslim soldier killed in Iraq, after Trump took issue with remarks the soldier’s father made at the Democratic National Convention, Reuters reports. Trump, in an ABC interview that aired on Sunday, questioned why Ghazala Khan,
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USAHillary Clinton addressed the controversies that continue to shadow her run for president on Sunday in her first sitdown interview since formally becoming the Democratic nominee at last week’s Democratic National Convention. Benghazi, her use of a private email server, Clinton Foundation donations and Americans’ faith in her honesty were discussed with host Chris Wallace
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USA[video:2017682] Labor Party chief Isaac Herzog (Zionist Union) was greeted by the jeers of angry hecklers as he addressed a party meeting on Sunday ahead of the Labor Central Committee”s decision regarding the date of the next primary election. Herzog, who has recently faced criticism from within the party over comments seemingly rejecting the feasibility
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Middle EastRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump said in an interview aired Sunday that his Democratic rival is the one with a party unity problem. He pointed to the raucous resistance to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by supporters of far-left candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders, who endorsed Mrs. Clinton at the party convention last week. “If you look
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USADemocratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton still insisted Sunday that she never sent classified material on her private account when she was secretary of state, contradicting claims by FBI Director James B. Comey. “I was communicating with over 300 people in my emails. They certainly did not believe and had no reason to believe what they
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USAFrench Muslim leaders of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray have refused to bury Normandy church-killer Adel Kermiche. The 19-year-old Algerian, together with Abdel Malik Petitjean, attacked a local church in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray last Tuesday. The two young terrorists took six people hostage at the church before killing Father Jacques Hamel, 86, during a morning mass. In a video published by
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InternationalMinister of Education Naftali Bennet announced on Sunday this year’s winners of the Education Minister’s Prize for Jewish Culture in the field of literature: Haim Sabato and Sarah Friedland. The committee responsible for electing the winners wrote of Sabato: “His work […] reveals the world of the Sephardic traditions of Torah – in which sharpness
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Middle EastA delegation from the radical “Black Lives Matter” movement arrived in Israel last week to promote what the group called “the fight for dignity, justice and freedom”. Founded with the aim of raising awareness about fatalities among African Americans resulting from encounters with law enforcement officers, the Black Lives Matter movement has argued that American
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