Donald H. Harrison

Jordan arrests suspect in attack on ‘Palestinian refugee’ camp

Jordanian security forces on Monday night arrested a suspect in the attack on a security office in a Palestinian Arab camp that left five dead, including three security officers, Jordanian state television said, according to Reuters. Security forces said a major manhunt was launched following the attack at the Baqaa camp early on Monday. The

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Middle East

Green Party candidate declares support for BDS

The Green Party presidential candidate, Dr. Jill Stein, on Monday released a statement in support of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. “The United States has encouraged the worst tendencies of the Israeli government as it pursues policies of occupation, apartheid, assassination, illegal settlements, demolitions, blockades, building of nuclear bombs, indefinite detention, collective

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Middle East, USA

Iran Knocks US For Calling It Lead State Sponsor Of Terror, Points Finger At Saudi Arabia

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari slammed Saudi Arabia as the “main culprit” involved in the spread of terrorism, implicitly hitting back at a U.S. Department of State report calling Iran the world’s “leading state sponsor of terrorism.” “Saudi Arabia has as its main agenda been using terrorism as an instrument to materialize its

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Middle East, USA

When a rabbi wore jeans and a wig to save a Jew

Rabbi Yitzchak David Grossman, legendary head of the Migdal Ohr Institutions in Migdal HaEmek in the Jezreel Valley – known as the “Disco Rabbi” because of his practice of entering noisy nightclubs to find potential returnees to Torah – related the following extraordinary incident in his most recently column in the weekly BaKehillah. In the

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Bangladesh blames Israel for Islamist murder spree

Bangladesh has seen a bloody string of murders targeting secular bloggers and religious minorities, with most of the killings claimed by Islamist groups – but according to Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Israel is to blame. In accusing Israel of inexplicable involvement in the local murders, Khan noted that opposition MP Aslam Chowdhury, a joint

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International, Middle East

Israel to probe million-euro Netanyahu campaign donation claim

Tel Aviv (dpa) – An alleged French fraudster claims he gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approximately 1 million euros (1.13 million dollars) as a campaign donation, prompting the Israeli attorney-general to launch a probe, Israel Radio reported Monday. The claim by Arnaud Mimran, who is accused of running a massive EU carbon credit tax

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International, Middle East

Muhammad Ali’s forgotten legacy of anti-Semitism

When three-time heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali passed away last Friday, media outlets were swamped with eulogies for the 74-year-old former boxer, highlighting his cultural impact at the height of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. Indeed, Ali”s legacy goes far beyond the ring. His conversion to Islam in 1964 marked his metamorphosis from

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Jewish History, Sports & Competitions

Rivlin: I told Obama two-state solution is ‘irrelevant’

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin recounted how he told US President Barack Obama that a “two-state solution” to the Israeli-Arab conflict is “irrelevant.” Rivlin was speaking during a tour of the Binyamin Region of Samaria, as a guest of Yesha Council leader Avi Roeh. The Yesha Council represents the Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria. Addressing

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Middle East

Partnership between cities in Israel, Southern California

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)–The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) signed a major partnership agreement with the Federation of Local Authorities (MASHAM) in Israel, deepening the relationship between the more than 250 local and municipal governments in Israel and the members of SCAG, which includes municipal governments stretching across 191 cities in six counties and

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Middle East, USA

Beth Israel announces personnel additions, changes

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Congregation Beth Israel, San Diego’s oldest and largest Jewish congregation, has engaged Interim Associate Rabbi Alyson Solomon along with Rabbinic Intern Jeremy Gimbel, Development Director Meg Mandel and Program Director Ilene Tatro. Rabbi Alyson Solomon studied at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in Massachusetts and at the American Jewish

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Honors, award, and donation mark Soille gala

Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School, at its 53rd anniversary gala on Sunday evening June 5, paid tribute to the father of Shabbat San Diego, had tribute paid to its own award-winning science teacher, and announced a half-million dollar gift to kick off

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Donald H. Harrison, Marcia Tatz Wollner, Michael Mantell, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori