SAN DIEGO – United Way of San Diego County’s board of directors has selected Rabbi Laurie Coskey, Ed.D., as the new president and CEO of the 96-year-old nonprofit. Coskey is a community leader with more than 25 years of experience building collaborative coalitions of leaders and people who work to improve the lives and futures […]
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By Ken Stone SAN DIEGO — The flowers came from La Mesa, the girl from Afghanistan. When Hillary Clinton accepted a large bouquet after her 35-minute Trump-bashing national security speech Thursday in Balboa Park, some assumed it was ethnic pandering.“Nice touch Hillary Clinton have a little Mexican give you flowers after your speech in
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Democratic presidential hopeful and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday, June 2, that Donald Trump’s views on foreign policy are “dangerously incoherent” and “not even really ideas, just a series of bizarre rants, personal feuds and outright lies. He is not just unprepared, he is
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USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel–Over ten years ago I was asked by the then editor of the AJR Journal to write a monthly column about life in Israel. There was no reference to my political views or any of the many current events which overtake us on a weekly, daily and even hourly basis.
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastIsraeli military builds new ‘command pit’ to combat cyber threats (JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is expected to complete construction of a new cyber defense “command pit” in the coming weeks, as part of the military’s efforts to enhance its cyber capabilities and transition to becoming fully digitalized. The announcement was made last week
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Middle EastSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that he intended to wage a summer and fall campaign against both Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, a one-two attack that drew cheers from a boisterous crowd here. “These are crooked people,” said the presumptive Republican nominee. “They’ve been crooked from the beginning.” Trump, who
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USAIran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said on Wednesday that the nuclear deal reached last year with world powers can’t be renegotiated, despite Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s pledge to do so if elected. Speaking after a lecture in Stockholm and quoted by The Associated Press (AP), Zarif said the deal “is not an Iran-U.S.
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International, Middle East, USADespite the reports of international artists canceling performances in Israel under pressure from anti-Israel organizations and pension funds getting rid of their Israeli holdings, data collected by Bloomberg show an encouraging picture from Israel’s point of view. Bloomberg reported today that foreign investment in Israel totaled $285.12 billion in 2015, almost triple the amount invested
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Middle East(AFP) It may be the world’s most unusual anti-theft operation, set in a cave high above a desert canyon, the blue of the Dead Sea visible in the distance. Israeli authorities have been at work at the site, believed to have been used by ancient refugees, seeking to rescue important archaeological remains – possibly including
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationSupport in Israel for same-sex civil marriages has dramatically increased over the past year, with more than three quarters now in favor of such unions, a survey has shown. Sanctioned by Israel’s religious pluralism advocacy group Hiddush and conducted by the Smith Polling Institute, the survey took place as the Tel Aviv Pride Week began
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Middle EastAt the height of the UK Labour Party’s anti-Semitism crisis in April, former British Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks penned a blistering critique of anti-Zionism, which he branded “the new anti-Semitism.” In an interview with the BBC on Wednesday, Rabbi Sacks elaborated on why today’s anti-Israel movement is the embodiment of anti-Semitism. “It’s always in
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International, Middle EastWhen Trump nixed a possible visit to Israel back in December, the GOP frontrunner pledged he would visit Israel after he became president. Despite talk in March of a spring trip, Trump declared he would not be flying abroad in the midst of primary season. Now that he has clinched the 1,237 delegates needed to
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-59th in a series– Exit 33, Willows Road, Alpine (eastbound) By Donald H. Harrison VIEJAS INDIAN RESERVATION, California — I wrote the following story for the Sept. 19, 1997 edition of the San Diego Jewish Press-Heritage, of which I was editor. The sentiments expressed in this excerpt still apply today, and provide background for any
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USANEWARK, N.J. — Hillary Clinton, seeking to clinch the Democratic nomination for president in New Jersey’s primary next week, attacked presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday as “a fraud” who has “disqualified himself completely” from holding the nation’s highest office, likely offering a glimpse into the next five months of the 2016 White House
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