By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The Justice Department filed a suit against North Carolina’s law that mandates people use the bathroom commensurate with the gender on their birth certificates. Although this ultimately will be decided by a Federal judge, transgender groups hope that the case can be heard by a jury of their pee-ers. * […]
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAGermany added yet another voice Wednesday to the growing list of countries and leaders condemning a Holocaust cartoon contest being held in Iran. “The murder of 6 million men, women and children during the Holocaust, for which we Germans bear guilt and responsibility, must not be abandoned to ridicule,” German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer
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International, Middle EastIsrael’s friends in the Western Pacific: Nauru Australia’s immigration minister brought border security and immigration to the centre of the 2016 election campaign, warning that resettling “illiterate and innumerate” refugees would strain the social safety network and take Australian jobs. Border security and immigration are hot political issues in Australia that have swayed past elections
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InternationalBernie Sanders has lit a fire in millions of supporters with his critiques of Wall Street greed and the country’s “rigged political system.” But as his chances of winning the Democratic nomination wane, a question has grown: Will he be able to control the passions he has sparked? Over the weekend, some Sanders supporters at
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USAToday was one of the wildest days in the history of Israeli politics. It started with the political turmoil generated by talks of including the Labor Party in the government. By the afternoon, those talks had been suspended. After a successful meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, it was
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ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – Guardians of San Diego will host its 25th Annual Golf & Tennis Tournament “Take a Swing for Seniors” presented by The William Gumpert Foundation on Monday, July 25th at the Del Mar Country Club with Devin Chodorow serving as Chair. 25th Anniversary Benefactors, Merrill and Robert Haimsohn are supporting the tournament
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San Diego Calendar, Sports & CompetitionsAn indictment was submitted on Wednesday against three Arab residents of Jerusalem’s Old City, charging them with aiding the terrorist Muhannad Muhastab from Hevron in his stabbing attack in the Old City two weeks ago. In the attack at the Old City’s Lion’s Gate, the 18-year-old terrorist moderately wounded a 60-year-old Jewish man. The terrorist
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Middle East(Statistics through May 16) Lipman Pike Oakland Athletics’ third baseman Danny Valencia had been on the disabled list for a couple of weeks because of a pulled hamstring. Even after he returned to action, he was still hampered and missed a few more games. He came back with a vengeance over the weekend, hitting five
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Sports & CompetitionsTorah and Western Thought: Intellectual Portraits of Orthodoxy and Modernity by Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik, Dr. Stuart W. Halpern, and Rabbi Shlomo Zuckier, editors, Magid Books, New Milford, Connecticut; ISBN 978-1-59264-436-0©2015, $29.95, p. 313, plus index and appendix By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California–Over its nearly 5,000 years of existence, Judaism has struggled with
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionJERUSALEM (WJC) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched surprise talks on Wednesday with his former foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, the head of Yisrael Beiteinu party, on bringing him into Israel’s coalition government, where he would likely become defense minister. Netanyahu, who won a fourth term last year, governs by a majority of one in the 120-member Knesset. It
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Middle Easthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Asner Asner played the title character Lou Grant
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Travel and FoodAviva Orenstein’s “Fat Chance” explores issues of identity Author Aviva Orenstein acknowledged that her Fat Chance protagonist, Claire, is in many ways her alter ego. Fat Chance, a new novel by Aviva Orenstein, is set in an imaginary New York suburb, but you would not be blamed for thinking that Hudsonville is a stand-in for
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Books, Poetry & Short StoriesThe world has long had its absolutely shortest books – “Light Jewish Cuisine,” and “Tips on Courting Israel” by Barack Obama,” to name a couple – but now it has its emptiest museum, and this time for real: The Palestinian Museum of Art, History and Culture – with absolutely nothing in it. The museum is
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Middle EastJewish American billionaire Sheldon Adelson is asking Republican Jews to support Donald Trump for president, The Associated Press reported on Tuesday. “I’m asking for your support” for Trump, Adelson wrote in an email Monday to more than 50 Republican Jewish leaders, according to the news agency. Adelson told them he had met with Trump recently
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