Martin Luther King III, the son of American civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. and President of the Drum Major Institute, held a special ceremony Sunday to honor Ethiopian-Israeli community activists. King held the event along with Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky. Honorees included singer Idan Raichel, […]
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Despite receiving a nationwide drubbing in local elections, the UK Labour Party did claim a major scalp in the UK capital, with Sadiq Khan becoming London’s first-ever Muslim Mayor, ending eight years of Conservative Party control. But while you might expect London’s Jewish community to be worried – and indeed, some Jewish leaders have expressed
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InternationalBy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — As I write this the AOL news feed has forty-two items – fourteen of which are about the activities of various “celebrities” – including the clothing they wear (and malfunctions thereof), their romantic/marital escapades, legal and criminal entanglements, as well as their political opinions. Why a “celebrity’s” political opinion is
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAIsrael’s military said Saturday that it has struck two Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire toward the Jewish state, as the worst flare-up of violence since the 2014 war entered a fourth day. The military said sirens wailed in southern Israel early Saturday warning of an incoming rocket. One landed
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Middle EastRepresentatives of the Samarian community of Amona responded on Saturday night to a report in the Haaretz newspaper of a deal to evacuate their homes in exchange for the green-lighting of a new town. According to the Haaretz report, the Defense Ministry and Amana organization – which promotes Jewish settlement of Judea and Samaria –
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Middle EastNews of Israel’s friends in the Western Pacific: Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, and Palau. Leaders from over 170 nations gathered in New York last month to sign a historic climate pact that aims to keep the rise in global temperatures to within 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels — an internationally-accepted red line. However, for
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The World We ShareThe Middle East Quartet, made up of the US, EU, UN, and Russia, is scheduled to release a major policy report later in coming weeks, and senior diplomats involved in its drafting have indicated that the US is taking a far harder line on Israel than in the past. The report, which is likely to
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Middle East, USASadiq Khan was sworn in as London mayor Saturday after being elected the first Muslim leader of a major Western capital. The opposition Labour lawmaker, the son of a Pakistani bus driver who grew up in social housing in the city, broke from convention by taking his oath of office in a multi-faith ceremony at
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By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — Sophie was the perfect walking ad for the annual San Diego Humane Society’s Walk for Animals, held this year on May 7th. With her stylish visor, and SDHS commemorative T-shirt on, she posed for pictures with her proud parents looking on. Actually, there were tons of stylish doggies having
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By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California – Now, I may have been mistaken, but I’m fairly certain I saw the ghost of William Faulkner give a standing ovation at the final curtain of Way Downriver, currently extended at North Coast Repertory Theater in Solana Beach. Well, maybe it was another erudite Southern gentleman with sad eyes
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By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — Mid-City Center is an oasis in the heart of City Heights. It is the main center for the English as a second language, which is part of San Diego Community College District’s Continuing Education Program. The six continuing education centers offer a variety of free classes, including ESL, computer, citizenship
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego Countyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Silvers
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Travel and FoodThe community of Amona, home to some 40 families, is scheduled to be demolished later this year. But according to a report by Haaretz, the state is planning to construct a new town nearby roughly three times the size. Amona, which was built on land purchased from Palestinian Authority Arabs, has been deemed illegal by
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Middle East
After not visiting Israel for nine years, Hany Baransi, the owner of the Nazareth Restaurant and Deli in Columbus, Ohio, needed to be home in Haifa surrounded by family who would understand what he’s been going through lately — terrorism. On February 11, Baransi’s popular restaurant was attacked by a machete-wielding assailant. The attacker, 30-year-old
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