Iran poised to receive S-300 missile system, aircraft from Russia (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Iran was expected to receive its first S-300 air defense system from Russia on Thursday, Russian media reported Wednesday. This will be the first the major weapons deal to be implemented in the wake of last summer’s nuclear deal between Iran […]
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-44th in a Series- Exit 14C, Fuerte Drive, La Mesa ~ Ernestine Schumann-Heink home By Donald H. Harrison LA MESA, California –One climbs the Grossmont—named in the early years of the 20th century by land developer Ed Fletcher for his partner William Gross—up narrow, curving El Granito Avenue, seemingly only big enough for one-way
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and FoodBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — There are numerous different schools of parenting to choose from. Tiger moms make demands by cracking a whip. Helicopters hover and make a fuss. Free Range parents allow their children to explore and take risks. Whatever your parenting style, if your goal is to bring up your child
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By Donald H. Harrison CHULA VISTA, California –Temple Beth Shalom, a Conservative congregation that in 1958 became one of the first local Jewish houses of worship to locate outside the City of San Diego, was designated on Wednesday, Feb. 17, as a historic site of the suburban City of Chula Vista. The Jewish congregation, then
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Travel and FoodBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The plateau called the Golan Heights is Israel’s northern most region, bordering Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. Its area, 440 square miles, is slightly smaller than New York City. The West insists the Israeli-controlled part of the Golan Heights is “occupied territory” which must be returned to Syria. This
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Middle East, Steve KramerU.K. and Paris step up fight against BDS (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The United Kingdom plans to step up its fight against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, British Cabinet Office Minister Matthew Hancock said Tuesday during a visit to Israel. The British government is currently pursuing a new bill that would
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israel’s Declaration of Independence proclaimed: “the establishment of a Jewish State in Eretz Israel . . . will be open for Jewish immigration and for the Ingathering of the Exiles; it will foster the development of the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants; it will be based on
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East“He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.”—Charles Péguy, poet and essayist (1873–1914) By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Some things that were deemed unacceptable not long ago are considered acceptable today. Other things were acceptable until recently, but are now perceived
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By Lisa Herndon NEW YORK — At 102, J. Zel Lurie “39 is likely the Columbia Journalism School”s longest-working journalist. Lurie, who lives in Delray Beach, Florida, suffers from macular degeneration and can no longer read, but it has never occurred to him to end a writing career that started decades ago. Only now, he
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Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) applauds the Council of Paris for adopting two resolutions on Tuesday, Feb. 16, opposing the BDS (boycott, sanctions and divestment) movement that has been targeting Israel. The council is the governing body for the French capital. The Paris Council action firmly opposes “all attempts
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International, Middle East, USALebanese paper claims Hezbollah found missing IDF soldier’s items (JNS.org) The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar has reported that the former Defense and Operations Chief of Hezbollah Imad Mughniyeh, whose 2008 assassination has been attributed to Israel, led a unit that found the parachute and uniform of Ron Arad, the Israeli Air-Force navigator who disappeared after being imprisoned
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — On February 15, 2016 history was made in Israel that many of us would rather not have witnessed: Israel’s eighth prime minister has begun his 19-month prison sentence for corruption and related charges. Despite his many other achievements, Ehud Olmert will probably be remembered not for the good he
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