Donald H. Harrison

Nepal thanks Israel for quake aid

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — The Foreign Minister of Nepal, Mahendra Bahadur Pandey thanked Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman on Tuesday, April 28,  for the humanitarian aid that Israel has sent in the wake of the country’s devastating earthquake. Pandey noted that the Nepalese people deeply appreciate the aid being sent from Israel. Liberman thanked Nepalese authorities […]

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International, Middle East

Jewish news briefs: April 28, 2015

Palestinian driver indicted in fatal Jerusalem car-ramming attack (JNS.org) The Jerusalem District Court on Monday indicted Palestinian driver Khaled Koutineh, 37, for the car-ramming and murder of 26-year-old Jewish man Shalom Yohai Sherki in Jerusalem on April 15. Shira Klein, 20, was seriously wounded in the alleged vehicular attack. The judges wrote in their indictment

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International, Middle East, USA

Wendy Sherman: Iran deal will make world safer

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, part of the negotiating team on Iran’s nuclear program, said Monday the agreement sought by President Barack Obama’s administration will help “make the world safer.”   She spoke to the Religious Action Committee of Reform Judaism.   The State Department released the following transcription of

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Middle East, USA

J* Company schedules ‘West Side Story’ May 9-17

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — J* Company Youth Theatre launches its final production of Season 22 with the brilliant musical classic, West Side Story. Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Arthur Laurents. Directed by Joey Landwehr, West Side Story is the award-winning adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. Transported to

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Travel and Food

Rabbi David Singer to head Hillel at UCSD

LA JOLLA, California (SDONA)–Hillel of San Diego announced Sunday the appointment of a new director for its programs for Jewish students at the UC San Diego campus. Rabbi David Singer will begin work in La Jolla in July. He was previously founder and director of Makom, a spiritual community for millennials affiliated with one of Dallas’ largest

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Israel speeds rescue workers to Nepal

By Zack Pyzer JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Three Israeli rescue and medical teams are responding to the disastrous earthquake that hammered Nepal on Saturday, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Spokesperson Alon Lavi told the Tazpit News Agency. The MFA will coordinate Israel’s efforts on the ground and liaise with the Nepalese government, Lavi said Sunday morning.

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