Updated from previous version SAN DIEGO (SDONA) — A person who was held by campus police after authorities found a San Diego State building marred by graffiti, including swastikas, was described by an SDSU spokeswoman on Wednesday, Sept. 3, as a “54-year-old man from Santee who has known mental issues and was off his medication.” “He drew with
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San Diego County
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — Over 500 blue and white Israeli flags dotted a solidarity rally held for Israel in Stockholm that was organized by the Zionist Federation in Sweden, this past Sunday, August 31. Among those holding the Israeli flag, was featured speaker Mostafa Geha, a Muslim Lebanese activist and writer, who co-founded
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International, Middle East
s TEL AVIV (WJC) — The Israeli military has provided its most detailed assessment yet of the conduct and impact of the Gaza war, including photographs indicating that terrorists stored and fired rockets from schools. In a briefing at the their headquarters in Tel Aviv, the Israel Defense Forces presented a minute picture of the
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Middle EastSANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – As students head back to college and begin to pick their classes, AMCHA Initiative on Wednesday, Sept 3, posted on its website a list of 218 professors identifying themselves as Middle East scholars, who recently called for the academic boycott of Israel. “How can professors who are so biased
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Israel’s former National Security Advisor Major General Yaacov Amidror (ret.) has joined the Gemunder Center for Defense and Strateg as a Senior Advisor. In his new position with JINSA, Maj. Gen. Amidror will provide expert policy guidance and share his extensive knowledge with other Gemunder Center leaders as well as the
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The U.S. State Department on Wednesday, Sept. 3, issued the following statement by Secretary of State John Kerry on the beheading of journalist Steven Sotloff by an ISIL terrorist. “Yesterday, the world bore witness again to the unfathomable brutality of ISIL terrorist murderers when we saw Steven Sotloff, an American journalist who
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Travel and FoodBy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO–With students all over the world returning to school following summer vacations, we thought we’d provide the basics of a course on money and the people who use it. Q: Does the type of person you are play a role in how a person manages finances? A: Of course! Who you
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Sheryl RowlingIslamic State beheading victim Steven Sotloff was Israeli citizen (JNS.org) The Islamic State terrorist group on Tuesday released a video showing the beheading of American-Jewish journalist Steven Sotloff. The Israeli Foreign Ministry revealed on Wednesday that Sotloff also held Israeli citizenship. A video released in August showed the Islamic State’s beheading of American journalist James
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Travel and FoodBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA)– Relations between India and Israel have progressed politically, commercially, in sciences and culture and particularly in the area of agriculture since the two countries entered full diplomatic relations in 1992. In its mission to transition to sustainable agriculture and diversify its food sources, India has been utilizing Israeli technology. An
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Policymakers aspire to clarity. It is easiest to define and defend one’s actions according to fixed lines. Government benefits should go to individuals who meet certain criteria. Giving discretion to the people who carry out policy is problematic. It facilitates favoritism and brings charges of discrimination. Yet some issues do
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Ira Sharkansky
By Gabriel Scheinmann and Raphael Cohen WASHINGTON, D.C. — After nearly two months of fighting, Israel and Gaza have agreed to an open-ended ceasefire, and for the third time in six years, Israel finds itself looking back at its attempt to stop the barrage of rockets fired at its citizens from the Hamas-controlled enclave of
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned a call by Hatem Bazian, the founder of the anti-Semitic hate group that calls itself “Students for Justice in Palestine” (SJP), for a disruptive and potentially unlawful, violent and dangerous “International Day of Action” on college campuses around the world. The SJP is
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
EILAT, Israel (Press Release)– Twenty Israeli families from towns near Gaza were sent on a free vacation to Eilat this weekend by Israeli-Americans who decided to band together to give these families living near the tumultuous Gaza Strip one last taste of summer before it ends. Launched by the Israeli-American Council (IAC), the umbrella organization for
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Middle EastDefining Jewish Difference: From Antiquity to the Present by Beth A. Berkowitz, Cambridge University Press, New York, NY; ISBN 978-1-107-66361-9 ©2014, $27.99, p. 247, plus Bibliography and indexes By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — After delivering a speech at American University in 2005, in which she defended the use of foreign law when deciding
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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion