Today, we’re coming after the Saturday people; after we finish, we will come after the Sunday people By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — My personal history with the Presbyterian Church goes back to the early 1990s, when they accepted me as a student for their doctoral program. In the three years I […]
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By Sheryl DeVore SOUTH BEND, Indiana — When Andrew Berlin purchased a losing baseball team with the goal of improving park attendance and scores, he didn’t realize that he would also be repurposing a century-old synagogue that could have easily succumbed to the wrecking ball. The CEO of Berlin Packaging, a Chicago-based business with
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Jewish Religion, Sports & Competitions, USAIDF arrests 17 additional Palestinian terrorists, including senior Hamas operative (JNS.org) The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) arrested 17 additional Palestinian suspects overnight on Wednesday, including a senior Hamas operative near Bethlehem. Overall the IDF has arrested more than 350 Palestinians in the search for three missing teens, Gilad Shaer, Eyal Yifrah and Naftali Frankel, the
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International, Middle EastBy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Q: I’m looking for a financial advisor. Is there anything I should know? A: I always recommend looking at the four “C’s”, which are: Credentials – Look for an advisor who is an RIA (Registered Investment Advisor) and who has earned a professional designation such as PFS (a CPA
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Sheryl RowlingBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –It’s worth pondering the difference between Israel’s relationships with four especially provocative parliamentarians. All have been accused of breaking the rules. Ahmad Tibi and Haneen Zoabi attract considerable criticism but have escaped serious sanctions. The late Meir Kahane was banned from politics after violating a law against racism enacted specifically to
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SACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) — Assemblymember Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) issued the following statement on the June 12th kidnapping of yeshiva students Eyal Yifrach (19), Gilad Shaar (16), and Naftali Frenkel (16). The Israeli youth were kidnapped on June 12th while traveling in Kfar Etzion. Frenkel holds both Israeli and U.S. citizenship. “This abhorrent act
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) on Tuesday, June 24, called on the agency to immediately direct car dealers that sell used-cars to change any policy which may potentially allow the sale of recalled vehicles without first fixing safety defects, putting used-car buyers
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) – Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan., delivered remarks Tuesday, June 24, at a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and presenting a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Levin sponsored legislation awarding
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USAEditor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website. District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has won plaudits from Justin Brooks, director of the California Innocence Project, for usually being willing to look over old cases that the project based at Cal Western School of Law in San Diego
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — In a hearing to examine AT&T’s proposed acquisition of DirecTV, U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) raised concerns about the ongoing trend toward media consolidation in the telecom industry and said the deal needed careful scrutiny to determine if it’s in the best interest of consumers. At the hearing, which was
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California are exploring whether patient satisfaction surveys linked to Medicare payments encourage opioid pain reliever abuse, already a national epidemic. The senators wrote to the federal agency in charge of Medicare payments on agency practices in this area. “There is
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement in response to the ruling by the United States Supreme Court that upholds the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to set carbon pollution standards within the guidelines of the Clean Air
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The World We Share, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–With hundreds of millions of dollars from anonymous donors being spent to secretly influence this year’s elections, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) and 49 other senators to introduce the DISCLOSE Act of 2014. The bill would crack down on so-called “dark money” by requiring organizations that
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WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-New York), the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on Tuesday, June 24, made the following statement on the conferral of European Union candidate status for Albania: “With today’s announcement conferring EU candidate status, Albania has cleared another hurdle on the way toward EU membership
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