400 Jews enjoy days of learning in Moldova
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AJC hails Ukrainian election result: Poroshenko victory seen as ‘resilience of Ukrainian democracy’
NEW YORK (Press Release) — AJC welcomed today’s presidential vote in Ukraine as a decisive victory for Petro Poroshenko and for the resilience of Ukrainian democracy. “Mr. Poroshenko won an impressive mandate, with no need for a run-off,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris. “And the Ukrainian people showed their determination to ensure that the country’s
The Pope’s visit to Israel (Part I)
Editor’s Note: The Vatican Information Service has been providing step-by-step coverage of Pope Francis’s visit to Israel. We are reprinting the dispatches in the interest of history. TEL AVIV (VIS) — Pope Francis on Sunday strongly condemned the shooting attack at a Jewish Museum in Brussels in his arrival address at Tel Aviv airport. Saturday’s
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Middle East, Travel and FoodThe Pope’s visit to the P.A.–as reported by the Vatican
Editor’s Note: The Vatican Information Service provides running coverage of the Pope’s visit to the Holy Land. In the interest of historians, we have strung together the dispatches from the Palestine Authority, and will do likewise, for the dispatches from Israel proper. BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Authority (VIS) — At 7.30 Sunday morning, May 25, the Pope
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Middle EastAdventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 4, 1958, Part 4
The Eight Day Test Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 11 By Rose Lee Rothblatt Call it Pesach or call it Passover, But know that nothing could be greater; Than for all Jews to earnestly observe The first and second seders. Sponge cake instead of apple pie, Wine instead of beer; Nuts instead of
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Adventures in SD HistoryLife after terrorism-induced trauma
Living Beyond Terrorism: Israeli Stories of Hope and Healing by Dr. Zieva Konvisser, Gefen Publishing House (April 2014), 356 pages. By Ruthan Brodsky/JNS.org For Dr. Zieva Konvisser of Orchard Lake, Mich., an interest in Israeli survivors of terrorism began years ago when she heard the stories of the few members of her family from Vilna,
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationIsrael’s leaders react to Brussels terror
JERUSALEM (Press Release)–President Shimon Peres, on Sunday morning, May 25, spoke with Maurice Sosnowski, President of the Coordinating Committee of Belgian Jewish Organizations, and expressed his condolences to the community: “We are with you in this difficult time. We share your sense of shock and profound sadness. If there is anything that we can do,
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International, Middle EastLeopold and Ferdinand de Rothschild Come to Visit
By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — In the Ukraine outside of Kiev, my great grandfather and great grandmother had a very large home (not Downton Abbey – but large) serviced by a domestic staff, to accommodate their growing family. In the mid 1800’s Leopold de Rothschild and Ferdinand de Rothschild were traveling through Russia and
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International, Jewish HistoryBelgian PM updates Netanyahu on Brussels murders
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — Following the deadly shooting attack at the Jewish museum in Brussels that killed a Tel Aviv couple and a museum volunteer and employee on Saturday, Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday afternoon. The Belgian Prime Minister phoned to update Netanyahu
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International, Middle EastSan Diego Jews in the News: May 25, 2014
SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — A U-T/10News poll shows District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis leading challengers Bob Brewer and Terry Wyatt respectively by a margin of 44-27-6 with a whopping 22 percent of the voters undecided. A story by Mark Walker quote Jay Leve, founder and editor of Survey USA, saying if the undecided voters split
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San Diego CountyConcrete crumbling at Berlin Holocaust Memorial
BERLIN (eturbonews.com) — Since its opening nine years ago, 44 of the 2,711 columns in the €27-million Berlin landmark have needed steel reinforcement, and the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that another 380 steel collars have been ordered to keep the landmark safe for visitors. More than 80 percent of the 2,711 concrete blocks in Berlin’s Memorial
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International, Jewish HistoryOn way to shul, 2 men beaten with brass knuckles
NEW YORK (Press Release) — AJC strongly condemns the horrific attack on Sunday, May 25, in Creteil, near Paris, against two brothers, ages 21 and 18, wearing kippahs and walking toward a synagogue. The French Ministry of Interior has confirmed the tragic incident. Reports indicate that both individuals were severely beaten with brass knuckles, but,
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InternationalTime to let Monica Lewinsky move on
Monica Lewinsky interview re-opens old tale of ‘That Woman’ By Regina Brett/JNS.org Monica Lewinsky. The name makes you cringe, roll your eyes, and shake your head. She’s frozen in time as “That Woman.” She’s the young intern who had “sexual relations” with a married president in the White House. She’s the woman who saved the
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USARockefeller Brothers Fund supports BDS activism
By Ben Cohen/JNS.org WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) is one of the more august grant-making institutions in the United States. Founded in 1940 by the sons of legendary oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller—America’s first billionaire, and a man whose political reputation was distinguished by his support for the Union during the Civil War
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