SAN DIEGO — In the upcoming June 3 elections, there are three members of our Jewish community who are running for important offices in our court system and although they differ widely in political philosophy, we know all of them to be committed to the concept of tikkun olam – repair of the world – […]
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Donald H. Harrison
By Aryeh Savir Haifa has been crowned the ‘smartest’ city in the Middle East by the IESE Business School at the University of Navarra in Barcelona. A research team examined 135 cities from 55 countries as part of the IESE Cities in Motion Index (ICIM), an annual survey that ranks the cities based on
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
David Cohn, head of the Cohn Family Restaurants in San Diego, has been touring the National Restaurant Association’s trade show in Chicago, and the U-T’s business writer Lori Weisberg caught up with him as he was touring the 2,000 exhibits with his son Jeremy Cohn and son-in-law Mike Feinman. With that many exhibits to see,
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San Diego CountyNEW YORK (Press Release) — AJC is supporting the efforts of IsraAID, a leading Israeli non-governmental relief organization, to deliver urgent humanitarian assistance to areas in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia devastated by massive floods. “The damage wrought by the floods is almost unimaginable in its scale and fury,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris. “The Jewish
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Travel and FoodBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –In a recent speech to a Jewish audience, Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated, “We are running out of time [for the 2-state peace solution]. We are running out of possibilities.” How many times have we heard this tired refrain? I disagree with Kerry (and others) and continue to
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Middle East, Steve KramerAfter anti-Israel slur, Turkey’s Erdogan thanks Israel for mine disaster response (JNS.org) In a rare conciliatory remark, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan praised Israel on Tuesday for showing compassion and sensitivity following last week’s mine disaster in the town of Soma. In his weekly address to fellow party members, Erdogan thanked Israel for canceling
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Those tempted to think that Judaism is the most spiritual of the three religions that developed from Abraham should think again. True, Judaism does not have a man-god with lots of paintings and statues at its center, and it does not seek to conquer the world in order to advanced
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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East
WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D-Florida) spoke on the House floor Tuesday, May 20, in support of H.Res. 573, which condemns the kidnapping of female students by the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram. Congresswoman Frankel, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is an original co-sponsor of the resolution. In a video message, sent to news
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International, USATEL AVIV (Press Release)— In an impressive ceremony at Tel Aviv University on May 19th during the university’s annual Board of Governors Meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu awarded the fourth annual Prime Minister’s Initiatives and Innovation Prize to Dafna Lifshitz, CEO of Appleseeds Academy. The grassroots organization will receive NIS 80,000 ($23,000) to further
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy David Brin ENCINITAS, California — A lot of efforts have been made to appraise the Bible in terms of science and vice versa. For example, I’ve had fun showing (to a conference of transhumanists, no less!) that the Book of Genesis clearly states we were meant to be scientists and co-creators and that “nothing
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Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & EducationSAN DIEGO (SDJW) — In follow-up stories to those we’ve noted in the past, the morning U-T San Diego reported on Tuesday, May 20, that: –The San Diego City Council decided to submit to a Charter Review Commission the question of whether voters, in the wake of Bob Filner’ resignation as mayor in a sexual
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San Diego CountyBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-If you saw the trailer for John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo, you probably have the impression that it is primarily a raunchy comedy about how an older man persuades his middle aged protégé to be a gigolo for two women who are seeking a ménage à trois. Actually, that plotline serves as
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today criticized the “rush to judgment” by the United Nations and others in the international community calling for unwarranted levels of investigation of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) relating to the shooting deaths of two Palestinian youths at the scene of violent attacks against Israeli soldiers on May
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International, Middle East
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In a speech on the House floor Tuesday afternoon, May 20, Congressman John Yarmuth (D-Kentucky) renewed his call for a House vote to extend emergency unemployment insurance. Millions of Americans were cut off when Congressional Republicans led an effort to block an extension of the program, which expired December 28. Every
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