Donald H. Harrison

Hamas threats against Israel should be taken seriously

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes it is braggadocio. Sometimes it is the last rhetorical shot before making a political change previously thought impossible.  But sometimes, just sometimes, it is truth as the teller sees it. Hamas released a video for Israel’s 66th anniversary, entitled “No Hope,” (a play on Israel’s national anthem, Hatikva, […]

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

Obama on the Shoah: Silence is evil’s co- conspirator

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)–Following is the text of the speech given by President Barack Obama on Wednesday evening, May 7, to a USC Shoah Foundation dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel: THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  (Applause.)  Thank you. Thank you so much.  Please, please, everybody have a seat. Well, thank you, Steven {Spielberg}, for

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Jewish History, USA

Israel to UN: Prevent terrorists from getting WMD’s

  By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, addressed the Security Council in New York on Wednesday, May 7, during a special debate on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The debate took place one decade after the UN Security Council passed resolution 1540 to enforce measures against

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International, Middle East

Netanyahu names winners for initiatives, innovation

JERUSALEM  (Press Release)– Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu will on 19 May 2014 at  Tel Aviv University award the Prime Minister’s Prize for Initiatives and Innovation for the fourth time. The Prize was founded by the Prime Minister to award to initiatives and innovation that make a special contribution to society and are of far-reaching socio-economic

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Peres to Rice: World should pressure Hamas

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — President Shimon Peres held a diplomatic working meeting on Wednesday, May,  with US National Security Advisor Susan Rice at the President’s Residence. They discussed the major issues on the agenda today including the diplomatic situation between Israel and the Palestinians, the Iranian negotiations and the strategic relations between Israel and the

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Middle East, USA

First women kashrut inspectors certified in Israel

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Nine women have completed the Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s exams to become kashrut inspectors, the newspaper ‘Haaretz‘ reports. The country’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau approved the move over the objections of some council members. Emunah, the Orthodox women’s movement, battled to end the ban on women, and called the move “an achievement of historic significance.” The rabbinate said

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

JNS news briefs: May 8, 2014

  Obama receives humanity award from Spielberg’s Holocaust history foundation (JNS.org) Famed filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s Holocaust history foundation, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, on Wednesday presented President Barack Obama with the Ambassador for Humanity Award at a gala event in Los Angeles. Obama, citing the Syrian civil war and kidnappings

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International

Turkey: Where Israeli and Iranian tourists meet

ISTANBUL, Turkey (eturbonews) — According to a May report released by the Mediterranean Touristic Hoteliers and Proprietors Association, the number of the visitors coming to Antalya in the first quarter of the year was 1.32 million, an increase of 5.1 percent compared with the same period of the previous year. Antalya hosted 1.25 million tourists

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Middle East, Travel and Food

No deal with Iran is better than bad deal, says Netanyahu

  JERUSALEM (Press Release)– Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Wednesday, May 7, in Jerusalem with prominent Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) supporters from the United States and Panama. During the meeting with the FIDF Delegation, Netanyahu addressed the threat of a nuclear Iran and the Palestinian issue. “Iran seeks to destroy the State

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Middle East

Tunisian-born Jackie Gmach shares her American torment

Jacqueline Semha Gmach (with Hillary Selese Liber), From Bomboloni to Bagel: A Story of Two Worlds, Gefen Publishing House © 2014, ISBN 978-965-229-641-2, 288 pages including glossary and epilogue. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –This is a difficult, shockingly honest book, by the woman who helped to engineer, and who perhaps even personifies, San

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

Nadler calls for end to sweeping security measures

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Press Release)– Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-New York), a veteran member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered a statement during the markup Wednesday, May 7, of the USA Freedom Act. “Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States government has aggressively expanded surveillance in and outside the United States at a high cost to individual

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USA

Cardin welcomes Russian feminist protest group to U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – On the second anniversary of the Russian Government’s crackdown on Bolotnaya Square protests in Moscow, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senator Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, met at the U.S. Capitol with Nadya Tolokonnikova and Maria [Masha] Alyokhina of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot. The

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International, USA