Donald H. Harrison

PM backs monument depicting Hungary as Nazi victim

  BUDAPEST (WJC) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has  told Jewish community leaders that he would build a controversial Nazi occupation monument despite their opposition. Orbán presented his firm position on Wednesday, April 30, during a meeting with leaders of Mazsihisz, the Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary, according to media reports. Mazsihisz believes […]

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International, Jewish History

Israeli Consul-General Siegel says Israel hopes Abbas will reverse his U-turn and return to the negotiations

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — David Siegel, Israel’s Consul-General in Los Angeles, said Thursday, May 1, that his government is still hopeful that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority “will reevaluate their position and come back to the negotiating table and move away from Hamas.” While the “ball is in

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East

KPBS honors Ed Samiljan, Camp Mountain Chai creator

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Amidst the towering, aromatic pines of the San Bernardino National Forest is Camp Mountain Chai. Like most summer camps, it offers typical activities such as swimming, crafts and sing-alongs. It’s an experience that each summer draws hundreds of San Diego children, and in the process, they’re getting something else: a

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Jewish History, San Diego County

Syrian attack on school another war crime — Cardin

WASHINGTON , D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Maryland.), a senior member of the Senator Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, condemned the Assad regime’s attack, on April 30, on a school in the city of Aleppo that killed as many as 47 people, mainly children. The students were preparing

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Franken bill would require colleges to post net costs

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — With college growing increasingly unaffordable and student loan debt continuing to rise, U.S. Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have introduced a bipartisan bill to give students and families a better estimate of college costs before they apply for schools. The bill would also help ensure that prospective

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

‘A Shepherd’s Song’ analyzes Psalm 23’s metaphor

A Shepherd’s Song: Psalm 23 and the Shepherd Metaphor in Jewish Thought by Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel, Kodesh Press, New York, NY;  ISBN 978-0-61599-132-0 ©2014, $22.95, p. 360, plus Notes and Index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D.   WINCHESTER, California — Psalm 23 is arguably the most well known of the one hundred fifty psalms. Its opening

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

Senate confirms Cynthia Ann Bashant for U.S. bench

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has announced Senate confirmation of Cynthia Ann Bashant to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California, headquartered in San Diego. Senator Feinstein recommended Bashant to the White House for this position last year. “I am very pleased that Cynthia Bashant, whom I recommended

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Travel and Food

Senators condemn Islamists’ abduction of school girls

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) on Thursday, May 1, introduced a resolution condemning the April 14 abduction of as many as 234 Nigerian school girls by the terrorist group Boko Haram. While local officials have reported that

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International, USA

Jewish groups denounce ‘price tag’ attacks by extremists

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Thursday strongly condemned the spate of “Price Tag” attacks in Israel, welcomed the commitment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue the perpetrators, and called on Israeli law enforcement to enhance crackdown efforts against those responsible. The so-called Price Tag attacks are carried out by extremist

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Middle East, USA