By Motaz Othman DEAD SEA SHORE, Jordan (eturbonews.com)– The first of its kind festival will take place on Friday, 2nd of May, 2014 at the Dead Sea Spa Hotel Beach, this will be the first run of the Dead Sea Mud Festival, an annual sustainable event that aims to promote tourism and raise awareness for Jordan’s […]
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Middle East, Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Reps. Susan Davis (D-California) and Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) introduced legislation in the House to help schools include social and emotional learning (SEL). The Supporting Emotional Learning (SEL) Act (H.R. 4509) would support teacher training in SEL to help young people better handle societal issues thus boosting their academic potential. Students
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) on Wednesday, April 30, sent a letter to Secretary Shaun Donovan of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) asking him to enforce the rules for reverse mortgages to help prevent families from being forced into foreclosure after inheriting
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USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, along with San Diego County Sheriff William Gore and San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman, have established a cooperative DNA project among their three agencies that is boosting prosecutions and jail time for defendants who commit multiple crimes. By integrating a real-time DNA
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–On April 30, 2014, the State Department submitted Country Reports on Terrorism 2013 to the U.S. Congress as required by law. This report, available on www.state.gov/j/ct, provides the Department of State’s annual assessment of trends and events in international terrorism that occurred from January 1 to December 31, 2013. It includes a
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) – Thirty new Olim from North America arrived Wednesday, April 30, at Ben Gurion airport and 60 others already in Israel became new citizens through Nefesh B’Nefesh, in conjunction with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, The Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and JNF-USA. At the same time, at Israel’s Army’s
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) honored Dr. Julie L Gerberding, president of Merck Vaccines, with the global advocacy organization’s Women’s Global Leadership Award. The award was presented Wednesday, April 30, at the AJC Women’s Leadership Spring Luncheon, held at The Pierre Hotel in New York City. “Dr. Gerberding is a true
NEW YORK (WJC)–An Auschwitz survivor’s quest to find his twin brother he last saw in 1945 through Facebook has received an unexpected boost more than a year after it was launched. In recent days, coinciding with Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust remembrance day, over 330,000 users shared a post from the World Jewish Congress Facebook page
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Jewish HistoryHamas will not recognize Israel, official says (JNS.org) Hamas will not recognize Israel if a Palestinian unity government is formed, a top official of the Gaza-based terrorist said Tuesday, Reuters reported. Mahmoud Al-Zahar, a Hamas strategist, also told Reuters that the recent unity pact signed by Hamas and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah
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InternationalSAN DIEGO (SDJW) –Poets and authors will speak about their works during May at the Astor Library of. the Lawrence Family JCC. On May 6, at 7 p.m. three featured poets will read their original works, and then there will be a half hour open-microphone session when members of the public may read their
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Travel and Food-First in a series- By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Jesus once said: “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Just so, every good tree bears good
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Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club and Caring Committee of Beth Israel of San Diego are co-sponsoring on May 21st at 6:30 pm a presentation by Kelli Denton RN, director of Seacrest at Home, a new program being offered through Seacrest Village Retirement Community.Joining Denton will be one of her associates, Jon Schwartz, the community liaison
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By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — It turns out that American citizens “are not allowed” to criticize Israel. Or so says Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of Chicago and former chief of staff to President Barack Obama. Emanuel was asked his view of the prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace, In an interview appearing in
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Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (TOSD)–New San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman told the LGBT community on Monday, April 28, that while some officers made a “terrible decision to discredit our badge,” she is committed to rebuilding the public’s trust and working closely with all of the city’s communities. “It does take years upon years to build up
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