Donald H. Harrison

Feinstein calls for improved health standards for poultry

April 21, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have called on the Department of Agriculture to develop food safety standards that will significantly reduce the levels of Salmonella and Campylobacter in chicken and turkey products. “We write to urge you to develop strong performance standards for poultry products that will […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Buses vulnerable targets to terrorist attack

April 21, 2014

SAN JOSE, California (eturbonews) – During the morning rush hour on April 14, a car bomb containing an estimated 500-800 pounds of explosives blew up at the Nyanya District bus station on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria. Brian Michael Jenkins and Bruce R. Butterworth, terrorism experts from the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI), explained its

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International, USA

‘Respect’–Does anyone practice it any more?

April 21, 2014

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — “Respect.” A word out of my childhood. We used to sign letters, “Respectfully Yours.” “Respect your elders” was a frequent admonition. What happened to that word? I don’t hear it used very much anymore. I looked it up in the dictionary and found synonyms: consideration, appreciation,

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Travel and Food

President sends Passover/ Easter message

April 21, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House released a video of President Barack Obama’s Easter/ Passover message delivered on Saturday, April 19. The President said both holidays remind us of our responsibilities to God, and as God’s children, to each other.

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USA

The Menschkins

April 21, 2014

The Menchkins is a weekly humor column by Harvey Rachlin. It is distributed by JNS.org

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Trivia, Humor & Satire

U.N’s Robert Serry exemplar of the world body’s bias

April 20, 2014

By Ronn Torossian NEW YORK– Only a few miles away from Israel – in Syria – there is a civil war taking place which has killed at least 150,000 people and uprooted more than nine million others. There are reportedly 1 Million Syrian refugees living in Lebanon alone. Churches are being burnt – and people,

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International, Middle East

Both sides pay lip service to Kerry’s peace process

April 20, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Let’s call it what it is. The US has used its muscle to get Israelis and Palestinians to discussions that neither of them wanted. Both sides speak and deal with one another all the time. It’s part of living side by side, with pockets of one inside the other, and

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, February 21, 1958, Part 1

April 20, 2014

Attention Family Historians: If you would like a JPG photo copy from the Southwestern Jewish Press of any “Adventures in San Diego Jewish History” article that has been reprinted on the San Diego Jewish World website, simply copy the website address of the article, and send it along with the article’s headline, with a $5 payment

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Adventures in SD History

Synagogue firebombed in Ukraine

April 20, 2014

NEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC condemned the firebombing attack on a synagogue in the Ukrainian city of Nikolayev. The early Saturday morning attack on the empty synagogue comes days after a virulent anti-Semitic leaflet, whose origin remains in question, was distributed in Donetsk. Both anti-Semitic incidents were condemned by Ukraine’s Prime Minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who

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International

2 Jewish community members seek election as judges

April 20, 2014

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Two members of the Jewish community are seeking election as California Superior Court judges in the June 3 election. Carla Keehn, a federal prosecutor, is opposing Judge Lisa Schall for Office No. 20, while Brad A. Weinreb, a California deputy attorney general, is seeking to prevail in a three-candidate race

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

JNS news briefs: April 20, 2014

April 20, 2014

Abbas reportedly threatens to dismantle Palestinian Authority (JNS.org) Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has reportedly threatened to dismantle the PA, a move that would potentially dissolve the 1993 Oslo Accords and leave Israel—according to international law—vulnerable to legal action over its construction activities in Judea and Samaria. Abbas told Egypt’s Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper,

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International

In Easter message, Kerry tells campaign against trafficking

April 20, 2014

By John Kerry WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last month, I traveled to Rome with President Obama, where I was honored to meet His Holiness Pope Francis. As an altar boy six decades ago, I never imagined that I would find myself crossing the threshold of the Vatican to see the Bishop of Rome. My wife, Teresa,

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The World We Share

Rabbi Soloveichik evacuated from Temple Mount riot

April 20, 2014

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM– For the first time since the beginning of the Passover holiday, the Temple Mount was opened briefly to Jewish visitors and tourists on Sunday, April 20. The site had been closed last week on Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday because of violent Palestinian rioting. On Saturday night, April 19, five Arabs carrying tear

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Middle East

IDF, Ben Gurion University team for cyber-security

April 19, 2014

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has signed an $8.5 million agreement with the Israel National Cyber Bureau to develop CyberSpark, which includes a National Cyber Research Center adjacent to BGU’s campus. CyberSpark was conceived as an innovative research and development ecosystem of major multinational corporations, business incubators, BGU researchers, Israel Defense Force

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Feinstein calls for improved health standards for poultry

Buses vulnerable targets to terrorist attack

‘Respect’–Does anyone practice it any more?

President sends Passover/ Easter message

The Menschkins

U.N’s Robert Serry exemplar of the world body’s bias

Both sides pay lip service to Kerry’s peace process

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, February 21, 1958, Part 1

Synagogue firebombed in Ukraine

2 Jewish community members seek election as judges

JNS news briefs: April 20, 2014

In Easter message, Kerry tells campaign against trafficking

Rabbi Soloveichik evacuated from Temple Mount riot

IDF, Ben Gurion University team for cyber-security

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