Donald H. Harrison

Canadian student wins int’l Bible quiz

  By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) –This year’s Intersnational Bible Quiz winner is Eitan Amos from Toronto, Canada. The 18-year-old, who lived in Karnei Shomron until he was 11, competed against 15 other finalists during this year’s International Bible Quiz traditionally held on Israel’s Independence Day.  Seventy-five contestants from 33 countries including Mexico, Brazil, Argentina,

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

AJC thanks Kerry for trying to bring Mideast peace

NEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC (American Jewish Committee) has expressed “gratitude and admiration” to Secretary of State John Kerry for “the noble initiative” for Israeli-Palestinian peace he launched last June at the AJC Global Forum. Kerry’s address to AJC was his first speech in Washington as Secretary of State. “When you spoke to us in Washington

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Middle East, USA

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, March 7, 1958, Part 3

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

Riot police break up Far Right protests in Belgium

  BRUSSELS (WJC) — Police in the Belgian capital Brussels had to use water cannons to disperse a crowd defying a ban on a gathering of controversial far-right figures including the controversial Frenchman Dieudonné M’bala M’bala which critics called an “anti-Semitic hatefest”. Citing a threat to public order, the mayor of the Brussels municipality of

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International, Middle East

Mother, daughter to discuss bipolar condition May 13

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — Authors Cinda Johnson and her daughter Linea will be featured speakers at a luncheon of the Behavioral Health Committee of Jewish Family Service of San Diego at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 13, at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla. Cinda wrote the book Perfect Chaos: A Daughter’s Journey to Survive

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San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education

Lowey stresses U.S. support on Yom Ha’ Atzma’ut

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-New York) on Monday, May 5, released the following statement in honor of Israeli Independence Day: “This year, we celebrate 66 years of Israeli independence as well as over six decades of steadfast friendship between Israel and the United States. “When President Truman recognized the state of

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Middle East, USA

Bennet: Cinco de Mayo a prompt for immigration reform

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) on Monday, May 5, marked Cinco de Mayo by recognizing the many contributions Mexican-Americans make to Colorado and the United States. Cinco de Mayo commemorates May 5, 1862, when Mexicans won an unlikely victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla, part of their struggle for independence

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International, USA

Boxer seeks prompt college guidelines on sexual assault

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release). – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) on Monday, May 5,  sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, urging him to quickly finalize and release regulations that will provide clear guidance to universities on how to address sexual assault on campus. A recent report issued by the White House Task Force to

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Lawmakers call for rescue of abducted Nigerian girls

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-New York),  the leading Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Monday, May 5, made the following statement regarding the abduction of hundreds of Nigerian girls by Boko Haram, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization: “The recent abduction of more than 200 Nigerian girls by Boko Haram is a cowardly

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International, USA

Anti-Semitic speech, behavior on the rise, but not violence

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Despite a 20% decline in the number of violent incidents against Jews, last year saw a sharp rise in abusive language and behavior, threats, and harassment of Jewish people on an individual basis around the world, according to the annual report presented on April 27, 2014, by Tel Aviv University’s Kantor

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education