MUNICH, Germany (WJC)–Cornelius Gurlitt, the reclusive octogenarian hoarder of art whose father was a prominent art trader during the Third Reich, said through his lawyers that he would return paintings in his trove to their Jewish owners or their descendants if the art works had been looted by the Nazis. Gurlitt’s lawyers are currently in […]
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International
By Michal Luz JERUSALEM – Amid conflicting reports on the Israeli government’s intentions to release the fourth wave of Palestinian terrorists as part of peace negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, families of terror victims have not lost hope in their fight against what they believe is a destructive move for Israel, physically and morally. Protesting
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Middle EastIsraeli soldier lightly wounded in Jerusalem stabbing attack (JNS.org) An Israeli soldier was lightly wounded Thursday morning when he was stabbed in the leg by unknown assailants in Jerusalem’s Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood, Israel Hayom reported. Magen David Adom paramedics transported the soldier Hadassah Hospital-Mount Scopus. Passersby who saw the incident said there were two or
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Change was the theme of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign for the presidency. Much has happened since then, just as much as happened in any 6-year period as far back as we can remember. Among the questions: Have the changes been more positive than negative? And to what extent are one
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Ira Sharkansky, USA
By Asaf Romirowsky PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — After hours of discussion and debate, the Central Student Government (CSG) at the University of Michigan reversed the indefinite postponement of the BDS resolution and subsequently voted to not pass it during a 6-hour meeting in a 25-9 vote on Tuesday, March 25. During the entire process, hundreds of students lined
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN MARCOS, California (Press Release)– The Palomar Symphony Orchestra and the Second Avenue Klezmer Ensemble, directed by Ellen Weller, will team up to present “Klezmer! A Celebration of Jewish Music” at the Howard Brubeck Theatre at Palomar College at 7 p.m., Saturday, March 29, and again at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 30. In the 40
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Travel and Food
HANOVER, Germany (WJC) — Margot Kaessmann, the former head of the Protestant and Lutheran Churches in Germany, says that her church had been complicit in fostering anti-Semitism in Germany since the times of Martin Luther. Kaessmann called Luther’s 1543 pamphlet ‘About the Jews and their lies’ “horrible” and wrote in an opinion article published by
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International, Jewish History
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, March 26, voiced deep concern over Saudi Arabia’s denial of a request from the Obama Administration for a visa to be issued to Michael Wilner, an American reporter for The Jerusalem Post accredited to the White House, so he could accompany the president on his
SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – AMCHA Initiative, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Zionist Organization of America, on Wednesday, March 26, wrote to San Francisco State University (SFSU) President Leslie Wong urging him to investigate a recent event held by SFSU Professor Rabab Abdulhadi where she and
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Allan Finkelstein, who has spent his entire career working to strengthen Jewish Community Centers (JCCs) and the role that they play in American Jewish life, will retire from leading the Jewish Community Centers Association of North America, where he has served as president and CEO since 1994. His retirement is effective
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Hand Up Teen Leadership Program at Jewish Family Service of San Diego has been awarded a Sodexo Foundation Youth Grant through YSA (Youth Service America). The grant will support the Hand Up Teen Leadership Program in leading a community service project that addresses the issue of childhood hunger. In a related
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San Diego County, The World We Share
By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES —The Grand Budapest Hotel is a funny film. Not in the LOL sense, but more in the way of a smile of acknowledgment from time to time at the absurdities of the plot. It’s like an old Looney Tunes cartoon. Watch out for that cliff that you’re just about
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Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–A unique prayer book commissioned by the JWB Jewish Chaplains Council will be first used at Shabbat services on Friday and Saturday, March 28-29 during the JCC Association Biennial in San Diego. It is the first time since World War II that a siddur (Hebrew for prayer book) has been created expressly
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County