By Jeremy Ogul Mission Publishing Group, LLC LA MESA, California — Seventy-six years after they tied the knot, Phil and Sylvia Borkat – both 101 – are still holding hands like teenage lovebirds. “When we walk, we do that, and people say, ‘Why are you holding hands?’” Sylvia says. “And he tells them, ‘Well, to keep from […]
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San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & SatireWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice launched a petition Monday, March 24, calling on House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) to bring immigration reform to a vote. The effort, spearheaded by Bend the Arc, is a collaboration of many of the nation’s leading Jewish organizations. The petition (at www.entrydenied.org) asserts
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USA
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Following US Secretary of State John Kerry’s assertion at the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Congress on March 13 that it is “a mistake” for Israel to require the Palestinians to acknowledge Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People as part of the peace negotiations, Allan Baker, head of
Former Israeli envoy scolds Kerry on ‘Jewish state’ Read More »
Middle East, USA
CHICAGO (Press Release)–The world’s Reform rabbis will convene in Chicago Sunday, March 30, through Wednesday, April 2, 2014, for the 125th Convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR). The CCAR is the representative organization of nearly 2,000 Reform rabbis, the world’s largest group of Jewish clergy. Over 570 registrants will gather to consider
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Jewish Religion, USA
TEL AVIV (Press Release)— One in a thousand children in the United States is deaf, and one in three adults will experience significant hearing loss after the age of 65. Whether the result of genetic or environmental factors, hearing loss costs billions of dollars in healthcare expenses every year, making the search for a cure
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Science, Medicine, & EducationIDF on high alert across Judea and Samaria (JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces has declared a high alert in Judea and Samaria after riots broke out in the area over the weekend. The IDF is concerned that Palestinian violence may escalate to include the use of Molotov cocktails and potential stabbing and shooting attacks, Israel
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International
NEW YORK (Press Release)-It’s one of the most notorious cold cases of World War II — 900,000 Jews transported by the Nazis to a camp in eastern Poland, never to be seen again. Rare documents and eyewitnesses claimed Treblinka was a death camp even more ruthlessly efficient than Auschwitz-Birkenau, but evidence was thin, because
Scientists unearth grisly secrets of Treblinka Read More »
International, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Aryeh Savir KIRYAT ARBA, Israel — Sarah Avraham, 20, of Kiryat Arba in Judea, won the Woman’s World Thai-Boxing Championship in Thailand on Thursday, March 20. Officially named Muay Thai, the combat sport is dubbed “the art of eight weapons” because of the use of fists, elbows, knees, and feet. Sarah has previously won the Israeli
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International, Sports & CompetitionsBy David Amos SAN DIEGO — Four days ago we were shocked, dismayed, and saddened to hear that the San Diego Opera will cease operations by the end of this season, namely next month. Many of us heard it in the newspaper and television; some of us received direct e mails from the Opera, but
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Travel and Food
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — “I didn’t choose the Butterfly Project…it chose me!” Artist and guest speaker Cheryl Rattner Price is referring to the deeply moving and transformational exhibit currently displayed in the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center’s Gotthelf Art Gallery. This show is not only poignant and profound, but also artistically compelling and
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County
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Adventures in SD History
NEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC praised Japanese Prime Minister Abe for visiting the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam on Sunday, March 23. “Prime Minister Abe’s visit to the place where Anne Frank and her family hid, where she wrote her diary, until their capture by the Nazis is a strong demonstration of remembrance and solidarity with
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International, Jewish History
By Aryeh Savir TEL AVIV – One hundred fifty Christian citizens of Israel demonstrated Sunday, March 23, outside the European Union’s delegation in Tel Aviv against the EU’s silence in relation to what they termed “the ethnic cleansing of Christians throughout the Middle East.” The protesters demanded that the EU act on their own cry for
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Middle EastPARIS (Press Release) — AJC is appalled by the violent assault on a Jewish teacher in Paris. The man, who was wearing a kippah, was brutally beaten after he left a kosher restaurant on Thursday evening. The assailants broke his nose, drew a swastika on his chest and reportedly shouted anti-Semitic epithets in French and Arabic.
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International, Jewish Religion