Donald H. Harrison

Spain trying to ‘reverse 500 years of injustice’

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The government of Spain “wants to right an historical wrong” against the Jewish people, declared Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, Spain’s Minister of Justice, at an AJC luncheon on Wednesday, March 19. The government initiative would offer Spanish citizenship to Jews who can trace their ancestry to the time of the forced expulsion of Jews […]

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International, Jewish History

ZOA: Obama praise of Abbas wrong, not warranted

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is deeply concerned and critical of President Barack Obama for praising Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas as “somebody who has consistently renounced violence, has consistently sought a diplomatic and peaceful solution that allows for two states, side by side, in peace and security” (‘Remarks by

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Middle East, USA

Jeffrey Richard to lead American Technion Society

NEW YORK  (Press Release)– The American Technion Society (ATS) announced on Wednesday, March 19,  that Jeffrey Richard, of Riverdale, N.Y., will become the organization’s new Executive Vice President in May, following a nationwide search. Melvyn H. Bloom, who has led the organization for the past three decades, will become Executive Vice President Emeritus. Richard, a fundraising

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Science, Medicine, & Education

ADL present Merkel with human rights prize

NEW YORK (Press Release) — In recognition of her “abiding commitment to promoting and protecting human rights at home and abroad,” the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, March 19,  presented German Chancellor Angela Merkel with its distinguished ADL Joseph Prize for Human Rights. In presenting the prize, ADL cited a number of accomplishments and actions that showed

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International

Colleges across country offering kosher dining services

By Susan L. Rosenbluth The Jewish Voice and Opinion ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey — The options for Orthodox-Jewish students looking for colleges outside the New York metropolitan area are greater than they have ever been before, according to an independent educational consultant. “Many schools with historically low numbers of Jews are actively working to recruit more

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Czech teaching assignment prompts candidate’s reflections on his American Jewish heritage

By Brad Weinreb SAN DIEGO — Masaryk University School of Law is located in Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic.  I spent two weeks there at the end of last November to teach a seminar course on “The Rights of Crime Victims in the United States.”  While the trip afforded experience interacting

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International, San Diego County

JNS news briefs: March 19, 2014

Fourth stage of Palestinian terrorist prisoner release may be nixed (JNS.org) Israel may cancel the fourth and final stage of its release of 104 Palestinian terrorist prisoners if Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas refuses to commit to a yearlong extension of the current peace talks, Israel Hayomreported. The fourth stage of the prisoner release is

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International

ADL: Islamic terrorists spreading hate through Internet

  NEW YORK (Press Release)–Many of the American citizens or permanent residents implicated in the United States last year on terrorism-related charges — ranging from domestic plots and conspiracies to providing material support to terrorists abroad — had something in common, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) issued Tuesday, March 18.

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International, USA

Josefowitz to lecture on life after spouse’s death

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — Well into her 80’s, San Diego Jewish World columnist Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D., has lived a full life. Some might argue she has lived enough for several lives. Josefowitz was born in Paris, France, in 1926. Her Russian- and Lithuanian-born parents moved to the United States in 1939, where she

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Natasha Josefowitz, San Diego Calendar

JNS news briefs: March 18, 2014

83 U.S. senators sign letter articulating ‘core principles’ for final Iran nuclear deal (JNS.org) A new letter to President Barack Obama signed by 83 of 100 U.S. senators outlines “core principles” that the senators believe must be part of a final deal on Iran’s nuclear program. The senators wrote that any agreement “must dismantle Iran’s nuclear

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International