By Jerry Klinger DEADWOOD, South Dakota — The air pockets over the northern Rocky Mountains of Montana were shaking the airplane pretty hard. I was trying to write about a recent historical roadside marker project that, my little society, the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation had completed in Spokane, Washington. The marker recognized Spokane’s
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USA
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California –SummerFest 2013 began with a sunburst evening in Scripp’s Park at the La Jolla Cove. The program, a wonderful amalgam of old and new, consisted of works by Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Piazzolla, and Bolcom. This concert was just one of the many free features offered by the La Jolla Music
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Eileen Wingard
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Anthony Wiener is reportedly considering withdrawing from the New York’s mayoral race. He has been negotiating with Oskar Mayer to become the chauffeur of their trademark vehicle. He’s also changing his name to Felix Frankfurter. Robert Filner, the embattled mayor of San Diego, is also contemplating a job change.
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Lawrence Baron, USA
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –The greatest success of the Arab States against Israel (there aren’t many) has been to change the terms of reference. In 1947, the Arabs unanimously rejected the UN Partition Plan for Palestine and in 1948 attacked Israel, Goliath against David. Through 1956, 1967, and 1973 Israel was understood to be
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenHAIFA (Press Release)–Male Holocaust survivors have a longer life expectancy compared to those who didn’t experience the Holocaust, according to a recent study conducted at the University of Haifa jointly with Leiden University. The results have just been published in PLOS ONE. This is the first study to examine data on the entire Jewish Polish
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — For some time now I’ve itched in the presence of those obsessed with their privacy. The issue of personal privacy may–for some of us–not be as pressing or exciting as Israel and Palestine, but it is endemic to the gadgets that almost all of us enjoy. If you say “Not
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Ira Sharkansky, USA
EL CAJON (Press Release) – In the shock that followed the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., partners Mary Carouba and Susan Hagen sat stunned across the country in California. After a while it dawned on them that whenever they turned on the television, there were news stories and
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San Diego County
Netanyahu responds to Arab Knesset member who said Arabs were in Israel first (JNS.org) While the Knesset on Wednesday night voted on a bill to necessitate a national referendum among Israelis on any peace deal that would require territorial withdrawals, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who did not have any planned remarks, responded to an Arab
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InternationalHAIFA (Press Release) — “The Love Hormone,” Oxytocin affects men and women differently in social contexts- in men it improves the ability to identify competitive relationships whereas in women it facilitates the ability to identify kinship. “These findings are in agreement with previous studies on the social differences between the sexes: women tend to be
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — The official closing show of the Maccabiah Games on Tuesday night, July 30, was a huge success with athletes and spectators alike at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem. Thousands of athletes rocked to the tunes of Israeli bands and singers including Balkan Beat Box, The Young Professionals, Orphaned Land, Offer Nissim,
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Travel and FoodIsraeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations stumble over which issues come up first (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) While outwardly looking positive and accommodating, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are in fact in disagreement over when to bring up core issues such as borders and security, with the Palestinians wanting to talk about borders first, and the Israelis wanting all
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International
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — It is difficult to tell you much about my high school friend without disclosing his identity. He is now world-famous, having become a major figure in the field of high finance. So, in the interests of protecting his privacy, I will alter some of the facts of
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Jewish Religion
EL CAJON (Press Release)– Foreign-trained doctors, nurses and medical technicians may help fill the gap between the number of health care professionals working in the United States today and the larger number expected to be needed when the federal Affordable Care Act goes into effect on January 1, 2014. Welcome Back Centers at Grossmont College
Mahmoud Abbas rules out ‘presence of a single Israeli’ in future Palestinian state (JNS.org) While Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations began in Washington, DC, on Monday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, speaking in Cairo, ruled out the “presence of a single Israeli” in a future Palestinian state. “In a final resolution, we would not see the presence
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International