Donald H. Harrison

Make it harder for known terror suspect to purchase guns —Lautenberg

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Following Wednesday night’s arrest of two men plotting a terrorist attack in New York City, U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) pointed to the continued trend of terrorists arming themselves with readily-available weapons to carry out commando-style attacks in the United States.  Lautenberg is the author of two bills aimed at closing

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USA

San Diego Israel Coalition merges with StandWithUs; Jacobs becomes regional director

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Israel Coalition, with a membership list of 2,500 volunteers including representatives from 20 local pro-Israel organizations, will be merged into the international StandWithUs organization, according to an announcement from StandWithUs executive director Roz Rothstein. The co-founders of the San Diego Israel Coalition will continue to

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San Diego County

Obama may further tip toward Palestinians in upcoming Mideast plan

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The word is that Barack Obama is about to lay on the table an updated plan for Israel and Palestine. According to one of Israel’s most widely read newspapers, the President will deliver a “speech of greater closeness” to Muslims.Will this be another learning experience for the American president at

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Syria’s Assad has lost legitimacy — U.S. Senate coalition

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) ­– A bipartisan coalition of Senators introduced a resolution today strongly condemning the escalating crackdown in Syria, warning that President Bashar Al Assad has lost legitimacy and urging President Obama to ratchet up the pressure on his regime. The resolution, introduced by Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), is

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International

Pope’s book on Jesus important interreligious document

Jesus of Nazareth, Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection by Joseph Ratzinger, Ignatius, San Francisco;  ISBN 978-1-58617-500-9 ©2011, $24.95, p. 293 plus appendices By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California–Nearly two thousand books on the Amazon website are linked to the words Jesus and Passion. With so many books one might wonder

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Cut off U.S. aid to Pakistan– Rohrabacher

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-California) on Tuesday, May 10, introduced H.R. 1790, the “Defund United States Assistance to Pakistan Act of 2011,” after last week’s successful raid to Kill Osama Bin Laden made it clear that Pakistan’s leadership concealed, protected and enabled the al-Qaeda leader for many years. Pakistan has received over $18

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International

School collecting 6 million pennies in Holocaust project

CHULA VISTA, California (Press Release)– While learning about World War II in James Richards’ tenth grade class, students had trouble comprehending the immense amount of Jewish lives lost during the Holocaust.  Richards  suggested that they collect six million objects so that the students could visualize what the number looked like. After brainstorming for multiple weeks,

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San Diego County

Oil and anti-Semitism do mix

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–Israel is celebrating its 63rd Day of Independence according to the Hebrew calendar; the secular date of the UN-sanctioned declaration of a Jewish state was May 14, 1948.  Just three years after the death camps of Europe were liberated by the Allies, Israel became—and remains—the greatest response to genocide in

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Middle East

Court sentences valve company’s CEO for selling to Iran

FRESNO, California (Press Release)– – GWC Valve International Inc., a company headquartered in Bakersfield, Calif., and its chief executive officer, David Meador, 52, were sentenced today in the Eastern District of California for conspiracy to export services related to industrial valves to Iran. The sentences were announced by Todd Hinnen, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security;

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International