By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — In 1978 and 1979 I followed the Iranian revolution on a daily and hourly basis. Even before the hostage crisis, recognizing the importance of this event, I began work on a book. The title? Paved with Good Intentions. This came from the expression, “The road to Hell is paved with […]
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), and Rep. Mike Honda, chair of the CPC Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force, Tuesdayy released the following statement on the political situation in Egypt: “We urge President Obama to show the international community that America will be a leading supporter of peaceful,
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Senator Jim Webb (D-Virginia) joined Senator Mike Johanns (R-Nebraska) and other Senators in asking Attorney General Eric Holder to appeal a recent court ruling against the 50-year-old cross at the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego. On January 4th the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the cross was an unconstitutional
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San Diego Calendar, San Diego CountyWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)— U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania), Chairman of the Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined a group of senators Tuesday in sending a letter calling on the top Republicans on the House appropriations and budget committees to reject a call to eliminate foreign
NEW YORK (Press Release)–B’nai B’rith International strongly urges the United Nations Security Council to reject the biased resolution recently proposed by the Palestinian Authority that would single out Israeli settlements as a focus of condemnation. If necessary, the United States should employ its veto power to defeat this harmful resolution. In previous remarks, U.S. Secretary
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –The mantra of the press is that the United States is likely to lose its major Arab ally, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Certainly Mubarak does some of what the United States would have him do – things he believed were in his interest, such as opposing Hamas – but he
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Shoshana BryenWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–President Barack Obama briefed the American people on Tuesday about the unfolding situation in Egypt. Here are his remarks: THE PRESIDENT: Good evening, everybody. Over the past few days, the American people have watched the situation unfolding in Egypt. We’ve seen enormous demonstrations by the Egyptian people. We’ve borne witness to the
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By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–People with long memories remind us that Yoav Galant isn’t the only Israeli war hero to cut legal corners; the comings and goings of Moshe Dayan and Ariel Sharon are often cited in this context. But Galant is the first to be punished for it. His appointment as the next IDF Chief
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Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel–Despite claims to the contrary, Israel is a secular country. There is, however, a modicum of truth in the assertion that the stream of Judaism defined as orthodox exerts undue influence, both political and social, over various aspects of life in Israel. Notwithstanding, the majority of Israelis remain doggedly secular,
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish ReligionCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Deceased Southwestern Jewish Press, September 30, 1955, Page 5 Ida Lipinsky, a resident of San Diego for 28 years, passed away on September 19th. She was a member of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, the Daughters of Israel, the City of Hope, Birdie Stodel B.B., the Eastern Star, Jolly 16,
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SAN DIEGO–The San Diego Opera’s 2011 production of Puccini’s Turandot is the gift that keeps on giving that found this opera lovers heart pounding from the first sounds of conductor Edoardo Müller’s detail to Puccini’s music in leading the San Diego Opera Orchestra, to the exceptional way the large chorus, including a long procession of
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–Both my American heart and Jewish soul are filled with admiration and prayers for the brave people of Egypt, the mother of nations, and the incubator long ago of Hebrew dreams and aspirations. Even more than in the parallel upheavals ongoing or brewing in Tunisia, Jordan, and even Yemen, the
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Travel and FoodBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C.–It was a great rhetorical moment. President George W. Bush, speaking in Whitehall, succinctly and eloquently framed the problem of 21st Century Western policy in the Middle East: “(Britain and the U.S.) in the past have been willing to make a bargain to tolerate oppression for the sake of stability. Longstanding
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Shoshana BryenJERUSALEM (Press Release)–Simon Wiesenthal Center called upon the German authorities to make a final effort to bring to justice two convicted but unpunished Nazi war criminals living in Germany and to open the files of the BND (German Secret Service) regarding the postwar escape of notorious Holocaust perpetrators. In an op-ed piece published Monday in
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