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Judy Gross pleads in letter to Raul Castro for release of her husband Alan

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The wife of a Jewish American aid worker jailed in Havana for allegedly being a spy has written a letter to Cuban President Raúl Castro expressing regret for his actions. The ‘Reuters’ news agency also reported that Judy Gross, wife of US Agency for International Development employee Alan Gross, had claimed President […]

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Historians say German Foreign Office, notwithstanding denials, were Nazi collaborators

BERLIN (WJC)–A task force of historians commissioned in 2005 by then German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has found that during the Nazi-era many diplomats at the Foreign Office were in the Holocaust and covered up their involvement in the crimes after the end of World War II. Fischer said he was “disgusted” by the revelations.

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Pennsylvania legislators protest anti-Israel speech of Lincoln U. prof

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WJC)– Two state lawmakers have sent a letter of complaint to the head of Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania, about a literature professor who made strong anti-Israel statements at a rally in Washington, DC in September. Professor Kaukab Siddique, 67, had said: “We must stand united to defeat, to destroy, to dismantle Israel,

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USA

U.S. sponsors speech by Iranian apologist in Saudi Arabia

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel (Press Release)– There are days when you think: No, this nightmare can’t be real! Is the Obama Administration really so bad? Have the policymakers really taken leave of their senses? And then you see this: The U.S. Consulate-General in Saudi Arabia “hosted Dr. Trita Parsi, founder and President of the

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Middle East, USA

D.A. to run commercials against insurance fraud on area movie screens

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– District Attorney Bonnie M. Dumanis on Monday, Oct. 25, announced a new public awareness campaign featuring a series of short ads placed on over 340 movie screens in theaters across San Diego County aimed at curbing insurance fraud. Insurance fraud costs California consumers an estimated $15 billion dollars every year and

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U.S., Jordan sign $275 million compact to improve Jordan’s water supply

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Jordan’s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, along with Daniel Yohannes, chief executive officer of the Millenium Challenge Corporation, signed an agreement on Monday, Oct. 25, to upgrade Jordan’s water supply in the Zarqa area. Following is a text of comments made at that ceremony: MR.

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JWV urges Dec. 17 be made an evening for a special Kaddish

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Steve Zeitz, national commander of the Jewish War Veterans, has called on synagogues to set aside the evening of Friday, Dec. 17, as a Shabbat for commemorating losses of Jewish and Allied lives in World War II. He issued the following statement: “The JWV is requesting that special memorial prayers be recited

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USA

Jewish Agency refines its plans to introduce young Diaspora Jewry to Israel

JERUSALEM (Press Release)– Providing teens and young adults from abroad with a continuum of experiences in Israel and creating social action opportunities in Israel for young Israelis and Jews from abroad will serve as the focus of the work of the Jewish Agency for Israel, its Board of Governors decided Monday, Oct. 25. These areas of

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Middle East

Knesset member tweaks the nose of the United States, calls for war crimes investigation of U.S. role in Iraq

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — My concern in political science is to observe, understand, and explain. I do not view myself as a partisan.   At times observation can be painful, as when a student in my seminar died in the explosion at the Hebrew University cafeteria, and the girl friend (now wife) of a

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Pro-Palestinian cleric hijacks statement from Middle East bishops

By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California– “Is ‘Palestinian-killer’ the new ‘Christ-killer’?” was the first question that occurred to me as I read news reports that a meeting of Catholic Bishops from the Middle East condemned Israel, called for withdrawal to 1967 borders, and asserted that Jews have no Biblical right to Israel. I just read the actual statement of

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Middle East

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 15, 1955, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish world staff Double Talk Southwestern Jewish Press, April 15, 1955, Page 5 By Janet & Linda Solof Hitting the spot was Easter vacation For “us kids” to get some relaxation So now we are studying very hard. Working for a good report card Seen enjoying vacation and the sun at

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Adventures in SD History, San Diego County

‘Hannukah Happening’ planned Dec. 5 at Lawrence Family JCC

LA JOLLA, CA (Press Release)– The 27th Annual Hanukkah Happening will take place at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus,  on Sunday, December 5, , from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.   Hanukkah Happening is San Diego’s largest Hanukkah event for families and is fun for people of all ages and faiths. Price for

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

Jewish book festival will feature three literary chefs

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – The 16th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair  presents three approaches to fresh, healthy and delicious food with Terra Restaurant’s Executive Chef, Jeff Rossman on Fri., Nov. 5 at 10 a.m.; kosher baker Paula Shoyer on Sun., Nov. 7 at  2 p.m.; and Sam “the Cooking Guy” Zien on

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

ZOA condemns honorary Oscar plans for Jean-Luc Godard

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned Hollywood’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for intending to award an honorary Oscar to French-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, a virulent anti-Semite of long-standing. Godard, one of the French New Wave film directors, like Francois Truffaut, with whom Godard fell out over anti-Semitic

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