STOCKHOLM (WJC)–A television documentary, to be broadcast next Sunday, will accuse the late father of Sweden’s German-born Queen Silvia, Walter Sommerlath, of making a fortune from a factory seized from its Jewish owners by the Nazis. Sommerlath was a member of the Nazi Party since 1934, something he denied in 1976 when his daughter married […]
HAVANA (WJC)–The leadership of Cuba’s Jewish community has denied having worked with the jailed American contractor Alan P. Gross, whose family claims he was on the island help Jewish organizations gain better access to the internet. Cuban authorities have accused Alan Gross of espionage, though they have not pressed charges despite keeping him in custody
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Travel and FoodTEL AVIV (Press Release)― Could the bacteria that we carry in our bodies decide who we marry? According to a new study from Tel Aviv University, the answer lies in the gut of a small fruit fly. Prof. Eugene Rosenberg, Prof. Daniel Segel and doctoral student Gil Sharon of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Molecular
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Jill Borg Spitzer, chief executive officer of Jewish Family Service, has sent the following message to be conveyed to readers to seek their help in fighting hunger: December 1 marked the first night of Hanukkah. It also marked the first day of voting in a new month of the Pepsi Refresh
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San Diego Calendar, San Diego CountyHAIFA (Press Release)–Due to a fire in the Carmel mountains, the University of Haifa announced on Thursday that it is evacuating the campus. That said, it is important to clarify that there is no immediate danger at the campus, but after consultation with the police and firefighter authorities, a management decision was taken to avoid unnecessary
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–A video that was part of an art exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., should not have been pulled at the behest of government officials and aggressive religious groups, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Americans United criticized U.S. Reps. John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Eric Cantor
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) on Thursday condemned the Senate’s failure to pass an extension of unemployment benefits before they expired November 30. NCJW President Nancy Ratzan released the following statement: “It is unconscionable that extension of long-term unemployment benefits has languished in the Senate while benefits expired November 30.
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By David Amos SAN DIEGO –I have recently written about the relationship of composer and conductor, or a composer and any soloist who needs guidance as to how to perform the music at hand. When the composer is no longer with us, as it is in most cases of music being performed today, the situation
SAN DIEGO — We’ve written about Melanie Rubin and her eagle eye for spotting Jewish interest license plates. Well, now her mother, Penni Rubin, who lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio, has caught the bug. We can’t tell whether this license plate was meant to be plural or possessive, but we know it’s Yiddish for grandpas.
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Jewish ReligionLA JOLLA, CA (Press Release)– Goodbye Memories, an original play by San Diego playwright Anita Yellin Simons, will be presented Jan 21-23 by the J*Company youth theatre at the Lawrence Family JCC. The production is a collaboration with the San Diego Jewish Academy and will be directed by Emily Calabrese. Goodbye Memories sheds new light
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San Diego Calendar, San Diego CountyTEL AVIV (Press Release) ― Working out can help you shed pounds ― but that’s just the beginning. New research from Tel Aviv University has found that “endurance exercises,” like a Central Park jog or a spinning class, can make us look younger. The key, exercise, unlocks the stem cells of our muscles. Prof. Dafna Benayahu
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Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodBy Audrey Jacobs and Michael Lurie SAN DIEGO — As they light the candles for Hannukah, the Jewish festival of lights, Jews recall the central message of this happy festival – renewing their faith as a free people in their homeland, the land of Israel. Hannukah commemorates the events of over 2,100 years ago, when the
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—The Jewish Federations of North America applauded the unanimous passage of a Congressional resolution Wednesday, Dec. 1, to support programs that meet the distinct needs of aging Holocaust survivors. Spurred by information gathered by The Jewish Federations of North America and Jewish Family Service agencies, Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and Frank
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — In all the excitement over the Wikileaks story, I want to remind people that there’s another big story being ignored. You will be reading about it in the mass media in two or three months. The Obama Administration has messed up its attempts to get Israel-Palestinian negotiations going. The
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