HOLLYWOOD (WJC)–The actress Winona Ryder has claimed that American actor and film director Mel Gibson, 56, made “anti-Semitic and homophobic” remarks long before he was caught on tape making such comments. In the new issue of the men’s magazine GQ, Ryder said that the actor and director was anti-Semitic and homophobic, but “No one believed
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Travel and FoodBERLIN (Press Release) — The German government is to pay € 60 million (US$ 80 million) over the coming months into a fund for the preservation of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Notably the former gas chambers and other evidence of crimes committed at the camp are deteriorating to the point of collapse. Germany
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday announced the launch of the Palestinian Information Communications Technology Capacity Building Initiative (PITI). This initiative is designed to enhance Palestinian economic capacity in the information communications technology (ICT) sector by facilitating partnerships between Palestinian ICT companies and U.S. multinational companies, particularly those with operations in the
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are questioning innocent Americans who are perceived to be Muslim about their religion and their political beliefs without any suspicion that they have done anything wrong, according to a letter the American Civil Liberties Union and Muslim Advocates sent to the top internal watchdog
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–While there is a coordinated federal government approach to combatting terrorism emanating from foreign countries, there is no such coordination in countering the threat of domestic terrorism, according to a report provided by the Congressional Research Service. The report provides history of domestic terror incidents in the United States, several of
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USAPORTLAND, Oregon (Press Release) – A federal Grand Jury sitting in Portland has charged Hossein Lahiji, 47, of McAllen, Texas, Najmeh Vahid, 35, of San Antonio, Texas and Ahmad Iranshahi, 53, of Tehran, Iran, in a two-count indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the United States and to commit money laundering. The indictment alleges that the
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Mike Hammer, spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council, issued a statement on Thursday, Dec. 16, deploring an attack by Sudanese armed forces on the village of Khor Abeche in South Darfur. Here is the statement: The United States is deeply concerned about reports that the Sudanese Armed Forces attacked
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Travel and Food
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — One of the most commented upon panels in the fused glass sculpture of the Twelve Tribes of Israel in the lobby of Tifereth Israel Synagogue is the one which portrays Dan. Dan is symbolized by a snake, which seems to be an unusual metaphor for the ancestors of
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Jewish ReligionBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — A friend provoked this column by sending me a video clip of a speech by Professor John J. Mearsheimer before a gathering of the Jerusalem Fund. Mearsheimer is a University of Chicago political scientist best know for his publications with Stephen Walt (Harvard) on the Israel lobby in the
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Middle East
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Fund Lauds Former Officials Southwestern Jewish Press, June 24, 1955, Page 1 Sol Stone, second from left, and Mrs. Yale Naliboff, former United Jewish Fund workers, ere praised and honored by Fund Directors at the June Board meeting. Judge Jacob Weinberger, left, presented Stone with Honorary Life Membership
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Adventures in SD History, San Diego CountyNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations called on Thursday for countries to vote against a 10th anniversary commemoration of the infamous World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance held in Durban in September 2001. That conference, which began with lofty goals, deteriorated into an orgy of hatred,
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Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World Jewish Center Aids Colina Del Sol Park Southwestern Jewish Press, June 10-June 23, 1955, Page 7 The Dedication and Fiesta at the new City Park, Colina Del Sol, at 54th and Universkity, was a huge success, and one of the most successful booths was the one put up and
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Adventures in SD History, San Diego County
By David Amos SAN DIEGO–As part of being Jewish, living with a non-Jewish majority, we are subjected to the many excesses of the Christmas season. I need not elaborate to you that the original intent of this Christian holiday has been distorted and mostly converted into a commercial bonanza. Jew and Gentile alike, involved in
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Travel and FoodBy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel –Here’s an old joke that applies to the contemporary Middle East. The Lone Ranger was a Western lawman who chased bad guys with his friend, a Native American named Tonto. One day, they were surrounded by dozens of Native American warriors. The Lone Ranger turned to Tonto and said, “Don’t