SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–A San Diego Passport Agency is scheduled to open to the public in the spring of 2011, according to the U.S. State Department. “I’m very excited about expanding our presence to the San Diego area,” said Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Passport Services Brenda S. Sprague. “As passports are required for […]
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Does it do more harm than good to describe Israel’s intense antagonists as anti-Semites? No doubt it assures that any discussion will be heated. However, if it was appropriate to use the term, it was, most likely, already at a fever pitch. Is it a distortion of reality to accuse opponents of
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (WJC)–The city’s Landmarks Commission has cleared the way for the construction of a controversial US$ 100 million mosque and Islamic center near Ground Zero in Manhattan. The commission voted unanimously to deny landmark status to the building located on the site, clearing the way for the construction project. However, court challenges could still stall
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Travel and FoodEILAT, Israel (Press Release)– EL AL Israel Airlines launched its newest route between Tel Aviv and the popular beach resort of Eilat this week with a historical and heartwarming father/son connection. General Avraham Adan, who was immortalized in the famous 1949 photograph when the Israeli flag was first raised in Umm Rashrash (now known as Eilat, located
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Travel and FoodHAMADAN (WJC)–Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reportedly escaped an assassination attempt in the western Iranian city of Hamadan. Several people were wounded in the blast, said media reports. The Arab news channel ‘al-Arabiya’ said the Iranian presidency had confirmed that Ahmadinejad “escaped an assassination attempt as his procession was targeted by a bomb.” The conservative
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Travel and FoodCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Welcome to Mexico…The Tourist Wonderland Southwestern Jewish Press, November 12, 1954, Page 5 Ensenada-Tijuana – In the extreme Southwestern portion of the United States, just across the border from San Diego, Calif., is a region of great tourist transformation in recent years to meet the exigencies of the
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Adventures in SD HistorySAN DIEGO (Press Release) — For the first time in its 21 year history, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival is coming to San Diego. The 2010 Human Rights Watch Film Festival is the world’s foremost showcase for films with a distinctive human rights theme and creates a forum for courageous individuals on both sides of
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By Carol Davis CULVER CITY, California— Have you ever been so angry, upset, frustrated or agonized over something that happened to you that it hurts to the core, digs to the bone and gets in the way of your life? Well if you trek it to the Kirk Douglas Theatre between now
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –It wasn’t Hezbollah; it was the LAF that killed one Israeli officer and seriously wounded another. It wasn’t in Lebanon; it was in Israel that they were attacked. The IDF had notified the UNIFIL liaison that it would be working on the Israeli side of the Blue Line –
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Shoshana BryenBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The New York Times headlines its article about a recent Israeli government decision dealing with the children of illegal immigrants, “Israelis Divided on Deporting Children.” Its first paragraph claims that “Deep divisions emerged here on Monday over the fate of about 400 children of foreign workers who have no legal status
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Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (WJC)–Lebanese and Israeli troops exchanged fire on the border on Tuesday, leaving three soldiers wounded. The clashes were the most serious since the Second Lebanon War four years ago, authorities said. Israeli military spokesman Capt. Barak Raz said the fighting broke out as soldiers were on a routine patrol. He said the force was
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Middle EastJERUSALEM (WJC)–Israel’s President Shimon Peres has denied accusations that in a newspaper interview he had labeled Britons as anti-Semitic. Peres said that he believed that “relations between Britain and Israel are of the greatest importance.” The 87-year-old was quoted in an interview with ‘Tablet’ magazine as saying: “in England, there has always been something deeply
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Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Southwestern Jewish Press, August 1, 1954, Page 3 Betrothal Announced Mr. and Mrs. Leon Solomon announce the engagement of their daughter, Barbara, to Harold Hoffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hoffer of New York City. Barbara is a graduate of UCLA and is working at present as
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Adventures in SD History, Middle EastBy Steve Hofstetter NEW YORK–The New York metro area has 2 million Jews, more than everywhere but Tel Aviv. But it’s a big drop after that. LA has 650,000. Philly, DC, Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco each have about a quarter million. A few more American cities have 50,000-100,000. But when you get down to
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