By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM–The Sephardic Educational Center in Jerusalem’s Old City celebrated the completion of a new Torah scroll Wednesday night, July 28, in a lively celebration of Jews from around the world. A scribe dips his quill pen into special ink and puts the finishing touches to a new Torah scroll before […]
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USACANBERRA (WJC)–The Australian government announced new restrictions on business dealings with Iran in the oil and gas sector. The sanctions follow those announced earlier in the week by the European Union and Canada. They are the latest in a series of measures taken by the international community in an effort to prevent Iran from developing
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USABERLIN (WJC)–The websites of the memorials and documentation centers of the former Nazi concentration camps Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora have been attacked by hackers. The intruders replaced a ‘Book of the Dead’ on the Buchenwald website with neo-Nazi slogans and symbols and completely erased the Mittelbau-Dora camp website. “Brown is beautiful,” read one slogan in English,
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Travel and FoodPARIS (WJC)–France and the Palestinian Authority are formally upgrading their diplomatic relations. Until now, the Palestinians have been represented by a ‘delegation’ in France headed by a ‘general delegate’. In future, the General Delegation of Palestine in Paris will be called the Palestinian Mission to France and be led by an ambassador-head of mission, French
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Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Brandeis Women To Meet For Dessert Nov. 1 Southwestern Jewish Press, October 29, 1954, Page 4 The first semi-annual Membership Meeting of the San Diego Chapter of the National Women’s Committee of Brandeis University will be held Monday, November 1, at the home of Mrs. William
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Adventures in SD History, Middle EastBy David Amos SAN DIEGO–In the course of my various musical activities, either as a participant or as a member of the audience, I talk to many people, friends, relatives, and strangers. Everyone has a comment about the music, but the core message is simply “I love music.” However, here is where we start seeing
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Travel and FoodNORTHBROOK, Illinois (Press Release) – Congressman and Illinois Senate candidate Mark Kirk on Wednesday, July 28, launched a national online petition drive urging the President to seal off gasoline deliveries to Iran by enforcing a recently enacted Iran sanctions bill. “A nuclear-armed Iran would destabilize the Middle East, weaken America’s national security and pose an existential danger to
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Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) –On the Go, a program of Jewish Senior Services Council delivered by Jewish Family Service, will offer free rides to individuals 60 years of age and older in need of transportation to High Holy Day services at participating synagogues in San Diego. Synagogues include Congregation Beth Am, Congregation Beth El, Congregation Beth
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San Diego CalendarMARSEILLE, France (WJC)–A writers’ conference at a public university in southern France was canceled after some Arab participants refused to attend because of the presence of Israeli author Esther Orner. The meeting at the Université de Provence Aix/Marseille was intended to feature Mediterranean authors. “The story beneath all this – and it’s an enigma – is
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Middle EastANKARA (WJC)–A day after British Prime Minister David Cameron criticized Israel during a visit to Ankara, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle was in Turkey and praised the government of Turkey for mediating in the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program. Speaking after a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul, Westerwelle noted that Iran
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Travel and FoodJERUSALEM (WJC)–Israel has no plans to extend the ten-month building freeze in Israeli settlements in the West Bank after September, the country’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Wednesday. He rejected any link between the moratorium and the start of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Lieberman told a joint news conference with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel
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Middle EastOLNEY, Maryland (WJC)–Swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans including the Nazi slogans “Arbeit macht frei” (Work will set you free) and “Juden raus” (Jews out) were spray-painted on the outside of the B’nai Shalom synagogue in Olney, Maryland, about 20 miles to the north of Washington, DC, shortly before parents arrived to drop their children off at
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Travel and FoodBy Rachel Ehrenfeld NEW YORK–As the founder of the movement against libel tourism, I congratulate Congress foir unanimously passing HR 2765 (as amended by the Leahy-Sessions ‘Speech’ Act) on July 27th. A bipartisan bill, the ‘Speech’ Act is based on New York State’s “Libel Terrorism Protection Act” (also known as “Rachel’s Law”). The ‘Speech’Act marks the culmination
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By Alex Liff SAN DIEGO–Looking across the spectrum of recent news one can’t help but be amazed at the creative ways that in the words of Dennis Miller, “adjacent Jew haters” i.e so called Palestinians and their beloved friends are finding to express their unbridled anti-Semitism. The last month or so has brought a literal treasure
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