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Maccabi Haifa signs former Cal Fullerton guard Frank Robinson

HAIFA (Press Release)– The Maccabi Haifa professional basketball team of the Israeli Basketball Super League, announced on Friday, July 23,  they have signed guard Frank Robinson, who played at Cal State Fullerton from 2004-08, to a one-year contract.   Robinson, 26, played three years at Cal State Fullerton, averaging 15.8 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, October 1, 1954, Part 4

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Rabbi Levens Joins Special Program Southwestern Jewish Press, October 1, 1954, Page 7 Rabbi Monroe Levens of Tifereth Israel will be one of three community leaders to participate in “An American Dedication,” a non-religious program to be presented Sunday, October 10, at 3 p.m. in the Balboa Bowl,

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Glick warns that Iran believes creating nuclear force its religious duty

By Norman Greene LA JOLLA, California — No matter what else is discussed, “Iran is the main issue in the Middle East…everything else is irrelevant,” stated Caroline Glick, Deputy Managing Editor of the Jerusalem Post before an audience of over 500 gathered at Congregation Beth El by the San Diego Chapter of Friends of the

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Commentary: More worrying signs about U.S.-trained Palestinian army

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –JINSA has long expressed concern about military skills being transmitted by the U.S. to a Palestinian Authority military force while the Palestinian government remains openly hostile to Jewish sovereignty in the Middle East. The Israelis tell us, “The more they do against Hamas, the less we have to do.”  The

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At Comic-Con, toys don’t wait for humans to leave before coming alive

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In the Toy Story series of movies, toys wait for people to leave the room before they transform themselves into living, talking beings.  But at the Comic-Con convention at the San Diego Convention Center, all such formalities are dispensed with.  Toys become alive whether humans are present or

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Palestinians ban Boney M from performing 'Rivers of Babylon' at festival

RAMALLAH (WJC)–Organizers of a Palestinian music festival have prevented the music band Boney M to perform one of its greatest hits because the song refers to the exiled Jewish people’s yearning to return to the biblical land of Israel. Lead singer Maizie Williams said Palestinian concert organizers told her not to sing the 1970s hit

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Gaza Flotilla sailors file suit against Israel in Spanish court

MADRID (WJC)–Three Spanish activists – two of which were aboard the controversial Gaza-bound aid flotilla raided by the Israeli Navy at the end of May – have filed a lawsuit in a Madrid court against Israel for alleged crimes against humanity. The 83-page document takes aim at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, six senior Cabinet ministers

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Clinton hails Egypt-U.S. partnership as 'cornerstone of stability' in Middle East

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released the following statement Thursday, July 22, in recognition of Egypt’s National Day: * On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the Egyptian people as you mark your National Day on July 23. This is an opportunity to celebrate

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