JERUSALEM (WJC)– The around half a million of Israeli citizens living overseas could soon get a vote in parliamentary elections. Under a bill presented by the Knesset members of the Israel Beiteinu party, which is headed by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Israeli citizens eligible to vote and holding citizenship for at least 10 years, would […]
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned Michael Drake, the Chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, for enabling an anti-Semitic/anti-Israel atmosphere on his campus over a period of years, which culminated yesterday evening in the repeated disruption of a campus lecture delivered by Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Michael
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Travel and FoodBy Eileen Wingard |SAN DIEGO–Two consecutive Sundays, I heard two great string players. The first, Violinist Itzhak Perlman, renowned, not only for his superb artistry, but for his humanity, performed January 24 at Copley Symphony Hall. The second, Violist David Aaron Carpenter, at the beginning of his concert career, presented a program at the Neuroscience
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Eileen WingardGo thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. – Ecclesiastes 9:7. By Lynne Thrope SAN DIEGO–Life is full of coincidences. Just this past Shabbat, I was chatting during the oneg with a fellow congregant about the wine tour he had taken
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Travel and FoodJOPHANNESBURG, South Africa (WJC)–Harry Schwarz, a South African lawyer, politician and Jewish leader who defended Nelson Mandela during the apartheid regime, has died at the age of 86. Schwarz was born in Germany in 1924. In 1936, he escaped the Nazis and emigrated to South Africa. He served as a navigator in the South African
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Travel and FoodMOSCOW (Press Release)–Khaled Meshaal, the exiled political leader of Islamist group Hamas, has met for talks with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. “We met to pursue our discussions, and our principal goal is to build on efforts brokered by Egypt to secure Palestinian unity,” Lavrov told reporters at the start of the meeting.
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Travel and FoodTEHRAN (WJC) — Iran has arrested seven people linked to US-funded ‘Radio Farda’ and has accused two of them of working as spies for the CIA. The Iranian news agency IRNA reports that the seven are accused of provoking protesters during the violent anti-government protests in December last year. The arrested “had a major role
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USATEHRAN (WJC)–President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has shocked the international community with his announcement that Iran would immediately start producing 20-percent-enriched uranium for use in its reactor in Tehran. Ahmadinejad only last week suggested that his regime might be willing to accept a proposal by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to enrich Iranian uranium abroad. “We
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– District Attorney Bonnie M. Dumanis announced Monday that a San Diego man has been sentenced to eight months in state prison for pointing a laser at a San Diego Police Department helicopter known as ABLE (Airborne Law Enforcement). Timothy Allen, 39, pleaded guilty to the charge in January and was sentenced in
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Travel and FoodHAIFA (Press Release)–Extensive commercial fishing endangers dolphin populations in the Mediterranean. This has been shown in a new study carried out at the University of Haifa’s Department of Maritime Civilizations. “Unfortunately, we turn our backs to the sea and do not give much consideration to our marine neighbors,” states researcher Dr. Aviad Scheinin. The study,
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationNEW YORK (Press Release)– EL AL, the national airline of Israel, is now offering passengers who purchase a ticket to Israel online an exclusive promotion with Ahava. El Al passengers receive a voucher for a 30% discount on all full-priced Ahava products and a 10% reduction on any sale priced items. In addition to the discount, a
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Middle EastJOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Press Release)– A delegation of leaders from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the umbrella group for 52 national Jewish organizations, will pay its first official visit to South Africa beginning Monday, February 8th, announced Chairman Alan Solow and Executive Vice Chair Malcolm Hoenlein, who will lead the U.S. delegation.
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Balli Aviation Ltd., a subsidiary of the United Kingdom-based Balli Group PLC, pleaded guilty on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to a two-count criminal information in connection with its illegal export of commercial Boeing 747 aircraft from the United States to Iran, announced David Kris, Assistant Attorney General
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USACAIRO (WJC)–Two senior Egyptian journalists have been reprimanded by Egypt’s Journalists Union for violating the group’s ban on contacts with Israeli officials. Hussein Serag, a veteran reporter, was suspended from his job for three months for visiting Israel, and Hala Mustafa received a warning after she conducted an interview with Israel’s ambassador in Cairo, Shalom
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