International

There's a pro-Israel 'BIG RIG' coming down the highway of public opinion

By Roz Rothstein and Roberta Seid LOS ANGELES — Anti-Israel activists are now putting all their energy into their Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign (BDS). Their goal is to portray Israel and Israelis as pariahs that should be excluded from all international spheres—diplomatic, political, economic, social, and cultural.   Jews have been victims of such […]

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Middle East

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, January 21, 1955, Part 4

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff In the Name of “Security” (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press, January 21, 1955, Page 7 The case of Wolf Ladejinsky has again brought into sharp focus the problems facing a people whose precious liberties are being threatened under the guise of “security.” Ladejinsky, a qualified agriculturist, was dismissed as

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Your TV may be color, but is it green?

TEL AVIV (Presss Release)― Electronic products pollute our environment with a number of heavy metals before, during and after they’re used. In the U.S. alone, an estimated 70% of heavy metals in landfill come from discarded electronics. With flat screen TVs getting bigger and cheaper every year, environmental costs continue to mount. To counter this,

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Politicians muddy the waters in Muslim purchase of coat factory

 By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — I am prejudiced in favor of peaceful Muslims. Mention Muslims to most Americans and they will think of the nineteen young terrorists who committed suicide in a carefully planned attack on the twin towers of the World Trade Center which killed almost 3,000 office workers.This terrible tragedy

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Middle East

Norwegian government pension fund withdraws investments from companies in Israel and Malaysia citing 'grossly unethical activity'

OSLO (WJC)–The Government Pension Fund of Norway (GPFG) has divested from two Israeli firms and a Malaysian business claiming they engage in “grossly unethical activity”. The Ministry of Finance, which sets the financial guidelines for the fund, has excluded Africa-Israel Investments and its subsidiary Danya Cebus, as well as Malaysian company Samling Global. “The decision

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Middle East

Ahmadinejad calls Iran's new drone 'a messenger of death'

TEHERAN (WJC)–President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has unveiled Iran’s first bomber drone and said it would serve as a “messenger of death” to Iran’s enemies. The ‘Karrar’ unmanned fighter plane can carry two 115-kilo bombs, or one precision bomb twice that weight. The drone reportedly has a range of 1,000 km, not enough to reach Israel. On

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Middle East, USA

Palestinian and Israeli visitors ponder business together

By Donald H. Harrison LA MESA, California – Emad Ahmed Fuad Nuseibeh, a major Palestinian grower of vegetables and herbs, and Amir Gur-Lavie, an owner of Zeta, a large distributor of Israeli olive oil, cheerfully agreed to pose together following a dinner at Vine Ripe Market here. Nuseibeh and Gur-Lavie smiled warmly like old friends, whereas, in fact,

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Middle East

Rabbi seeks help from other clergy in stopping hate

EDISON, New Jersey. (Press Release)–Rabbi Bernhard Rosenberg, pulpit rabbi at Congregation Beth El here, is tired of counting swastikas and hearing antisemitic cat calls when he heads home from synagogue. It happened to him again on Friday night August 20th on Route 27, where Jew-baiting by local teens has become trendy over the last year.

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Bernhard H. Rosenberg-Rabbi, Jewish Religion, USA

NJDC defends congressman's Israel record against Jewish challenger in Florida primary for U.S. Senate seat

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) Chairman Marc R. Stanley, Immediate Past Chair Michael M. Adler and Vice-Chair Stephen Bittel on Sunday jointly issued the following statement: U.S. Representative Kendrick Meek has a stellar record of support for Israel, and it is wrong for anyone — of either political party — to

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Middle East, USA

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, January 21, 1955, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Birdie Stodel Women Plan President’s Day Southwestern Jewish Press, January 21, 1955, Page 5 Past Presidents met at the home of Mrs. David Schwartz to plan “Past Presidents’ Day” which will be held on Monday, Jan. 24, at the Beth Jacob Center. They will be hostesses at the

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