International

India donates collection of Gandhi books to University of Haifa

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Indian Ambassador to Israel Navtej Sarna presented President of the University of Haifa, Prof. Aaron Ben-Ze’ev, with a unique and significant gift: the entire writings of Mahatma Gandhi. The University of Haifa’s library will be the only library in all of Israel to hold the entire collection of these manuscripts written by […]

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Middle East

Neither Israel nor Palestinians believe peace currently possible

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–For those of us more interested in world affairs than sport, “The Great Game” was the competition between British and Czarist Empires for Afghanistan and other parts of Central Asia, with implications for India and access to the sea, that prevailed through much of the 19th and into the 20th centuries. Israel

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Palestinian intransigence helps Israel with White House

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Zionists of the world, relax. Your allies are the Palestinians. They will protect you even from the White House of Barack Obama. Again the Palestinians have said no to efforts of White House emissaries to extract what they can from Prime Minister Netanyahu. He proposed to negotiate toward a Palestinian state with

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Middle East, USA

Why would U.S. want Afghan pilots trained in Lebanon or Syria?

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C — The U.S. Department of the Army put out a request for information on “Afghanistan National Army Air Corps English and Pilot Training.” The Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training & Instrumentation (PEO STRI) is conducting market research by seeking sources with innovative business solutions to (1) train and certify

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Middle East, USA

San Diego’s historic places: archaeology at Mission San Diego

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Chief docent Janet Bartel removed a barrier and stepped into the archaeological dig area at Mission San Diego, beckoning others to follow. Two sets of shallow pits, with a dirt walkway in between, were on the southwestern side of the mission quadrangle. Approximately at the middle of the inner

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

'Secretary' tells Einstein's secrets in one-woman play

By Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD–On the 55th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s death, April 18, 2010, his secretary, Helen Dukas, called a press conference at Theatre West in Hollywood.  She wanted to talk about an earlier press conference, held on March 14, 1934, on the occasion of her boss’ 55th birthday, celebrated with a symposium in his

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Cynthia Citron, Middle East, USA

‘Balloonmonics,’ ‘Gamemonics’ replace Mnemonics in helping students to remember their lessons

 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—At “Generations Day” on Tuesday, April 20, when parents, grandparents and even great-grandparents trooped to Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School to learn with their school children,  this year’s lesson figured to be a snap.  As the day corresponded with Yom Ha’Atzma’ut, Israel’s Independence Day, the teachers decided the all-school

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