–Temple University Professor also condemned– LOS ANGELES– StandWithUs (SWU) has applauded the rejection of a discriminatory BDS resolution by the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) at the Ohio State University (OSU) on December 5. The motion failed by a vote of 7 in favor, 30 against and 3 abstentions. “It is disturbing that the International Socialist […]
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — To dramatically slow the flow of illegal immigration and even end it does not rest on building walls or sending troops to the border, or by heartlessly snatching children from their mothers’ arms, or by incarceration, deportation, or prosecution. A big part of the answer lies in economic development,
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, USA, Yossef Ben-Meir
By Daniel Sokatch NEW YORK — Chanukah reminds me of our power to create more light in the world. Even in dark times, we can make change by joining together for freedom, equality, and pluralism. You and I know that Israel could use more light, and that too many politicians are busy driving wedges between different
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Jewish Religion, Middle East
Editor’s Note: This is the 40th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment:1, 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37,
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and Food
U.S. leaders call for a strong Israel The Fifth Annual IAC (Israeli-American Council) National Conference concluded Sunday with remarks from a high-profile lineup of speakers headlined by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-C.A.), wrapping up a four-day display of bipartisan support for the State of Israel over the
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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Becoming by Michelle Obama; © 2018; Crown Publishing; ISBN 9781524-763138; 421 pages plus acknowledgments and photo credits; $32.50 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — If one theme predominates throughout former First Lady Michelle Obama’s memoir, it is that, notwithstanding the fact that she and her husband had risen to the very pinnacle of power
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Travelling on planes, trains, taxis, cars and even a bus on one occasion, not to mention a great deal of walking, staying in New York, Las Vegas and San Diego in the USA, and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, taking in visits to museums and meetings with friends and
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USA
National broadcast planned of concert for Tree of Life Synagogue massacre victims PBS will broadcast nationally WQED’s locally-produced Tree of Life: A Concert for Peace and Unity, a free community event, presented and hosted by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to honor the Tree of Life Synagogue victims and first responders. The performance, featuring Itzhak Perlman at Pittsburgh’s Heinz
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPresident and Mrs. Trump send Chanukah greetings The White House issued the following statement from President and Mrs. Trump: “Melania and I send our warmest greetings to our Jewish brothers and sisters in the United States, in Israel, and around the world celebrating Hanukkah. “For eight nights, Jewish families and friends will come together to
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In addition to wearing the hat of prime minister of Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu wears at least three other hats. He’s Israel’s foreign minister, its communications minister and its defense minister. The other members of the cabinet seem to be yes-people, if they’re members of Netanyahu’s Likud party, and necessary
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –It isn’t easy governing with a one vote majority in the Knesset. Two proposed laws have not come to a vote, on account of not having enough pass them. One was a measure to give the Minister of Culture and Sport the power to decide on which groups would get government support.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
Israeli ambassador anticipates a U.N. vote repudiating Hamas Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, is participating in the IAC conference and held an interview with journalist Gil Tamari, which focused on Israel’s activities at the United Nations. In light of the American proposal to condemn Hamas in the General Assembly, Ambassador Danon said
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International, Jewish Religion, John McCormick, Middle East
By Jerry Klinger JERUSALEM — Stephen Norman (Neuman) grew up in a typical Viennese Jewish home. It certainly was not a Zionist household. They were Austrians, not Zionists. His grandfather, famous in some circles, had died years before he was born. To his family, his grandfather was a failure. Yet, his parents honored the grandfather.
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Middle East
Hadassah celebrates its ‘Women of Excellence’ By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Dafna Michaelson Jenet, an author and Colorado state legislator, perhaps felt that she was preaching to the choir when she addressed the San Diego area contingent of Hadassah Southern California on the issue of community problem solving. In 2009, she had traveled to
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA