The Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs (JACPAC), a pro-Israel Jewish PAC with a liberal domestic agenda, has announced that it is throwing its support behind Hillary Clinton in her bid for the presidency. It noted that women”s votes will be “critical” in electing Clinton and promised to make an effort “to get the vote […]
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This week is Israel Apartheid Week on campuses across the country. Some Jewish students have become inured to what has become a regular event; others are actively engaged in staging Peace Week — a grassroots initiative to counter anti-Israel propaganda with the simple message that Israel wants and has demonstrated its willingness to make sacrifices
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International, Middle East, USAPresident Obama pronounced the Iranian nuclear deal a “success” Friday as he met with leaders of the world’s major nuclear powers in Washington, amid bipartisan concern in Congress that the administration will allow Tehran to use the dollar in business transactions. “This deal has achieved a substantial success, and focused on the dangers of nuclear
By Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee applauds Brazil’s adoption of the country’s first anti-terrorism law. The Federation of Jewish Communities of Brazil (CONIB), an AJC international partner, had strongly advocated for the measure, which was recently adopted by Brazil’s legislature and signed into law by President Dilma Rousseff. “Approval of the anti-terrorism law
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-50th in a Series- Exit 18, Mollison Avenue, El Cajon ~ Refugee Resettlement Program By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California –With millions of refugees lingering in camps around the world, receiving refugee status in the United States is a difficult process – only a fraction of the refugees ever make it. And for those
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK–The horrific attacks in Brussels by terrorists affiliated with ISIS that claimed the lives of 35 people and injured more than 200 was all but inevitable. These attacks may well increase in frequency and intensity in many European cities where citizens travel freely and violent extremists among them can plot attacks
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USA
Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor Masori SAN DIEGO — Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said she has asked Taser International, which provides body cameras, to develop a system by which a police officer’s body camera automatically will turn on whenever he or she draws a gun from a holster. “They are working on
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Jewish Family Service, Mazon (The Jewish Response to Hunger) and now Democratic U.S. Rep. Susan Davis, ranking member of the Military Personnel Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, are teaming up to help alleviate food insecurity among the families of the lower enlisted ranks of the military.
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — They call themselves “a synagogue without walls,” which was especially ironic and heartening when I first was interviewed by the leadership ten years ago. My pastoral institute is called Reconciliation: The Synagogue Without Walls and—once the meeting warmed into a promising new relationship—one of the officers teased me: “We
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By Chris Jennewein SAN DIEGO — In this ugly political season, with insurgent politicians on both sides talking barriers — from walls to tariffs — San Diego has an opportunity to show the rest of America how to succeed by building bridges. With Republican Donald Trump calling for a mighty wall along the Mexican border, and Democrat
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Chris Jennewein, International, San Diego County, USABy Daniel Sokatch NEW YORK — The next chapter in the developing story of the attempt to marginalize Israeli human right activists is now unfolding in Israel. This time, it centers around an “expose” aired on Israel’s Channel Two last week about interviews that Breaking the Silence did with demobilized soldiers. The “smoking gun” is
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Middle East, USA(Editor’s Note: Comments on the UC Regents’ decision may be found below from leaders of the AMCHA Initiative, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, StandWithUs, Hillel International, and the Zionist Organization of America.) By Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) applauds the Regents of the University of California (UC) for
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ken Stone SAN DIEGO — Dylan Souza wore a Pokémon outfit, including yellow headgear, to the San Diego Convention Center. But his presence Tuesday night at the Bernie Sanders rally wasn’t Comic-Con kid stuff. If the Vermont senator doesn’t win the Democratic nomination, he said, “I’d probably end up voting for Elizabeth Warren” as
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Ken Stone, San Diego County, USABy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON — When GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s March 11th rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion was shut down last week by hundreds of leftist protestors, comprised of activists from Moveon.org, Black Lives Matter, Muslim groups, and even unrepentant domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, the morally indignant protestors had
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA