WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– President Barack Obama on Friday declared May 2010 as Jewish American History Month. His proclamation read: “In 1883, the Jewish American poet Emma Lazarus composed a sonnet, entitled ‘The New Colossus,’ to help raise funds for erecting the Statue of Liberty. Twenty years later, a plaque was affixed to the completed […]
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USANEW YORK (Press Release) — World Jewish Congress on Friday called for the United Nations delegates to demonstrate their outrage against the presence of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at next week’s UN Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, and urged its member communities to communicate this to their governments. More than ironic, the participation of the Iranian dictator who
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Middle East, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–The Casa de Estudillo in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park is a re-creation of a hacienda owned by Jose Antonio Estudillo, one of the most influential men to live in San Diego under Spanish, Mexican and American rule. Jose Antonio was the son of Captain Jose Maria Estudillo,
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Donald H. Harrison, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Following are remarks of Secretary of State Hillary Clilnton to the American Jewish Committee in Washington D.C. on Thursday, April 29: SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you all. Well, it is wonderful to be back here at the American Jewish Committee and I thank David for that introduction. What he was really trying to
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—The intersection which Jewish settler Louis Rose called 1st and Main Streets back in 1869 as of Thursday, April 29, bears a plaque recognizing it as the place where the community of Roseville began. Today Roseville is a section of Point Loma, a neighborhood in the City of San Diego.
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is profoundly disappointed with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s decision to sign what is the most reckless state immigration law in the country. The ADL was founded 97 years ago with the mission “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” With
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By Cynthia Citron BURBANK, California–At the time that his most popular songs were put together in a musical compendium called “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris,” he was. But just a decade later he was dead of lung cancer at the age of 49, and his emotionally charged ballads had gone
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Cynthia Citron, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—It is commonplace to see elementary school classes walking through Cabrillo National Monument on history field trips. But similar field trips to Cabrillo may also be appropriate for high school trigonometry classes – especially for those students who wonder, “What’s the point of this stuff? When would we ever
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–There was no particular courage required to excoriate the government of Israel when its housing minister announced the construction of so many new home units in the Jerusalem area exactly when Vice President Joe Biden was arriving in the country to discuss peace talks. Many in the Israeli establishment and
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Middle East, USABy 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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By Alex Liff SAN DIEGO–Following is an open letter sent to U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Friday, April 23: Dear Senator Feinstein, I am a long time resident of California, a citizen of the United States, a voting and an involved member of your constituency. I am writing to you today to express concern and
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Although it was a gift in November 1970 from Mexico’s President Gustavo Diaz-Ordaz, it is not difficult to imagine the sculpture of a Mexican on horseback at the upper edge of Presidio Park as a scout for the Californios trying to determine whether the American troops at nearby Fort
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Donald H. Harrison, USABy 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
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—As in a game of ‘Treasure Hunt,’ clues about San Diego’s history under three flags can be found in a variety of places outside the graceful Serra Museum – including on one of the three flagpoles! “In recognition of the financial contributions made by the inhabitants of the San
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