SAN DIEGO (SDJW)–Jewish organizations have been reacting to Tuesday’s election results in which Democrats won the House of Representatives and Republicans retained the U.S. Senate. Here in alphabetical order are their reactions: American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) — “AIPAC applauds the election yesterday of a solidly pro-Israel Congress. At a time of intense partisan […]
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Middle East, USA
Story by Donald H. Harrison, Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Even before San Diego’s polls closed, the national news media was reporting that Democrats had captured the House of Representatives, while Republicans had retained the U.S. Senate. The Democrats needed a net gain of 23 seats to win control of the
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, USA{Please use your cursor to identify links} LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — StandWithUs has launched a wide-scale campaign to hold National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) accountable for spreading anti-Semitism, supporting violence, and violating free speech. The campaign features a petition to the US Department of Education and higher education governing bodies in Canada,
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The attack on the Pittsburgh synagogue has brought forth good words from a variety of sources. The Pope, and key people from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Palestine joined Jews from Israel, locally, and throughout the US and elsewhere, as well as the US President. Subsequently critics reviewed the comments and
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Ira Sharkansky, USABy Jerry Klinger BOYNTON BEACH, Florida — It was a standard email type of solicitation that came, October 23, from the Times of Israel. A free online six-week course on antisemitism was offered by Yad Vashem. The first three covered a 2,000-year overview of antisemitism through the Holocaust. The final three weeks were on understanding
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Jerry Klinger, Middle East, USA
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — On Thursday night, Nov. 1, almost 140 gathered at Temple Beth Shalom to participate in a special ecumenical memorial service for those murdered in last week’s Shabbat service at the Tree of Life Synagogue, located in the Squirrel Hill Jewish area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, San Diego County, USA
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin briefed reporters by telephone about the new sanctions against Iran that go into effect on Monday, Nov. 5. Here is a transcript of their statements: SECRETARY POMPEO –Earlier this year, President Trump withdrew from the fatally flawed nuclear deal and implemented a new campaign
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By Doron Krakow PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — It has been a week of shock and sorrow since last Saturday’s shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue. I arrived in Pittsburgh last night so that I could spend some time at the JCC this morning, talking to colleagues and sharing the thoughts, prayers and good wishes of
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Middle East, USAJewish Council for Public Affairs offers post-Pittsburgh Massacre to-do list for Jewish community As follow-up to the Pittsburgh massacre, JCPA has compiled some initial resources and recommendations. Educate Throughout the last year, JCPA has raised concerns about rising white nationalism by passing a Resolution on White Supremacy at JCPA’s April 2018 Conference, as well as
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USABy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — Several hundred women—and a smattering of men—gathered at a lovely home in the Brentwood area this past Sunday to participate in the opening of the 11th season of the Jewish Women’s Theater. Abiding by its overall mission of “celebrating Jewish life onstage, one story at a time”, the JWT
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Jewish Republicans, your brethren have a critical assignment for you – pressure your fellow Republicans to establish strong gun control measures. Granted, you may feel slighted if you learned that Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto dampened attention to anti-Semitism with his statement: “Mass shootings in this country, no matter where the
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USABy Janet S. Tiger (c) 2018 (Woman enters, she is nicely dressed, slight European accent, has an older skirt in her hands that she is holding) My family always wanted me to talk about what happened to me during WWII – but, after I did the interview for Shoah, I did not want to talk
Bucharest Diary: Romania’s Journey from Darkness to Light by Alfred H. Moses; Brookings Institution Press © 2018; ISBN 9780815-732723; 394 pages including index and glossary of people and places. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Formerly national president of the American Jewish Committee, trial attorney Alfred H. Moses had successfully lobbied the Communist
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Now that the first blast of hot air is gone, it may be possible to discuss l’Affaire Kashoggi rationally. First, the stipulations: Jamal Kashoggi should not have been killed. Period. In the longer form, that stipulation reads that no one should be killed by governments that disapprove of what
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA