SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – In response to the early success of Jewish Family Service of San Diego’s Centennial Countdown Campaign, the Rady Family Foundation has generously increased its match by $6.5 million, to a total of $23.5 million in matching funds – raising the campaign goal to $50 million. More than $25 million has […]
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San Diego County, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The almost unanimous nomination of Isaac Herzog as the next chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) over against Yuval Steinitz, a member of the current Israeli government and one of the prime minister’s most trusted yes-man, is evidence that Diaspora leaders are choosing a man who’s likely
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International, Middle East, USASAN DIEGO — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Thursday, June 21. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. Bennet welcomes Herzog’s appointment as head of
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Editor’s Note: This is the 16th 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 By Donald
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House on Wednesday, June 20, released the following text of President Donald J. Trump’s executive order affecting undocumented families who cross the border into the United States. By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration
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International, USABy Cheryl Rattner Price SAN DIEGO — This is a plea for help. At this time, 2,300 children have been separated from their families as they try to cross the border into the United States. There is currently no clear plan, system, or strategy for reunification. The core philosophy of The Butterfly Project is to
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International, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – In the final hours before the House votes, 350 organizations from across the nation have come together to express their vehement opposition to the Ryan immigration bill, which fails to put an end to President Trump’s family separation policy and also puts children and their parents in internment camps. In
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — Malcolm Hoenlein, CEO/Executive Vice President of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations said “The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) was an important step that reflects the longstanding frustration and disappointment of the United States. The UNHRC has long been
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Rep. Susan Davis (CA-53) led her House colleagues in calling on the Trump Administration to immediately start reuniting separated families. They asked key questions on how the Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services are actually going to reunite separated family members. The letter comes after President Trump
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SAN DIEGO — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Wednesday, June 20. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. Tel Aviv University researchers perfect Archimedes Laser
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — It’s surprising, some would say shocking, where you find little incidents of anti-Semitism. They sort of sneak up on you in sublime places, leaving you in a quandary whether to address it or walk away from it. This happened to me on the final sea day on the home
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nicki Haley held joint news conference yesterday to announce the withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Following is a transcript of their remarks.
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SAN DIEGO — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Tuesday, June 19. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. Bernie Sanders blasts family separations at border
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Paul Aken operates the Platen Press Museum which is located, appropriately enough, in Mt. Zion, Illinois. Although it is coincidental, the religiously themed name of Aken’s city harkens back to the primary use of movable type after it was invented in Germany in 1439 by Johannes Gutenberg: It
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