Photo essay by Donald H. Harrison * Harrison is editor of San Diego Jewish World. He may be contacted via donald.harrison@sdjewishworld.com
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, USACNN host Anderson Cooper is apologizing for the “crude” remark he made about President Donald Trump to a guest on his show. On Friday, during a segment on “AC360,” Cooper spoke with guest Jeffrey Lord, who is a staunch Trump supporter. During the back and forth, Cooper said, “If [Trump] took a dump on his
Things for President Donald Trump back home might be rocky—what with an investigation into his administrations ties to Russia and a controversy over his firing of former FBI Director James Comey—but that didn’t mean he couldn’t take a nice dance break Saturday during his first overseas trip as leader of the free world. Trump danced—or
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Middle East, USAA cold open to the SNL season finale on Saturday saw Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump leading a rendition of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, joined by Kate McKinnon’s Kellyanne Conway, Beck Bennett’s Mike Pence, and Scarlett Johansson as Ivanka Trump. The teaser capped a week of turmoil at the White House, and alluded to McKinnon’s November 13
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAQuito (dpa) – Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Saturday blamed Sweden for five lost years in the life of Julian Assange due to its investigation of rape charges against the WikiLeaks founder. “We have good news today,” Correa said in a televised address in Quito, a day after Sweden announced that the charges against the
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International, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Reform/Liberal/Progressive (henceforth Progressive) Judaism often reaches Jews that other movements don’t get to. This may not apply to the United States and a handful of other comparatively large Diaspora communities, but it’s definitely true of countries where there’re a few Jews and where the traditional congregations are too insecure
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USARiyadh (dpa) – Saudis took to social media on Saturday to praise US President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, with at least one proposing marriage in a video posted on Twitter. Wearing a long-sleeved, black-and-white dress with no head scarf, Ivanka landed in the Saudi capital on Saturday morning as part of Trump’s visit to the
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Middle East, USANew York (dpa) – North Korea said Friday that the United States should replace the armistice agreement between the two countries with a peace treaty. The Trump administration should adopt a new policy towards Pyongyang to ensure lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, North Korean Deputy UN ambassador Kim In Ryong said at a press
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International, USARiyadh (dpa) – US President Donald Trump and Saudi King Salman discussed Syria, oil and arms on Saturday, as Trump received a lavish welcome in the Saudi capital Riyadh to kick off his first international trip as president. In a short chat after having the traditional coffee with cardamom, both leaders talked about oil, natural
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Middle East, USARIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The United States completed an arms deal with Saudi Arabia totaling $110 billion Saturday as President Donald Trump seeks to strengthen economic and security ties with one of the world’s largest energy producers. The agreement, which will take effect immediately, is the largest single arms deal in U.S. history and will
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Middle East, USAThey wanted to “wake people up.” Three men from a small militia group called The Crusaders gathered a stockpile of firearms, ammunition and explosives last year and plotted to load up four vehicles with bombs. Their target was a sprawling apartment complex in Garden City, Kansas, where many Somali immigrants live and pray. The militia
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USAAlmost a year to the day before the 2000 presidential election, Beltway insiders met at a comedy club in Washington, D.C., to roast one another at the annual “Funniest Celebrity in Washington Contest.” At the previous event, Kellyanne Conway, now counselor to President Donald Trump, had performed stand-up and sang an awkward a cappella version
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USAUS First Lady Melania Trump on Saturday stepped off Air Force One conservatively dressed in long sleeves and pants to conform to the strict dress code that Saudi Arabia enforces for its female citizens. But one thing was missing: a head scarf. Instead, Melania Trump’s below-the-shoulder brown hair blew freely in the breeze at King
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Middle East, USAPresident Donald Trump isn”t ruling out having Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu join him during his visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem, despite a statement by National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster on Tuesday that “no Israeli leaders” would be accompanying the president. In an interview with Israel Hayom published Friday morning, the president said
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