By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the midst of the Vietnam War, Sen. George Aiken is reported to have said, “Let’s just declare victory and get out.” In October, President Donald Trump did “declare victory” over ISIS. “I want to get out,” the president said. “I want to bring our troops back home. I want to start rebuilding
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA
By Mimi Pollack LA JOLLA, California — As an ESL teacher who has worked for 35 years with people from all over the world, I was very interested in going to see the presentation at the Gotthelf Gallery at the JCC last Monday evening on December 17th. First, there was the presentation by civil rights attorney
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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Mimi Pollack, San Diego CountyBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Trump’s decision to withdraw US forces from Syria is extremely reckless and is bound to backfire in more than one way. To make such a decision, which has major implications that directly and adversely affect our allies in and outside the region, through a simple tweet and against the
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USA
Protection against Iran and Hezbollah needed after U.S. withdraws from Syria — AIPAC The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Thursday issued the following statement concerning President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. “With the decision announced yesterday to immediately withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, it is imperative that Iran and Hezbollah
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By H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — This is one of the hardest subjects I’ve ever written about; as I did research, I realized the problem is more widespread and virulent than I thought. Part ll will deal with how the Jewish community is responding to the crisis. It has been 75 years since Holocaust images
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Sol Lizerbram, M.D. RANCHO SANTA FE, California — If I had to choose three words to describe the power behind Jewish National Fund and the donors who move us forward, imagination, innovation, and integrity would stand tall. These three words most accurately illustrate how we achieved our extraordinary milestones this past year. Here are a
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American Jewish Congress cautions against hasty U.S. exit from Syria The American Jewish Congress issued the following statement on Wednesday: “It was announced that President Trump is considering a full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria. The reason given is that the terrorist organization ISIS no longer holds territory in Syria, thus the primary objective
Editor’s E-Mail Box: December 19, 2018 (4 items) Read More »
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Butterfly Project striving to memorialize each of 1.5 million children lost in the Holocaust Cheryl Rattner-Price, co-founder and executive director of the Butterfly Project, said 212,238 butterflies have been painted and exhibited around the world in an effort to represent the 1.5 million children who were murdered in the Holocaust. The non-profit organization hopes to
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Immigrants Tammuz Dubnov and Gad Shaanan from Israel and Michel Cohen of Mexico are among 76 New Americans who are featured in an innovative exhibition that was created by the staff of the San Diego Union-Tribune in cooperation with the New Americans Museum at Liberty Station. Each life-size
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Israelis are getting tired of Binyamin Netanyahu. The continued saga of his possible indictment for bribery and related matters reflect his less than healthy relationship to money. The reported antics of his wife have become lore. And now also the dicta of his son Yair – for example telling
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Child survivors of the Kindertransport to receive compensation 80 years later Julius Berman, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced Monday that as a result of ongoing negotiations between the Claims Conference and the German government, an agreement was reached on the 80th anniversary of the Kindertransport, to provide
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA(c) Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — On a recent Thursday, at about 8 am, on a desk illuminated by light from a nearby window, a paper cup of steaming coffee laden with cream and sugar was nudged near an open laptop, thus beginning a ten-to-twelve-hour day of mind-numbing monitoring by a Canary Mission [CM] staffer
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Edwin Black, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The idea of Palestine may be somewhere in the dust, but Israel still has problems. There are several cases of recent attacks that were prominent, and the IDF is digging out tunnels coming from Lebanon into northern Israel. Security forces count in the hundreds the instances of attack their have
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “Only one side ethnically cleanses…When does defending Israel cross the line into racism? The moment anybody defends Israel, of course.” So writes Steven Salaita, author of Inter/Nationalism: Decolonizing Native America and Palestine. Salaita and other advocates for the Palestinians would convince me that peace between Israel and the Palestinians
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