Middle East

Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 6, 2018 (8 items)

40 rabbis tour migrant centers in Tijuana, urge U.S. welcome immigrants This week, nearly 40 rabbis from across the country toured migrant centers in Tijuana as a part of a delegation to the U.S.-Mexico border. A growing number of asylum seekers have found temporary shelter and social services in Tijuana as they try to seek […]

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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 5, 2018 (4 items)

Ruderman Family Foundation condemns anti Reform Judaism remarks of MK Yinon Azoulay The Ruderman Family Foundation calls on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to immediately and publically condemn Member of Knesset (MK) Yinon Azoulay of Shas, an active legislator within the ruling coalition, following his outrageous and inflammatory comments against non-Orthodox Jews and suggestion they stop

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

John McCormick: A Kiwi friend of Israel

Editor’s Note: This is the 18th 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, 16, 17

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Donald H. Harrison, International, John McCormick, Middle East

Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 4, 2018 (2 items)

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with American Jewish Committee leadership The leadership of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) discussed a range of Middle East and transatlantic issues in a private meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, expressing the organization’s appreciation of Trump Administration efforts to confront Iranian aggression and assure Israel’s security and its fair treatment in international forums. AJC has

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

‘Path of Blood’ includes candid Al Qaeda home movies

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As one can glean from the title, the subject of Path of Blood is not pleasant, but for those who are not Islamic extremists, the insights it provides are necessary to learn.  Documentary film maker Jonathan Hacker utilizes captured Al Qaeda footage along with video from the Security

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 3, 2018 (4 items)

American Jewish Committee facilitates anti- Semitism discussion with United Nations representatives The American Jewish Committee’s Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights (JBI) convened a meeting of key UN human rights leaders and staff members together with experts on anti-Semitism from around the world. Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of

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Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Rabbi- historian examines the destiny of the Jews

By Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel —Rabbi Ken Spiro’s new book, Destiny, successfully guides the reader through the central themes of Judaism: the impact of Jewish values on civilization, Jewish determination, the disproportionate impact of the Jewish people, anti-Semitism and its message, the Jewish vision of history and conception of time, and [even] mankind’s ultimate

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Steve Kramer

Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 2, 2018 (6 items)

BDS movement attempts to hijack Jewish summer camp Scholars for Peace in the Middle East reported that the Camp Ramah movement rebuffed IfNotNow after it was revealed that the BDS group had trained camp counselors to introduce BDS themes to their campers. As their materials put it, IfNotNow’s workshop’s focused on how counselors could communicate to

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Nuttiness at the top

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Take your pick. Should we begin with Sara Natanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, or Donald Trump? A prominent good government activist, Eliad Shraga, has been quoted in The Jerusalem Post. “The truth that nobody wants to say must be spoken . . . That woman is probably not mentally fit to stand

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

United Hatzalah adds midwives to emergency service

JERUSALEM (Press Release) – As of July 1st, United Hatzalah of Israel introduced a new division of services that will now dispatch trained midwives and OB-GYN nurses to incidents of  unexpected home births. Midwives and nurses who have joined the program will now be dispatched by United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center to assist birthing mothers

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Jennifer Meltzer awarded Sheva Leadership Fellowship

SAN DIEGO — Jennifer Meltzer, Program Coordinator for the Lawrence Family JCC’s Neirman Preschool, has just been awarded a Sheva Leadership Institute Fellowship. Meltzer will join a cohort of 31 fellows from Early Childhood Education programs at JCCs throughout North America. This important honor for outstanding educators involves a three-year commitment, during which there will

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA