Middle East

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 21, 2018 (4 Items)

SAN 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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International, Middle East, USA

“Dr. Bob” Shillman receives Technion’s honorary PhD

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) Dr. Robert J. Shillman (known as “Doctor Bob”) of Rancho Santa Fe, California, is so beloved at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology that there is a bronze statue of him on a bench petting a stray cat. He befriended and subsequently adopted “Yitz” during a summer at the Technion nearly 50

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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Jewish applause for U.S. withdrawal from UNHRC

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, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 20, 2018 (5 items)

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, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 19, 2018 (3 Items)

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, USA

Catalog illustrates 70 years of Israel craft and design

By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — My maternal grandparents were born in the 1800’s  in the land that today is known as Israel. They passed away before I was born, and I regret I never got the chance to talk with them and hear their stories. Thus, it is with great interest that I perused

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 18, 2018 (6 Items)

SAN DIEGO — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Monday, June 18. 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. * American Israel Public Affairs Committee pleased

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

OpEd: Betrayal of the Diaspora

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Jonathan Freedland is a distinguished British journalist and a committed Jew. He normally writes for The Guardian, but on June 18 he published an article in the London Jewish Chronicle with the tile, “Benjamin Netanyahu thinks non-orthodox Jewish life outside Israel is doomed: for Bibi, the diaspora is mostly

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Middle East, USA

Many cultures honored in Germany, Israel

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Those who aren’t friendly to Israel, including some Jews, think that a country for the Jews goes against the trends of integration and accommodation across religions, races, and ethnicity. Extremists, including some Jews, say that Israel should remove its designation as being Jewish, should become “a country for all if

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Celebrating Israel’s 70th in Balboa Park

Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison; other photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — They sang, they danced, they ate, and, really, what better ways are there to celebrate Israel during its 70th birthday year? On Father’s Day, Sunday, June 17, who better to introduce the outdoor entertainment in Balboa Park’s area of

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, USA