WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The United States State Department issued the following comment by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in response to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech outlining ways in which he said Iran has lied about its nuclear program. A transcript follows: SECRETARY POMPEO — For many years, the Iranian regime has […]
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — In a unanimous vote at a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Arthur Stark, Chairman of the Board of Friends of the IDF, was elected to serve as Chairman effective June 1, 2018, announced Nominating Committee Chairman Robert Sugarman and outgoing Chairman, Stephen M. Greenberg.
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Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Reactions to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on what he described as Iran’s nuclear deception were mixed within the Jewish community. Following are statements from organizations within the community: AIPAC — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed startling new evidence today that Iran has been lying to the international community about
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Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) – In a televised address, Israel’s Prime Minister said his country had obtained dramatic proof that Iran has been lying to the world about both its nuclear program and its intentions. Following is a transcript of Netanyahu’s speech, provided by his office. PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: Good evening. Tonight, we’re going to show
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International, Middle East, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Actor Verne Troyer, best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movies, died last week. In 2011, he visited Israel. Besides visiting the Western Wall, what else did Troyer do in Israel? A. Troyer, a Catholic, was in Israel to speak at the Youth Summit for Peace, sponsored by
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Irreverent Forever: True Tales From a Newspaperman’s Outrageously Rewarding Life by David Arledge Feldman; © 2018, Gray Castle Publishing, ISBN 9781987-713190; 226 pages plus appendix and acknowledgments. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Journalist David Arledge Feldman inherited his father’s sense of humor, but not his Jewish religion. For most of his life,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, USABEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) — Male brown widow spiders seek to mate with older, less-fertile females who are 50 percent more likely to eat them after sex, according to Israeli researchers in a study published in the journal Animal Behaviour. Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and The Volcani
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationAMMAN, JORDAN (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told media on Monday about their discussions, which in large part dealt with the civil war in Syria, and the situation between the Israelis and the Palestinians. A transcript follows: FOREIGN MINISTER SAFADI: It is a great pleasure
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – A trip to the IsraelFest on Sunday led to Camelot. In this case, Camelot was a well-behaved camel, wearing an intricately woven Middle Eastern blanket over his saddle. He posed regally for photographs and graciously tolerated strokes and pats from admiring humans.
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, Shor M. MasoriBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — After several weekends of coping with massed Gazans on or over the edge of violence, the country has been obsessed with the deaths of teenagers, seemingly caused by the negligence of an upper status pre-army program. The disaster also reflected one of the country’s natural attractions: spectacular desert canyons (wadis)
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — When Israelis get fed up with all the parties in the Knesset, they tend to found a new one through which they can express both their disdain for what there is and hope for better things to come. In the 2006 elections it was the Pensioners’ Party that, unexpectedly,
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Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Unable to sleep one night I surfed through the TV channels I sometimes watch and came across a debate about anti-Semitism on France24 (in English, fortunately). The trigger for this was President Macron’s tweet about the existence of an ‘old anti-Semitism’ in France alongside a new form of the
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –The Jewish Studies Program at San Diego State University has announced that Israeli political scientist, Dr. Luba Levin-Banchik, will be teaching courses in the History and Political Science Departments and will be in residence at SDSU for the 2018/19 academic year. Her residency is supported by a grant from the Murray
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Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — “Will Europe’s Jews stop wearing kippahs [skullcaps]? Most already have,” was the lead article in the Times of Israel internet newspaper on April 26. (timesofisrael.com) Unfortunately, it’s not hard to believe the above statement. Times have certainly changed since the 1950s, when as a youngster I first learned about