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Journalist Eric Lichtblau to discuss ‘Nazis next door’

May 22, 2017

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — When World War II came to a close in 1945, the U.S. Government recruited a few leading German scientists, who it judged could contribute to America’s space and military programs. In addition, the rationale was that if the government hadn’t done this, these top scientists, along with their scientific […]

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International, Jewish History, San Diego Calendar, USA

A tour of Jerusalem’s future

May 22, 2017

By Yoni Peres JERUSALEM — We are now celebrating 50 years for the “reunion” of west and east Jerusalem. In 1967, in response to the threast of Gamal Abdel Nasser, Israel commenced the Six Day War. Jordan and Syria joined Egypt and as a result, Israel conquered Sinai from Egypt, the Golan Heights from Syria, and the

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Middle East, Travel and Food, Yoni Peres

Money Maven: No escape from paying taxes

May 22, 2017

By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Q: Do I have to pay my taxes throughout the year? Can I just pay on April 15th? A: Unfortunately, the IRS requires you to pay your taxes throughout the year. If you wait until April 15th, you might get hit with penalties. In order to avoid penalties, you

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Sheryl Rowling, Travel and Food, USA

Israeli couple tells their Six-Day War memories

May 22, 2017

Editor’s Note: Yaakov and Toby Greenwald vividly remember what they were doing during the Six-Day War of June 1967. In these two articles, they relate their personal histories. Yaakov Greenwald is a veteran teacher of Talmud, History and Mathematics. They married in 1976, live in Efrat, and are the parents and grandparents of children

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Jewish History, Middle East, Toby Klein Greenwald, USA

Ivanka’s rabbi: I didn’t permit them to fly on Shabbat

May 21, 2017

Kehilat Yeshurun Rabbi Haskel Lookstein said on Sunday that he was not the rabbi who gave Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner permission to fly on Air Force One on Shabbat (Sabbath), calling the rumors “fake news”. Rabbi Lookstein is the rabbi who converted Ivanka in 2009, prior to her marriage to Jared Kushner. According to

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Middle East, USA

“HaTikva – the hope that will last forever”

May 21, 2017

Speaking at the US Capitol at a special event marking the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s liberation and unification, Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) spoke of her synagogue, Ner Tamid (Hebrew for eternal flame), and of Israel as a beacon of hope. Rosen was flanked by Martin Oliner, President of the Center for Unity and of Religious

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Middle East, USA

Cabinet approves gestures to PA – despite Jewish Home opposition

May 21, 2017

Israel”s Security Cabinet approved a package of goodwill gestures for the Palestinian Authority Sunday evening by a wide margin, despite objections by two senior Jewish Home ministers. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had proposed the gestures in the cabinet, hoping to have the measures approved prior to President Donald Trump”s arrival in Israel on Monday. President

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Middle East

Re-elected Rouhani vows Iran’s more interaction with world and ‘no’ to extremism

May 21, 2017

Re-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a televised speech in Tehran, Iran on May 20, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua] TEHRAN – Iran’s incumbent moderate President Hassan Rouhani won the presidential election by garnering 57 percent of the votes, the Interior Ministry announced Saturday. Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said that out of 41,220,131 counted votes, which accounts

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Middle East

Inside Ivanka Trump’s Meeting With Saudi Women

May 21, 2017

Ivanka Trump told a group of Saudi women leaders on Sunday there was “more work to be done” to improve the lives of women in their respective countries. Speaking at Riyadh’s Tuwaiq Palace with a group of 15 women high up in Saudi business and society, Trump—a daughter of and an adviser to the American

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Middle East, USA

Israelis worry that Trump’s changing stands look more and more like Obama’s

May 21, 2017

. JERUSALEM — The Israeli love affair with President Donald Trump has soured as promises have gone unfulfilled. The Israeli public was very excited when Trump took office. They anticipated a fresh start after a fraught relationship with Barack Obama, who many thought was overly sympathetic to the Palestinians. But reality has set in as

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Middle East, USA

Marco Rubio Dismisses Trump’s ‘Witch Hunt’ Claim

May 21, 2017

Days after President Donald Trump called the probe into his campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia “the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history,” Republican Senator Marco Rubio said the investigation is in fact legitimate. “I wouldn’t use the term witch hunt,” Rubio said during an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s State

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USA

Israelis have mixed feelings about Trump visit

May 21, 2017

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Some 40 years ago, I published a book entitled The United States: A Study of A Developing Country. The idea came from my home town. Fall River, Massachusetts, where 30 percent of my age group did not finish high school, and the average adult had 8 years of schooling. The idea

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Trump scraps harsh language in speech to Muslim leaders

May 21, 2017

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Donald Trump Sunday dropped some of his harsh talk about Islam as he urged leaders of the Muslim world not to wait for the United States but to act on their own to root out terrorism. Notably, the speech did not include the words “radical Islamic terrorism,” a term he

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Middle East, USA