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Students witness rocket, their experiments destroyed

June 28, 2015

By Donald H. Harrison CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The excitement was palpable in the hours on Sunday, June 28, before the ill-fated launch of the Falcon 9 Dragon rocket that was supposed to bring supplies and new science experiments for the astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Elementary, Middle and High School students from all […]

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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

The sticky business of Israel’s oil policies

June 28, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — You enjoy the complexities and nuances of policy debates? Try working your way through Israel’s efforts to deal with the gas found under its section of the Mediterranean. Several years after the discovery, we seem to be at a peak of dispute about sorting out who should control the stuff,

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Susan Davis: A social worker in Congress

June 27, 2015

By Donald H. Harrison WASHINGTON, D.C — Reflecting on a long career, and what she still would like to do in Congress, Rep. Susan Davis (D-California) suggested that she is more a social worker than a politician, which results in her having a different perspective on many issues. She met with my grandson, Shor, 14,

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA

The hydra- headed problem of Islamic terror

June 26, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The word terror connects with the anxiety that comes from violence that targets civilians. A bus or restaurant that a suicide bomber selects for his or her sacrifice, a roadside bomb laid by someone who chooses to kill without dying, or a group of school kids or supermarket patrons held

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Responding to racist remarks

June 26, 2015

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — A few years ago I was sitting at a table at a synagogue event when one of the guests made a racist remark. The rest of us were uncomfortable and embarrassed. We stared at our plates but said nothing. After a few moments of awkward silence we changed

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USA

Jewish news briefs: June 26, 2015

June 26, 2015

Amsterdam drops plan to be Tel Aviv’s twin city after pro-Palestinian pressure (Israel Hayom/Exclusive JNS.org) A plan to link Amsterdam and Tel Aviv as twin cities was dropped on Thursday after the Dutch capital’s mayor, Eberhard Van der Laan, came under fire from pro-Palestinian activists. Van der Laan has been an outspoken admirer of Tel

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International, Middle East, USA

Widow of Robert Haggiag cleans his vandalized grave

June 25, 2015

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) –Vandalism and garbage throwing is not a new phenomenon at the most ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Amid the thousands of tombstones, some of which have been defaced or smashed into pieces, there are areas full of trash and litter left by local Palestinian youth

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International, Middle East

Ranking three public tours in the U.S. capital

June 25, 2015

Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor Masori WASHINGTON, D.C.– Grandson Shor and I visited the nation’s capital so that he, among other activities, could be exposed to the venues that house the three branches of government We took public tours of the Supreme Court, the White House, and the U.S. Capitol. Rating

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Travel and Food, USA

Lowey: PA court action means no more U.S. assistance

June 25, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the Appropriations Committee and the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, on Thursday, June 25, issued the following statement on the decision of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to initiate charges against Israel at the International Criminal Court. “Today’s misguided action by Palestinian Authority President

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Middle East, USA

Jewish news briefs: June 25, 2015

June 25, 2015

Palestinians suspected of beating Israeli Jewish farmer to death (JNS.org) David Ben-Kafra, a 70-year-old Jewish farmer from Rehovot, was beaten to death on Wednesday in an orchard near Moshav Pedaya in central Israel. Several Palestinians are suspected of committing the murder. Ben-Kafra, who was found alive but critically wounded, was hospitalized at Assaf Harofeh Medical

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International, Middle East, USA

I-8 Jewish Travel: 2 merchants’ expanding empire

June 25, 2015

-Tenth in a series- Exit 3, Taylor Street, San Diego ~ Colorado House, Old Town San Diego State Historic Park By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Inside the false-front Colorado House, one may get the false impression that Joseph S. Mannasse spent most of his life as an agent for the Wells Fargo Company. In fact,

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, USA

UNHRC report unlikely to prompt any changes

June 24, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israelis were primed for the publication of the United Nations Human Rights Council Report on Gaza 2014. Expectations were that there would be harsh condemnations of Israel, and thus the heads of the two right of center parties in the government responded as soon as the report was issued. Minister

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Rep. Davis opposes effort to stall EPA enforcement

June 24, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) voted in the minority, 247-180, against a partisan effort in the House to undermine a proposed rule to fight climate change. The bill that she opposed would delay a recent ruling by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce carbon emissions, sometimes referred to as greenhouse

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The World We Share, USA

U.N. Gaza report may provide lessons despite source

June 24, 2015

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–I surmise that I’m not the only member of the Israeli public who’d like to form an unbiased opinion about the report on last year’s Gaza war that has just published by the United Nations Human Rights Council. But even if I read the whole report and checked all its footnotes,

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Middle East

Students witness rocket, their experiments destroyed

The sticky business of Israel’s oil policies

Susan Davis: A social worker in Congress

The hydra- headed problem of Islamic terror

Responding to racist remarks

Jewish news briefs: June 26, 2015

Widow of Robert Haggiag cleans his vandalized grave

Ranking three public tours in the U.S. capital

Lowey: PA court action means no more U.S. assistance

Jewish news briefs: June 25, 2015

I-8 Jewish Travel: 2 merchants’ expanding empire

UNHRC report unlikely to prompt any changes

Rep. Davis opposes effort to stall EPA enforcement

U.N. Gaza report may provide lessons despite source

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