SAN DIEGO — Five members of the Jewish community won endorsements on Wednesday, April 27, from the San Diego County Democratic Party in California’s June 7 primary election. At the federal level, these included Bernie Sanders, who shared an endorsement for President with Hillary Clinton, and Congresswoman Susan Davis, running for reelection in the 53rd […]
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San Diego County, USASydney (dpa) – Australia has for years used its detention centres in Nauru or Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island to house illegal migrants and asylum seekers who attempt to enter the country by boat. As of March 31, 2016, there were 905 people in the Manus Island centre and 468 people in Nauru, according to
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International
Four Western Pacific island nations–Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru and Palau–are true friends of Israel, typically standing with the Jewish state against the spate of anti-Israel resolutions which are staples of the United Nations and its automatic pro-Palestinian majority. In appreciation for these steadfast friends of Israel, San Diego Jewish World introduces today a new ongoing
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International
MK Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism), Chairman of the Knesset”s Finance Committee, on Wednesday blasted Jewish visits to the Temple Mount, claiming that Jews who ascended to the holy site were violating Jewish religious law. Speaking to Israel Radio, Gafni argued that religious Jews who visited the Temple Mount were leading the country to war,
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Jewish Religion, Middle East
US Air Force Gen. David Goldfein has been nominated to succeed Gen. Mark Welsh as USAF chief of staff, the Defense Department announced Tuesday. Welsh retires July 1. If confirmed by the Senate, 56-year-old Goldfein will be the second Jewish man to hold the position. Norton Schwartz served in the post between 2008-2012. He has
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Jewish History, USABy Arkady Mamaysky TARRYTOWN, New York — Loud voices of “fair but not biased” countries, members of the UN, and “well informed but not at all anti-Semitic” private citizens can be heard almost daily demanding the establishment of a Palestinian state. Why is it not established yet? Of course the answer of those who hate
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Arkady Mamaysky, Middle EastNEW YORK (WJC) — The president of New York University said Monday that the school would not accede to its graduate student unions’ vote to sever its ties with Israel and its academic institutions. Six hundred of the 2,000 graduate students belonging to the union voted Friday on a resolution calling on the university to
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAI thought we could handle the forecast predicting steady 105 degree weather in order to go to Southern India for Pesach to serve as visiting Rabbinic leadership for a little-known community of Indians practicing Judaism called the Bene Efraim. But as I reached into the seat-back to check out the airplane newspaper, headlines read, ‘record
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International, Jewish Religion
A Marseille synagogue is to be converted into a mosque as the demand for places of religious worship for Jews and Muslims shifts in the southern French city. Several months ago, the Al Badr Association, a Muslim organization, purchased the Or Thora synagogue near the Saint-Charles train station in Marseille for some $400,000, daily French
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International, Jewish ReligionLiberation celebration explores slavery both ancient and modern Evans and Donna Spagner of Watchung share a Haggada during the interfaith seder at the Fountain Baptist Church. Photos by Robert Wiener The Rev. Vernon Williams explains the history of African-American slavery. Rabbi Hannah Orden holds up Miriam’s Cup in tribute to women of the Bible who
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Jewish Religion, USA
Questions for Letty Cottin Pogrebin Letty Cottin Pogrebin says she is interested in “probing the many ways there are to be Jewish in America.” Photo by Mike Lovett Writer Letty Cottin Pogrebin said she grew up in a “very left-wing family” in Jamaica, Queens, and “it was not blacks that bothered anybody; it was non-Jews.”
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USA“The Witness” finally closed his eyes last night OCEANSIDE, California — Rev. Samuel “Billy” Kyles died on Tuesday evening, April 26, in Memphis at the age of 81. For the last 48 years of his life, he had been both burdened and motivated by his personal witnessing of a most barbaric act. Kyles directly beheld the
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Obituaries & memorials, USAJust look at Miriam now By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel –In the Synagogue this week we read the “Song of the Sea” and how the prophetess Miriam (Moses’s sister) led the women in song and dance to celebrate the Hebrews’ escape from Pharaoh’s army. Miriam is attributed with reuniting Moses’ parents and providing a miraculous
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & CompetitionsIn rare procedure, Israeli doctors save Gazan child from paralysis (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A rare procedure performed at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem has prevented a 3-year-old Palestinian boy from the Gaza Strip from becoming paralyzed. The boy was released from the hospital walking on his own. Sliman, 3, had developed a benign
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Middle East