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SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Beth Jacob Congregation will present the feature-length documentary by Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz, “The Case for Israel: Democracy’s Outpost at 5 p.m. Sunday, August 22, in its social hall at 4855 College Avenue.  A $5 donation is requested. According to the synagogue, the documentary “presents a vigorous case for Israel

LA JOLLA, California (Press release) — The songs of Naomi Shemer–a composer perhaps best known for “Jerusalem of Gold” written before the 1967 Six Day War–will be featured by Havurat Zemer, the Israel choir of San Diego, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rehearsal Room of the Lawrence Family JCC. Conducted by Rivi Raz, Havurat Zemer’s

SOFIA (WJC)– Israel’s President Shimon Peres has paid tribute to Bulgaria’s record with respect to the plight of its Jewish population during World War II. Peres said that the country had “suffered much from many directions, including from the Nazis, but the country managed not only to save itself, but also to save the Bulgarian Jews”.

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There is a troubling item in the New York Times that describes “the Obama administration pouring billions into its nationwide campaign to overhaul failing schools, dozens of companies with little or no experience are portraying themselves as school-turnaround experts as they compete for the money.” If the budget says spend

NEW YORK (Press Release)—The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) praises U.S. Reps. Michael E. McMahon (D-NY) and Gary C. Peters (D-MI) for urging the Department of Education to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitic harassment and intimidation.  In a letter sent Monday, August 9,  to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Reps. McMahon and Peters joined three dozen

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday called on the Government of Israel to extend, on humanitarian grounds, the protection of legal status to all of the children of foreign workers now in Israel rather than create a distinction which would result in 400 of them being deported from the country.  ADL