By Ulla Hadar KIBBUTZ RUHAMA, Israel — When my children were younger, one of their highlights in the season of Shavuot was to climb into a combine and observe from that vantage point what it’s like to harvest the fields. For some years we have not done this, as they have grown a […]
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–That May is Jewish Heritage Month is evidenced by the two plays, both bearing Jewish content, now running in repertory at the Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park: William Gibson’s Golda’s Balcony is on the main stage and Matthew Lopez’s Whipping Man is in the theatre in the round or
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Carol Davis, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Yonatan Peres, DVM KFAR HAYAROK, Israel–The first time I met Edith and Irving Taylor was in 1998. I was appointed the director of the Teaching Hospital of the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The teaching hospital facility, founded in 1988, thanks to the very generous contribution of the Koret
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The glass of the political activist is never full. If it seems full, it is only a momentary surge of partial victory. The tea cups of the American extreme right might appear full after their man’s victory in Kentucky, but they are a long way from achieving their dreams. Barack Obama is
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday announced that the five permanent members of the United Nation’s Security Council, plus Germany, have reached an agreement to impose “strong” new sanctions against Iran. David A. Harris, President of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC), issued the following statement praising Secretary Clinton’s announcement: “The National Jewish
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–J Street Executive Director Jeremy Ben-Ami released the following statement Tuesday, May 18, in response to the introduction of House Resolution 1359: “J Street applauds the introduction of House Resolution 1359, calling for the immediate release of captured Israeli soldier Corporal Gilad Shalit. Introduced by the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Turkey and Brazil announced they have “brokered” a “deal” to bring some percentage of Iranian LEU (Low Enriched Uranium) to Turkey. The “deal” is a fraud-without knowing how much uranium Iran has, you cannot know how much it “lent” to Turkey and how much remains in its weapons program. And
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By Donald H. Harrison SANTEE, California–The Pinnacle Peak chain began as part of the Trail Dust Town complex in Tucson, Arizona, which was converted into a tourist attraction after the movie company that built it for Glenn Ford no longer had use for it as a western-movie set. In Tucson, Pinnacle Peak,
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USAHAIFA (Press Release)–The University of Haifa will award the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa, to Paul Amir, businessman, philanthropist, and a leading figure in the Jewish community of Los Angeles, during the University’s 38th Meeting of the Board of Governors, which will take place on June 1-3. The honorary doctorate will be conferred
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Middle East, USAHAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Prof. David Faraggi has been elected the next Rector of the University of Haifa by the Senate of the University. He is to take over from current Rector Prof. Yossi Ben-Artzi in October 2010. Faraggi, who is currently Vice Rector, is a bio-statistician in the Department of Statistics. He received his
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By Donald H. Harrison AGUANGA, California—The olive groves in this rural Riverside County community about 20 miles east of Temecula may become one of the growing grounds for Middle Eastern peace if Israeli, Palestinian and American visionaries are successful in promulgating the idea that entrepreneurship and business cooperation between the Middle Eastern neighbors
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USA
By Lloyd Levy Lloyd Levy EILAT, Israel –A major fault line exists, not merely in California geology, but in the Jewish world ! The split is about two Jewish world views that are difficult to reconcile. On the one hand are the mainstream western Diaspora Jews, and on the other hand Israeli Jews. They each
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Lloyd Levy, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–It is worth reading this item from the Jerusalem Post. http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=175654 Senior Jewish advisors of the President, meeting with a selected group of American rabbis, said that the White House erred in its messages about Israel. Not only do they reiterate American support for Israel in general terms, but they express reasoning
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Middle East, USAStaff Report SAN DIEGO–Our correspondent in Sha’ar Hanegev, Israel, Ulla Hadar, sent along to us video footage of a television newscast devoted to the discovery of American millionaire Fred Monosson’s color movie footage of pre-state and early Israel. The video literally has bounced and forth across the world, as she received it from Michael Rassler, executive
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