SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Dr. Chanan Naveh, visting Israeli scholar at San Diego State University, will be speaking at Congregation Dor Hadash at 7:30pm , Friday, June 11th on the topic of “New Media in the New Middle East: The Palestinian Israeli Web War.” Dr. Naveh is a senior lecturer and academic advisor in the School of Communications, […]
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Middle EastHAIFA (Press Release)–The University of Haifa will award the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa, to Dr. Albert Lincoln, Secretary-General of the Bahá’í International Community, 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 upon Dr. Lincoln in recognition of
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– This is a wonderful city for those who admire the past and live to celebrate it. Three thousand years supplies more than enough heroes to fill every square and street corner with memorial sites. Insofar as both Jewish and Muslim traditions condemn graven images, we are saved the grandiose statuary that marks
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C–The Jewish and Christian holy days of Passover and Easter have passed; Shavuot and Pentecost are coming. In between, the 28th of Iyar-corresponding to 7 June 1967 and 12 May 2010-marks the unification of Jerusalem in the hands of the State of Israel. The city has been occupied over time
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Shoshana Bryen, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—The exterior of the San Diego House adobe in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park is unremarkable, but historians will tell you that the building had a way of attracting to its ownership over the last century and a half the kind of people of whom legends
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Donald H. Harrison, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The morning after the beginning of Israeli-Palestinian “proximity talks” found Israel’s media reporting accusations of deception, and denials, coming from important players in Israel, Palestine, and the United States. Did Prime Minister Netanyahu promise not to build in Ramat Shlomo for two years, as indicated by American and Palestinian sources, or did
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—When a U.S. Marine Corps detachment from the USS Cyane marched from the shore of San Diego Bay to the plaza in Old Town San Diego on July 29, 1846 and raised the American flag without serious challenge, thus ending Mexican control over this city, someone must have thought, ‘Wait
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Donald H. Harrison, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The UNIFIL political officer, meeting with the JINSA Flag & General Officer delegation on the Israel-Lebanese border, mentioned a “donors’ conference” in Beirut dealing with the issue of providing arms, funding and training to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). She mentioned anti-tank missiles. When asked against whose tanks the
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Shoshana Bryen, USALOS ANGELES (Press Release)–On March 27, 2010 the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City, CA opened an exhibit entitled Water: Our Thirsty World. The exhibit, which is scheduled to be on display until June 13, features photographs from National Geographic and coincides with its special issue on water. The exhibit aims to “explore the
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – On Sunday, May 23rd, San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) will celebrate its 30th anniversary with An Evening of Comedy featuring a performance by comedian Yisrael Campbell fresh from his hit off-Broadway show, Circumcise Me. All proceeds from the event benefit the Every Child Campaign, which helps SDJA provide its students
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It could not have been more explicit. Standing next to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington, Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak said if the situation in Lebanon flares into warfare as it did in 2006, Israel would not just blame Hezbollah. “The main responsibility lies with the
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Roz Rothstein SAN DIEGO–“How dare you silence us? Free, free Palestine! From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” shouted the UC San Diego [UCSD] divestment crowd as they stormed out of the student senate tonight, May 5, after their divestment bill was rejected yet again. About 100 people attended Wedneday’s
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–It is not starting well. One commentator described the talks between Israel and the Palestinians as “beginning on the left foot.” Another called them a “farce.” Several estimated their chances of success as “close to zero,” and attributed their plight to American bumbling. Neither the Israeli Prime Minister nor the Palestinian President
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday called on investors and banks not to buy or hold the “Pars Oil and Gas Company Participation Bonds” currently being offered by Bank Mellat of Iran. “Buyers of these bonds are funding Iran’s nuclear weapons program, terrorism, and the repression of the Iranian people by putting money in
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