International

Susan Davis lauded for constituent service

WASHINGTON (Press Release)  – U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (CA-53) was named a finalist for The Congressional Management Foundation’s (CMF) highly competitive Democracy Awards for excellence in the Constituent Service category. The award focuses on how an office serves constituents, especially how it uses and leverages specific, methodical, and consistent processes for achieving measurable results in […]

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San Diego County, USA

MEF announces San Diego schools settlement

PHILADELPHIA  (Press Release) — The Middle East Forum has issued the following news release: The Council on American-Islamic Relation’s (CAIR) ubiquitous presence in the San Diego Unified School District is over, thanks in part to the Middle East Forum. A settlement in the federal lawsuit against the District, substantially funded by MEF, ends the District’s

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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: March 19, 2019

Newtown, Massachusetts, Public Schools sued for ‘Anti-Semitism,’ and ‘bigotry against Israel’ Americans for Peace and Tolerance has issued the following statement: “On March 12, 2019, Newton taxpayers filed a lawsuit in Middlesex Superior Court against the Newton School Committee, Superintendent of Schools David Fleishman, the principals of the Newton high schools, and certain high school

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Middle East, USA

Education village in Israel prompts JNF drive

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Kenneth Segel, Esq., Vice President of Jewish National Fund (JNF-USA)’s Israel Relations Committee, on Monday announced that JNF-USA has engaged longtime Jewish philanthropic leader and Chicago native Richard Wexler to professionally lead the mega-gift fundraising of $300 million for a massive new education village in Israel to better connect Israel

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: March 15, 2019

Jewish organizations around the world condemn mosque massacres in New Zealand World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has expressed horror and revulsion at the reports of multiple casualties following terrorist attacks on two mosques in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. Lauder said: “I would like to express my horror and revulsion at the

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Some issues swirling around Israel’s upcoming election

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –An article in Friday’s Jerusalem Post Magazine, under the rubric, “Purim Oddities” called, “Psychiatric playfulness,” points to the Jewish tradition of levity and humor on Purim, the festival that tells the story of an impending disaster. The article informs us that “humor is the strategy in dealing with stressful situations.”

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Middle East

Hassadna teaches music to all classes of Israelis

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM —  I was privileged to attend a concert in a private home given by young musicians who are students at Jerusalem’s Hassadna Music Conservatory. Together with the rest of the audience, I was greatly impressed by their professional standard and aplomb. Some of the musicians were of Ethiopian background and displayed

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Humoring the Headlines: March 14, 2019

“Always Something There to Remind Me” By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — This week I returned from several weeks of travel in Germany, Israel, and the United Kingdom.  I was busy seeing old friends and giving lectures.  I hoped my trip would be a respite from the anxiety and dismay that have plagued me since

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International, Lawrence Baron, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA