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Gun violence prevention group created in Legislature

February 4, 2019

SACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) — Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-San Fernando Valley) on Monday welcomed former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords to the California State Capitol. In a roundtable meeting with the Congresswoman, who was wounded in 2011 by a would-be assassin at an an outdoor Arizona gathering, Assemblymember Gabriel and his colleagues discussed their efforts to craft a […]

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USA

Middle East book review: ‘Why Are We Still Afraid?’

February 4, 2019

Why Are We Still Afraid? by Mark Lavie; © 2018; ISBN 9781791-797324; 375 pages, available via amazon.com or via MarkLavieAuthor.com By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This self-published book by longtime Israeli journalist Mark Lavie starts off with controversy, then subsides into informative and reliable travel journalism, depicting the byways and quirks of Israeli

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA

Irish BDS bill anti- Semitic, bad for Ireland

February 4, 2019

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — The Irish Parliament is in the process of introducing an anti-Israel bill declaring its intention to block and boycott goods, products and services from Judea and Samaria, what they call the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights, parts of the Jewish State of Israel. This divisive intervention is

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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East

Political jockeying as Gantz, Netanyahu seek partners

February 4, 2019

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Israel has many, too many, political parties. In anticipation of the April 9 general election, several appear to be trying to form alliances, some in order to win, others to survive. According to opinion polls, at this stage neither Netanyahu’s Likud nor Gantz’s Israel Resilience Party can safely assume

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Middle East

Newly minted P.M. candidate Gantz avoids controversy

February 3, 2019

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — After several weeks of polling as many as 15 seats, but not talking, the former IDF Commander in Chief Benny Gantz announced that he would kick off his campaign. Media personalities spoke about the prospect for days, with highlighted comments leading up to the event. It was a great occasion.

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Rashida Tlaib likely a one-termer

February 3, 2019

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib may persist the next two years calling out Sen. Marco Rubio’s 800,000 Jewish constituents for dual loyalty, but not likely from Capitol Hill after 2020. Tlaib is about as vulnerable as an incumbent candidate can be. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can look

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Middle East, USA

Artist Allison Adams celebrates pioneering women

February 3, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Among the 40 portraits of “Groundbreaking Girls” on exhibit through April 28 at the Women’s Museum of California are six people who self-identified as Jews or were of Jewish descent. A seventh portrait of particular Jewish interest is of Irena Sendler (1910-2008), who estimated she saved the lives

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Travel and Food

‘Tattooist’ author defends her turf

February 2, 2019

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — “[The Jews] feel protective and [feel they have] a degree of [ownership] over the Holocaust story. I totally ‘get’ that, but maybe there’s room for both of us?” That’s controversial Holocaust romance writer Heather Morris defending her two novels in a recent interview. Her statement is tone deaf

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History

Polar Vortex was perhaps like 1983 Nebraska freeze

February 2, 2019

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — All the talk of the Polar Vortex hitting the Midwest of the USA reminds me of the year my family and I spent in Nebraska, the funnily-shaped State bang in the middle of the United States. People are saying that there hasn’t been a freeze like that for

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Travel and Food, USA

U.S. focusing on Iran as major adversary

January 31, 2019

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Congress and the presidents alike have had no sustained policy review to establish militarily achievable objectives, coherent political goals, or even a workable definition of “the enemy” to guide lawmakers and military leaders. Republicans and Democrats both removed governments with no plan

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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

The U.S. and the Taliban: Accepting the inevitable

January 31, 2019

By Alon Ben-Meir, PhD NEW YORK — The longest war in American history may come to an end following an agreement in principle between the US and the Taliban which was recently concluded in Doha. It is significant in that it is the first time the US and the Taliban negotiated face-to-face, the negotiations were

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Alon Ben-Meir, International, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 30, 2019 (5 items)

January 30, 2019

AJ Congress supports U.S. policy on Venezuela Jack Rosen, president of the American Jewish Congress, issued the following statement: “The American Jewish Congress supports the decision of President Trump and the United States administration to recognize Juan Guaidó as President of Venezuela, and to condemn the actions of the now-illegitimate President Nicolás Maduro. “Since assuming

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International, Middle East, USA

Bibi, Benny and Bogie

January 30, 2019

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Israelis now have an alternative to Prime Minister Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu: Benny Gantz, a former chief of staff and the founder of a new political party. In his efforts to create a broad front against Bibi, Gantz has already enlisted the support of another former chief of staff: Moshe

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Middle East

Sightseeing: A hike up Israel’s Mt. Arbel

January 29, 2019

By Steve Kramer MT. ARBEL, Israel — I joined the ESRA (English Speaking Residents Association) hike to Mt. Arbel, one of Israel’s most beautiful treks. We began at Moshav Migdal, near Lake Kinneret, popularly known as the Sea of Galilee. We first walked about one mile to the start of the Arbel ascent. Once on

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Middle East, Sports & Competitions, Steve Kramer, Travel and Food

Gun violence prevention group created in Legislature

Middle East book review: ‘Why Are We Still Afraid?’

Irish BDS bill anti- Semitic, bad for Ireland

Political jockeying as Gantz, Netanyahu seek partners

Newly minted P.M. candidate Gantz avoids controversy

Rashida Tlaib likely a one-termer

Artist Allison Adams celebrates pioneering women

‘Tattooist’ author defends her turf

Polar Vortex was perhaps like 1983 Nebraska freeze

U.S. focusing on Iran as major adversary

The U.S. and the Taliban: Accepting the inevitable

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 30, 2019 (5 items)

Bibi, Benny and Bogie

Sightseeing: A hike up Israel’s Mt. Arbel

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