International

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 15, 2019 (7 items)

U.S. Secretary of State condemns Iran missile launch Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo issued the following statement on Tuesday:  “In continued defiance of the international community and UN Security Council Resolution 2231, the Iranian regime fired off a space launch vehicle today. Such vehicles incorporate technologies that are virtually identical and interchangeable with those […]

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Time to recognize Israel’s claim to Golan Heights

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a public declaration of Israel’s interest in having the United States recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.  Senators Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz have introduced legislation urging just that. Why now? There is no “peace process” – certainly none that involves Syria –

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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Book Review: ‘Finding the Right School … ‘

Finding the Right School in the Era of BDS and Intersectionality: A Jewish Parents’ Guide to Colleges 2018-19 Academic Year by Jerome Ostrov, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform © 2018, ISBN 978-1721925872, p. 429 plus appendices, $18.95. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – The letters BDS, an acronym for the words boycott, divestment, and sanctions, is a

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Anti- Israel Congress members raise dual loyalty canard

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — To save America, two Jewish defenders of Israel are willing to put Israel at a measure of risk – even while a Palestinian congresswoman is applying the old “dual loyalty” accusation to a convoluting situation in the Senate. A far-reaching legislative plan to address Middle East concerns codifies

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Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 11, 2018 (3 items)

Adam Schiff: Proposed national emergency to fund wall an abuse of power U.S. Rep. Adam Shiff (D-California) on Friday issued this statement concerning the ongoing partial government shutdown: “President Trump used the Oval Office to push for his wall in a prime time national television speech replete with falsehoods and fear mongering, and walked out

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International, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 10, 2019 (3 items)

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin congratulates United Hatzalah “The Talmud teaches us that saving one life is as if a person saved the entire world. You save the lives of children, men, and women, 24-hours-a-day and 365 days a year,” President Reuven Rivlin told a contingent of United Hatzalah emergency responders. “You are called United Hatzalah,

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