International

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 7, 2019 (6 items)

Hebrew University distances itself from remarks of anti-IDF professor Five days following the incident in which a Hebrew University professor, Dr. Carola Hilfrich, scolded a student for wearing her IDF uniform to class, the university published a rare ad calling on students in uniform to come study at the university. “Students in Uniform? Welcome!” read […]

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Hot A.I.R. in new Congress?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “I will always speak truth to power” — Rashida Tlaib, upon her second day in “power” Always? Was she speaking “truth” when she urged slashing military aid to Israel? “I will be using my position in Congress so that no country, not one, should be able to get aid from

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Middle East, USA

Israel blocks P.A. effort at U.N. for recognition as a state

UNITED NATIONS, New York (Press Release) — In the past few days, the Palestinians have been promoting a move to upgrade their status as a Non-State Observer to a Member State with the right to vote in the UN. Last week, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki stated that the Palestinians would appeal to the Security Council in January,

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International, Middle East

SDIJFF Movie Preview: ‘From Cairo to the Cloud’

From Cairo to the Cloud ~ The World of the Cairo Geniza; filmmaker Michelle Paymar; English language; 92 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 6, at the Lawrence Family JCC, Garfield Theatre, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. By Donald H. Harrison   SAN DIEGO

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Harold Brown, former Secretary of Defense, mourned

WASHINGTON D.C. — Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan issued the following statement about the death in Rancho Santa Fe on Friday of former Defense Secretary Harold Brown, a member of the Jewish community who also had served as president of the California Institute of Technology. It is with deep sadness that I extend

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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, USA

Judge Gothard cites Biblical roots of U.S. legal system

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Retired Judge Sol Gothard of Louisiana’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeal told a kiddush luncheon audience at Tifereth Israel Synagogue on Saturday, January 5, that some major tenets of the American legal system are derived from the Torah and the Talmud. Adding that “justice doesn’t win law cases,

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 4, 2019 (4 items)

First Senate bill in new session will protect U.S. interests in Middle East The Republican Jewish Coalition applauds the introduction of the first Senate bill of the 116th Congress, the “Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019” (S.1). It was introduced yesterday by Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), James Risch (R-ID), Cory Gardner

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International, Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 3, 2019 (4 items)

Four boys’ names from Hebrew Bible make San Diego County’s top 10 in 2018 Four names from the Hebrew Bible made the top 10 for boys born in San Diego County during 2018, according to records on file with the county Health and Human Services Agency.  These were Noah in second place with 202 instances,

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

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 2, 2019 (7 items)

Barbara Bry announces candidacy for San Diego Mayor in 2020 election Barbara Bry, one of two Jewish members of the nine-member San Diego City Council, has announced her candidacy for mayor of San Diego in the 2020 election.  The incumbent mayor, Kevin Faulconer, will be termed out. “Instead of making decisions designed to preserve a

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International, Jewish Religion, John McCormick, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, USA