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

Appointment lauded of Elan Carr as envoy to combat anti-Semitism The Israeli-American Council (IAC) on Monday commended U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo’s appointment of Elan Carr — a renowned prosecutor, Iraq War veteran, and Israel-American and Jewish community leader — as the new Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, an ambassador-rank position that reports

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Gun violence prevention group created in Legislature

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?’

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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Artist Allison Adams celebrates pioneering women

  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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‘Tattooist’ author defends her turf

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

U.S. focusing on Iran as major adversary

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

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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Bibi, Benny and Bogie

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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