By H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — “We will decide how best to control our borders and who will be allowed to enter our country.” That was the United State’s response to a recent U.N. compact on global migration. Many countries, including Israel, Hungary and Italy also opted out. Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, explained,
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International, Middle East, USA
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, USABy Cynthia Citron SHERMAN OAKS, California — Can you imagine seeing the name “Melvyn Kaplofkis” up in lights on Broadway? Well, neither could he. So he changed it to “Mel King” and became “The King of Brooklyn.” But the Jewish stand-up comic in this one-man show is actually named Danny DiTorrice and he tells his
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy 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, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — A cartoon in Ha’aretz (January 14) shows Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, in a room with his cyber hackers. One of them asks his president something to the effect: “Are we on the side of the Hasidim or the Litvaks (who normally oppose the Hasidim) in the next Israeli
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By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — I contacted the Richmond Museum of History in March 2017 based on a story in the J – The Jewish News of Northern California seeking volunteers for a joint venture with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, “History Unfolded: U.S. Newspapers and the Holocaust,” designed to reveal what local
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Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Both of my countries appear to be in the deep do do, with leaders on or over the borders of madness. From the end of September to late December the S&P Stock Index was on a wild ride, with decreases and increases in the range up to 300 points in
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAFinding 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, & EducationBy 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, USAWajib written and directed by AnneMarie Jacir; 2017, Arabic with English subtitles, 96 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 1:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 11, at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Shadi (Saleh Bakri) an architect working
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
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, USABy Doron Krakow NEW YORK — This past Tuesday, Israel and the Jewish people bade farewell to one of the last of the pioneers who shaped the modern state and restored our nation to sovereignty after nearly 2,000 years. Moshe Arens, z’l, was eulogized as a three-time minister of defense, minister of foreign affairs and Israel’s
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Jewish History, Middle EastThe Unorthodox, written and directed by Eliran Malka; Hebrew with English subtitles; 92 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 1 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 10 at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, and at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 16, also at the Reading Cinemas Town
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
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