By Howard Wayne SAN DIEGO — Seven of the 23 Republican-held House seats carried by Hillary Clinton are in California. That is nearly a third of what Democrats need to win if they are to take the House of Representatives. This is the dominant competitive factor at play in the California 2018 election. The Republicans’ Challenging
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San Diego County, USA
Jewish Agency Chair Herzog pledges Jewish unity drive On Tuesday at the Jewish Federation of North America’s General Assembly, Jewish Agency Chairman of the Executive, Isaac Herzog gave his inaugural address to North American Jewry, presenting his vision for connecting the global Jewish family: “We must launch a new Jewish dialogue. In the coming year,
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPoll: Israelis feel their government wrongly disrespectful of U.S. Jews The Ruderman Family Foundation, a leading organization committed to bridging the gap between Israelis and US Jewry, released a poll on Monday morning revealing that the Israeli public feels their government disrespects US Jews. As part of the poll results, 72 percent of Israelis believe
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Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross spent the U.S. Navy’s 243rd birthday in Ashdod, Israel; it was quite a party. American Ambassador David Friedman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and their wives were hosted by Commander David Coles, and the speeches emphasized the close relations between the United States and Israel — specifically, between
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There isn’t a solution for Gaza. It’s controlled by Hamas, with other factions even more extreme in their opposition to recognizing Israel, or dealing with it openly. And Israel is not ready to deal openly with Hamas, widely recognized as a terrorist organization. Gazans have missiles that can reach deep
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In the closing decades of the last century, whenever Israeli politicians came to visit Reform congregations I served, we would quiz them about equal rights for non-Orthodox Jews in the Jewish state. The same would happen when groups of Reform Jews visited Israel and met with representatives of political parties
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastSwedish police say they are working to ensure Jews’ safety in Sweden Sweden’s Southern District Police Chief Carina Persson and the head of the department’s investigations division, Petra Stenkula, have responded to World Jewish Congress CEO and Executive Vice President Robert Singer’s letter of concern condemning an arson attack that targeted a Jewish woman near
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Two Israeli college students personally have felt the sting of the world’s prejudice against the citizens of the Jewish State. Under the auspices of StandWithUs, they currently are touring the southwestern United States speaking on high school and college campuses, and telling about their experiences. Because one is
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USABy Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra NEW YORK — A billboard at a construction site, with a photo of an Ottoman-style mosque with four minarets and the flag of Turkey, was erected recently in the center of Pristina, the capital of Kosovo. With less than 2 million people, Kosovo, which declared its independence from Serbia
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Of course, Israel should be governed by its indigenous people. Isn’t every country? Not really. In the Merriam-Webster dictionary, indigenous means produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment. According to http://www.indigenouspeople.net, indigenous people are people defined in international or national legislation as having a
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Steve KramerBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Monrovia, Indiana, a new documentary by Frederick Wiseman, 88, is a piece that will either fascinate you or bore you to tears. There is unlikely to be any middle ground. I was one of those who was fascinated by the portrait Wiseman painted, with the help of photographer
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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
Israeli Supreme Court permits Lara Alqasem to study at Hebrew University Capping a two-week legal battle, during which U.S. student Lara Alqasem was confined to Ben Gurion Airport while she appealed an expulsion order from Israel’s Ministry of Interior, Israel’s Supreme Court decreed she should be permitted to study for her master’s degree at Hebrew
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), regarding international interest in preserving historic sites in Israel, is a sham. Its work consists mainly of denying a Jewish connection to the land and its history. In a 2016 vote, UNESCO denied any connection between Israel and its historic Temple Mount
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
BEYOND THE TUNNEL: The Second Life of Adolph Sutro, by Mark Abbott Stern. Mark Abbott Stern [Publisher], 2018. 322 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Index. Paper, $19.95. By Abraham Hoffman LOS ANGELES — Any works dealing with mining activities in Nevada’s Comstock Lode will likely mention Sutro’s Tunnel, a project designed to solve the problem of excessive
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USA