International

Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 5, 2018 (4 items)

Ruderman Family Foundation condemns anti Reform Judaism remarks of MK Yinon Azoulay The Ruderman Family Foundation calls on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to immediately and publically condemn Member of Knesset (MK) Yinon Azoulay of Shas, an active legislator within the ruling coalition, following his outrageous and inflammatory comments against non-Orthodox Jews and suggestion they stop

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

John McCormick: A Kiwi friend of Israel

Editor’s Note: This is the 18th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego.  Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment:  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

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Donald H. Harrison, International, John McCormick, Middle East

Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 4, 2018 (2 items)

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with American Jewish Committee leadership The leadership of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) discussed a range of Middle East and transatlantic issues in a private meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, expressing the organization’s appreciation of Trump Administration efforts to confront Iranian aggression and assure Israel’s security and its fair treatment in international forums. AJC has

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

‘Path of Blood’ includes candid Al Qaeda home movies

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As one can glean from the title, the subject of Path of Blood is not pleasant, but for those who are not Islamic extremists, the insights it provides are necessary to learn.  Documentary film maker Jonathan Hacker utilizes captured Al Qaeda footage along with video from the Security

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 3, 2018 (4 items)

American Jewish Committee facilitates anti- Semitism discussion with United Nations representatives The American Jewish Committee’s Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights (JBI) convened a meeting of key UN human rights leaders and staff members together with experts on anti-Semitism from around the world. Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of

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Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Editor’s personal blog: What mom would have thought!

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –I’m sure that many Jews of my so-called “Baby Boomer” generation will recognize the way in which my late mother Alice would have reacted to two stories in Tuesday’s San Diego Union-Tribune.  One story told about how movie mogul Harvey Weinstein may be facing life imprisonment for rape and

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USA

Rabbi- historian examines the destiny of the Jews

By Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel —Rabbi Ken Spiro’s new book, Destiny, successfully guides the reader through the central themes of Judaism: the impact of Jewish values on civilization, Jewish determination, the disproportionate impact of the Jewish people, anti-Semitism and its message, the Jewish vision of history and conception of time, and [even] mankind’s ultimate

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Steve Kramer

11 million stamps, 18 collages recall the Holocaust

    From The Israel Philatelist FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts –Students and faculty leaders at the Foxborough Regional Charter School have completed 18 collages made with donated postage stamps and celebrated with an open house.  The 18 signify Chai (Life).  They have collected over 11 million stamps for the 6 million Jews and 5 million others murdered

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Jewish History, Travel and Food, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 2, 2018 (6 items)

BDS movement attempts to hijack Jewish summer camp Scholars for Peace in the Middle East reported that the Camp Ramah movement rebuffed IfNotNow after it was revealed that the BDS group had trained camp counselors to introduce BDS themes to their campers. As their materials put it, IfNotNow’s workshop’s focused on how counselors could communicate to

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