SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – In response to the early success of Jewish Family Service of San Diego’s Centennial Countdown Campaign, the Rady Family Foundation has generously increased its match by $6.5 million, to a total of $23.5 million in matching funds – raising the campaign goal to $50 million. More than $25 million has
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San Diego County, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The almost unanimous nomination of Isaac Herzog as the next chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) over against Yuval Steinitz, a member of the current Israeli government and one of the prime minister’s most trusted yes-man, is evidence that Diaspora leaders are choosing a man who’s likely
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International, Middle East, USASAN DIEGO — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Thursday, June 21. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. Bennet welcomes Herzog’s appointment as head of
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Editor’s Note: This is the 16th 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 By Donald
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House on Wednesday, June 20, released the following text of President Donald J. Trump’s executive order affecting undocumented families who cross the border into the United States. By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration
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Persecuted. Engaged. Married. Marriages of convenience in exile by Sabine Bergler and Irene Messinger, Jewish Museum Vienna, 2018, 147 pages. By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California.– We marry for love, romance, money, and to procreate and extend family lineages. Marriages of convenience (MOC) are embedded in politics, survival, citizenship, and migration. Marriage and Nazi domination evokes
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Oliver PollakBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The concept of a lone soldier refers to someone serving in the IDF without a family to provide support, comfort, and a place to rest. Most of them are Jews who have come from overseas in order to serve in the IDF. The military makes provision, by virtue of assuring that
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Cheryl Rattner Price SAN DIEGO — This is a plea for help. At this time, 2,300 children have been separated from their families as they try to cross the border into the United States. There is currently no clear plan, system, or strategy for reunification. The core philosophy of The Butterfly Project is to
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HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) Dr. Robert J. Shillman (known as “Doctor Bob”) of Rancho Santa Fe, California, is so beloved at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology that there is a bronze statue of him on a bench petting a stray cat. He befriended and subsequently adopted “Yitz” during a summer at the Technion nearly 50
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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – In the final hours before the House votes, 350 organizations from across the nation have come together to express their vehement opposition to the Ryan immigration bill, which fails to put an end to President Trump’s family separation policy and also puts children and their parents in internment camps. In
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — Malcolm Hoenlein, CEO/Executive Vice President of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations said “The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) was an important step that reflects the longstanding frustration and disappointment of the United States. The UNHRC has long been
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Rep. Susan Davis (CA-53) led her House colleagues in calling on the Trump Administration to immediately start reuniting separated families. They asked key questions on how the Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services are actually going to reunite separated family members. The letter comes after President Trump
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SAN DIEGO — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Wednesday, June 20. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. Tel Aviv University researchers perfect Archimedes Laser
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The received wisdom in Israel and in pro-Israel circles in the Diaspora is that if only Israel had better public relations (PR) it would be understood, appreciated and supported by foreign powers. It may be a noble way of blaming ourselves (or at least government officials) than recognizing the
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