By Oliver B. Pollak VIENNA, Austria — I am now the same age as my father was when he died, 74. For the first time, I am walking around his birthplace, Vienna, with my sister, gazing at the city he loved and cherished. He hummed his favorite melody Wien, Wien (Vienna, Vienna) which debuted in 1914
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International, Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The sitting Israeli Knesset has 24 MKs of Zionist Union, which is basically the Labor Party plus Tzipi Livni and a few associates, and 5 MKs of Meretz. That’s the parliamentary representation of the Jewish left. The Labor Party, in one manifestation or another, has not led an Israeli government
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced Wednesday it is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for the hateful graffiti on a sign celebrating the new UCSD Hillel center in La Jolla this past weekend. “We hope this reward facilitates the quick
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, was one of 121 House members calling on Defense Secretary James Mattis to reverse his recent policy decision to ban transgender Americans from serving their country in the Armed Forces. The text off their letter to
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LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — Jeffrey Herbst, PhD, educator, scholar and administrator,on June 6 was named by the AJU Board of Directors as the new president of American Jewish University after a unanimous vote. “It is a great honor to be named the new president of American Jewish University,” said Herbst. “To lead a thriving
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) — Researchers at Hadassah Medical Organization in Israel have identified “natural killer cells” as a key component in answering the perplexing question as to why each subsequent pregnancy is easier and healthier than the first, according to Ellen Hershkin, President, Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization in America, Inc. (HWZOA). The study results, published
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
LOS ANGELES (Press Release)—The Israeli-American Coalition for Action (IAC for Action) has named Jonathan C. Harris as its executive director. Harris will bring a deep expertise of Israel and Middle East policy—along with significant advocacy and lobbying experience in Washington, D.C.—to his role leading the IAC for Action team and implementing its advocacy agenda. Previously,
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By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States is already militarily involved in Yemen, with special forces targeting al-Qaeda and Islamic State operatives who are then attacked by American drones. Thus far, however, it has stayed mostly outside the Yemeni civil war, in which Iranian-backed Houthi forces are fighting the Saudi-UAE-supported Yemeni government, although there are reports that
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — Disruptions of pro-Israel events by anti-Israel groups continue to intensify into physical aggression and violence across campuses and even into the community. As a result, Jewish and pro-Israel groups have started to explore the criminal aspects of such incidents. The invasion, disruption, and nose-to-nose intimidation of a May 17 Students
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Edwin Black, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu: The latest demonstration of Palestinians along the Gaza border with Israel that turned violent was no surprise to me or perhaps to a multitude of Israelis and Palestinians as well. This tragic confrontation that resulted in the death of 120 Palestinians was not the first and
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USA
By David Gemunder NEW YORK (JNS) — Eight years ago during the Obama administration, the State Department adopted a definition of anti-Semitism to be used in identifying Jew-hatred around the world. Except for in the United States. To remedy that omission, a bipartisan group of politicians in Washington just introduced the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Elliott Abrams, who has had a distinguished career in the United States and still serves on its Council of Foreign Relations, lectured in Jerusalem on Tuesday. His subject was the current relationship between the State of Israel and American Jewry. What follows isn’t a report of what he said
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA-This story has been updated- By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Three Jewish candidates in California’s June 5 primary election made it into the history books – one to his delight, and two others to their dismay. Delighted was Steve Poizner, who ran as an independent, yet placed first for the upcoming November runoff
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Makom Board have named Abi Dauber Sterne as the new director of Makom — the Israel Education Lab. Makom educates leaders and creates content to embrace the vibrant complexity of Israel: the people, the place and the promise. Sterne comes to Makom from
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