By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Former FBI Director James Comey has been in the headlines almost constantly since the 2016 presidential campaign. President Donald Trump just tweeted that “Unbelievably, James Comey states that Polls, where Crooked Hillary was leading, were a factor in the handling (stupidly) of the Clinton Email probe. In other […]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Simon Sebag-Montefiore brings impeccable credentials to the monumental task of writing Jerusalem: The Biography. A history Ph.D. from Cambridge, he has been a banker and a foreign correspondent reporting on, among other events, the fall of the Soviet Union. He is also the great-great-nephew of Sir Moses Montefiore, the international
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) — In honor of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, American Associates, an Israeli flag created by Rebecca Affachiner, often called “the Betsy Ross of Israel,” has been donated to the Ben-Gurion Archives at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on the Sede Boqer Campus. Rebecca Affachiner
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Jewish History, Middle EastEditor’s Note This is a transcript of Edwin Black’s April 11, 2018 keynote address in the Michigan Capitol Rotunda for that state’s official Holocaust Commemoration. By Edwin Black LANSING, Michigan — Today, I come not just to mourn nor to scorn but rather to warn our world, that is, the world of today whose memories
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Edwin Black, International, Jewish History, USA
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — For more than 26 years I’ve been thinking about what’s near and far while looking east from our balcony. At first, we could see a bit of the Dead Sea, but the builders of Isaweea have gone skyward and cut off our view. Isaweea is the congestion off to
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Travel and Food‘Mission Accomplished’ Tweets By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — “A perfectly executed strike last night. Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military. Could not have had a better result. Fake news is spending more time covering this story than on the Michael Cohen and
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International, Lawrence Baron, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — As we’re about to celebrate 70 years of Jewish statehood, it seems appropriate to remind ourselves that, God beware, had there been no Israel there would today be only a fraction of the 15 million Jews – approaching the same number as before the Holocaust – who now inhabit
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Middle East
By Howard Wayne SAN DIEGO — I am proud to support Deputy Attorney General Tim Nader for Superior Court Judge in the upcoming June election. Tim is highly qualified and will do an excellent job. The incumbent in this race, Gary Kreep, does not deserve re-election. Before his election he was involved in the “birther”
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San Diego County, USA
By Esther Gelber ATLIT, Israel — To travel with a group of people who all have one shared passion, the love of the Land of Israel, is a special treat, especially on Yom HaShoah, a day that, in Israel, is marked by a country-wide shared two minute moment of silence and reflection. It is difficult
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Middle East, San Diego County
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) on Friday applauded the South Carolina General Assembly for being the first state to pass legislation that will help tackle the rising anti-Semitism plaguing U.S. college campuses. The legislation, which was included as part of a larger state spending package,
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Jewish History, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK –the ongoing Palestinian demonstration along the Israel-Gaza border has turned out to be, not surprisingly, violent. More than 30 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds injured. If these demonstrations continue through May 15 (Israel’s 70th anniversary) as planned by Hamas, scores more Palestinians will likely be killed, while increasing the
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –In recent years it has become customary in Israel, in addition to the official ceremonies marking Holocaust Day, for small groups of people, whether survivors, descendants of survivors, or simply those who feel a connection to the subject, to gather together in private homes and talk about their own
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish History, Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release) — A new Tel Aviv University study addresses the challenges of nanoparticle-based cancer-targeting strategies. It also suggests ways of refocusing the collaborative work of cancer researchers and clinicians to move the field forward from “the bench” to the patients. The study follows landmark research published 10 years ago in Nature Nanotechnology
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
Editor’s Note: This is the sixth in a series of stories from Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th wedding anniversary trip to Sydney, Australia, and cruise back to their home in San Diego. Previous stories in the chronological series may be accessed by clicking on their corresponding number: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. By Donald H.
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and Food