WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Rep. Susan Davis (CA-53) plans to enlist the Navy in dealing with the border sewage spills and what kind of impact spills will have on national security. The Navy will build a $1 billion Navy SEAL training center, known as the coastal campus, down the strand near Imperial Beach. Davis
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International, USANEW YORK (Press Release) ─As thousands of people from across the world celebrate the 70th anniversary of Israel’s independence, Jewish National Fund-USA–the organization whose hundreds of millions of trees created the lush green terrain and forests of the Jewish nation and today is developing its north and south–is proud to announce that over 600,000 donors
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — This contentious little country could not get through its Memorial Day and its 70th Anniversary Independence Day without political squabbles that qualify for the label of noisome, i.e., stinky. The media of Memorial Day were marked, as is usual, by stories about young people cut down before they could demonstrate
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Lemonade and chalk are two tools that the pro-Israel organization StandWithUs (SWU) utilizes on college campuses across the U.S. and Canada to combat aggressive anti-Israel campaigns launched by such groups as Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Sarah Tagger, a campus strategist for the 17-year-old StandWithUs, briefed members
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Reps. Nita Lowey (D-NY), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Albio Sires (D-NJ), and Michael McCaul (R-TX) on Wednesday introduced H. Res. 835, a resolution supporting robust bilateral relations with the State of Israel globally and fairness in its treatment in multilateral fora upon seventy years of statehood. The resolution highlights Israel’s recent advances
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Middle East, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The re-election of Egypt’s President Sisi came as no surprise. Despite irregularities at some polling stations, President Sisi won handily because he remains the most popular president, and perhaps for good reason. A clear majority of Egyptians feel that unlike any of his predecessors, Sisi is dedicated to improving
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Editor’s Note: This is the seventh 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 By Donald H. Harrison
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — On the country’s 70th anniversary (according to the Hebrew calendar), it’s appropriate to ask, once again, Why so much attention to this little place? And why so much emotion involved in wanting to change how it operates? It may be the spirituality associated with Israel, its prominence in everyone’s media,
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(c) Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — Joseph Goldstein, born in Winnipeg in 1915, married Reva Atkin in Toronto in 1939. They moved to Los Angeles in 1948. They had two children, Karen, and Marty of blessed memory. Joe was a furrier and Reva worked for Prudential. They owned a house, went on vacation every summer, helped
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International, Oliver Pollak, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — In recognition of Yom Hashoah, members of Bat Harim Hadassah, and community leaders, in San Diego, recently gathered for a presentation and post discussion with William Bernstein, Director of Institutional Advancement for the Western Region, American Society for Yad Vashem. Bernstein introduced the mission of Yad Vashem by quoting Avner Shalev,
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Jewish History, Middle East, USA(((Semitism))) Being Jewish in the Age of Trump by Jonathan Weisman, St. Martin Press, New York, © 2018, ISBN 978-1250169938, 224 pages, plus acknowledgements and notes, $25.99 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – The introduction to author Jonathan Weisman’s newest book (((Semitism))), in which he chronicles the unchecked growth of hate in this country against
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) In celebration of Israel’s 70th anniversary, the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, IAC San Diego, and our community partners are proud to announce the return of Israel Fest, our annual community-wide event to honor Israel. The event will be held on April 29 held at Liberty Station. This is a free
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Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Congress members Tom Suozzi (Democrat-New York) and Adam Kinzinger (Republican-Illinois) introduced the Disarm Hezbollah Act (HR 5540) a bipartisan bill that instructs the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to investigate Hezbollah, a group that has sown chaos across the Middle East and continues to terrorize vital American allies. HR 5540
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Middle East, USATheir Promised Land; My Grandparents in Love and War by Ian Buruma; Penguin Random House, 2017 By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I found this book so fascinating that I read it more or less in one sitting and, having read it on my Kindle, proceeded to order the paperback version from Amazon as I knew I
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