By Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK – The American Jewish Committee on Wednesday praised an anti-terrorism decision of the U.S. Supreme Court as well as a statement issued by the leadership of the University of California against the BDS movement. Additionally, AJC announced it is partnering with IsraAID to bring relief to earthquake victims in Ecuador. The […]
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-53rd in a series- Exit 20, Greenwood Drive, El Cajon, California ~ CHP El Cajon station By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California — Most of the 31-mile stretch of Interstate 8 between Greenfield Drive (Exit 20) and Buckman Springs Road (Exit 51) is known to California Highway Patrol officers like Kevin Pearlstein as Beat
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (JNS.org) — U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) chaired a Congressional hearing on Tuesday that explored the threat Islamic extremism poses to European Jewish communities. The hearing examined how European governments can do more to protect those communities by using policing models pioneered in America. “There can be no European security without Jewish security.
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International, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Swirling beneath the planned May 4 appearance of Pastor Dumisani Washington, a leading African-American advocate for the State of Israel is controversy over the relationship between the Jewish community and the Christians who seek to convert us. Washington’s appearance, sponsored by the pro-Israel organization StandWithUs, is scheduled May 4
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By John Kasich/JNS.org I’ve had the wonderful privilege of meeting thousands of people from all different faith backgrounds out on the campaign trail. It’s been both a humbling and awe-inspiring experience. At every event, I try to convey that I have a realistic plan to get people back to work and keep our country safe.
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Jewish Religion, USATexas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Monday expressed support for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu”s call to recognize Israel”s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. “The government of Israel reiterated the reality that the Golan Heights are part of Israel”s sovereign territory,” Cruz said in a statement, adding, “Given the presence of hostile terrorist
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Vice President Joe Biden spoke on Monday night at a J Street gala in Washington DC, expressing what he said was the Obama administration”s “overwhelming frustration” with Israel. Biden criticism of Israel came just hours after a bomb ripped through a bus in Jerusalem, leaving at least 16 wounded. “The present course Israel”s on is
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Middle East, USABoth Republican and Democratic candidates have been courting Jewish voters ahead of Tuesday”s New York primary vote, looking for an edge in competitive districts with large Jewish populations. Orthodox Jews, who make up a significant portion of New York”s Jewish population, have become an important bloc in the New York primary for both parties. Ted
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It is difficult to determine what is most offensive: The Jewish candidate for President condemning Israel’s actions, exaggerating by a multiple of five the deaths in Gaza during the military operation in 2014 without anything like an appropriate weighing of chronic attacks on Israel from Gaza; his emissary to Jews
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International, Middle East, USAEditor’s Note: The following excerpt of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech to J Street on April 18 was taken from a transcript provided by the U.S. State Department. By John Kerry WASHINGTON (Press Release) — I think J Street has long embraced the absolute necessity of pursuing justice, the urgency of pursuing peace, and
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Famous people in American history came to life Monday, April 18, at Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School. Whenever a visitor dropped a ticket into a cup, third grade pupils from two classes, who had been standing uncommonly still, transformed themselves from imitation wax figures to animated characters from the nation’s
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Morton A. Klein NEW YORK — The ZOA is horrified that at the recent April 9-11, 2016 U.S. Universities Debating Association (USUDA) national championship, held at African-American Morehouse College in Atlanta, (Martin Luther King’s Alma mater) top college debaters from all over the country were given the unprecedented Nazi-like anti-Semitic debate topic: “This House
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USADemocratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has recently had a spate of anti-Israel comments, and on Sunday he continued the streak as he said US President Barack Obama has not been far enough on the Palestinians’ side. In an interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC, Sanders was asked about his debate with frontrunner Hillary
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Middle East, USABy Hillary Clinton/JNS.org I didn’t grow up celebrating Pesach. But over the years, I’ve attended seders where I was inspired by the remarkable story told in the haggadah—a tale of a people who, sustained by fortitude and faith, escaped slavery and reached their freedom. As Jewish people around the world prepare for this festival, I wanted
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