Nixing of Matisyahu’s Spain show is ‘clear case’ of anti-Semitism, ADL says (JNS.org) The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called the Rototom Sunsplash Reggae Festival’s cancellation of an Aug. 22 show by the American Jewish reggae star Matisyahu a “clear case of anti-Semitic discrimination.” Matisyahu’s performance in Spain was nixed after he refused to accede to the […]
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International, Middle East, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –When I spoke to my professor friend Edward L. Rubin earlier in the year about a novel he was writing titled The Heatstroke Line, he told me an interesting story about the plot he had devised. Rubin, who is Jewish and grew up in Brooklyn, has always been passionately interested in issues such
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International, USABy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — When France fell, we knew we could not go home again. We lost everything and eventually, almost everyone I had ever known. When the Germans crossed into Lithuania, they took my grandparents out of their home, marched them to a nearby school, and shot them point blank. A
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Jewish History, Natasha Josefowitz, USA
By Ronald Chusid, D.O. MUSKEGON, Michigan — It is always tempting to draw comparisons to something we know, and in politics we often see comparisons to past elections. Sometimes there is some truth to this, but we must consider how few contested nomination battles and elections we have actually had in modern times. Events of
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USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Julian Bond, who has unexpectedly died at 75, did not think of civil rights as matter of color. With his distinguished baritone enunciation and meticulous choice of words, he fought for the human rights of black people, for gender equality, and like his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King
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USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — The Postal Service has now released an Elvis “Forever” stamp. Some of us opposed the original Elvis stamp, released by the Postal Service in 1993—even if we appreciated Elvis and respected his obvious admiration for black-style vocalization. But Elvis Presley should not have a stamp in his memory.
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The US State Department and Justice Department are wrestling with an issue concerned with a verdict handed down by a Federal Court in New York. It involves a civil suit, brought by American families who suffered injuries and death due to Palestinian terror attacks in Israel. The jury decided in
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — Tibor (Ted) Rubin enters the room. The President of the United States, bound by tradition, rises and salutes him. Rubin, born a Hungarian Jew, is one of 79 persons who command the salute of the President. They are the living recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest
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International, Jewish History, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I find myself wondering why San Diego Gas & Electric decided to name its giant fire-fighting helicopter “Goliath.” Sure, it’s big, and Goliath of biblical infamy was big, but there the similarity ends. Goliath, a Philistine who stood between 12 and 13 feet tall, was a bully. He
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USAHamas claims it is making use of crashed Israeli drone (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Hamas terrorist group’s “military wing” on Wednesday claimed that it has rebuilt and is making use of an Israeli Skylark drone that crashed in the Gaza Strip last month. “The Zionist enemy must know we are lying in wait and
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–17th in a series– Exit 6, Texas Street, San Diego ~ District Office of U.S. Rep. Susan Davis By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –The distance between this city and Washington D.C. is approximately 2,690 miles, or a five-hour jet plane ride. Impractical to go back and forth every day between work in Washington and constituents
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s worth pondering at some length Barack Obama’s overlooking of Winston Churchill in his comment that he does not remember a case when a foreign official involved himself as much in American politics as Benyamin Netanyahu. Churchill was intent in bringing the United States into the European war, and it is
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Constituents living in the 53rd Congressional District will have a chance to get tickets to watch Pope Francis speak to Congress on September 24, 2015 as part of his visit to the United States. As she has done in the past for tickets to presidential inaugurations, Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-California will
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San Diego County, USAIsraeli officials reportedly meet with Egyptian counterparts in Cairo (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A delegation of senior Israeli officials visited Cairo on Tuesday for a series of meetings and discussions with Egyptian officials, the Turkish news agency Anatolia reported. According to the report, which was based on information from senior Egyptian sources, the Israeli delegation
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