USA

Coalition protests assault by SJP at Temple U

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)-A coalition of groups concerned about civil rights and Jewish affairs has issued a statement protesting the assault and battery against a Jewish student at Temple University in Philadelphia by members of Students for Justice in Palestine.  The statement from the coalition follows: “We are deeply troubled by the physical assault against […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

U.S. entered war against ISIS without a strategic plan

  By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — There is a reason the American military asks of its civilian commanders, “Don’t tell us what to do, tell us what you want done.” Giving the military an executable military mission to accomplish is the most important responsibility of civilian command. A strategic plan helps the military respond

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

U.S. State Dept.: Mujahidin Shura Council is terrorist

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Department of State  announced on Tuesday, August 19, the designation of the Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity under section 1(b) of Executive

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Middle East, USA

JCRC condemns anti-Israel demonstration in Oakland

OAKLAND, California (Press Release) — The Jewish Community Relations Council issued a statement condemning anti-Israel demonstrations conducted by Palestinian sympathizers at the Port of Oakland against the Israeli owned Zim ship Piraeus.  The Council statement said: “This past weekend, demonstrators turned out at the Port of Oakland with the offensive and polarizing message that “Zionism

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Middle East, USA

Emmitt, Trayvon, Rodney, Raymond, and now Michael

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Ferguson, Missouri, and the inexplicable shooting of teenager Michael Brown, represents not only the latest episode of America’s urban war against black men—it will be far from the last. Still unresolved is another horrifying racial incident in Miami Beach, Florida.  Police there have still failed, ignominiously, to clear

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USA

Roseburg founder long mistaken for a Jew

-Twenty-first in a series– By Donald H. Harrison ROSEBURG, Oregon—Having written a biography of Louis Rose, the first Jewish settler in San Diego, I was anxious to learn about Aaron Rose, for whom this town in southwestern Oregon was named. He and Louis Rose were contemporaries. Furthermore, I was intrigued by the fact that an

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USA

D.A. launches campaign against juvenile sex trafficking

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie M. Dumanis on Thursday, August 14,  unveiled a new public awareness campaign that directly confronts the epidemic of human trafficking and sexual exploitation of children. The DA’s Office unveiled billboards across San Diego County in an effort to raise awareness of the staggering number

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San Diego County, USA