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  NEW YORK (Press Release) — American Jews are generally pessimistic about current political developments across the Middle East, notably the “Arab Spring,” Iran’s nuclear program and Arab intentions regarding Israel. The skepticism is reflected in the just-completed AJC 2013 Survey of American Jewish Opinion. Full survey is available at www.ajc.org. The AJC survey, conducted annually, […]

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO –Reuters has reported it with succinct and agonizing words: “The demolition of Newtown, Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 young children and six adults were shot to death last December, will begin on Friday under a cloak of secrecy meant to discourage souvenir-hunters, town officials said.” There can

By Jeffrey E. Levine NEW YORK — I want to take a moment and introduce myself to all of you as I take on the role as President of Jewish National Fund. Evidently, it was my destiny to become President of Jewish National Fund one day, given that I was born on a street called

By Isaac Yetiv,  Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Gertrude Bell, the most famous British political writer about the Arab World in early 20th century, often wrote that “the Arabs cannot govern themselves.”  If only she could see the American government now, one century later, in its splendid paralysis ! The alarming circus-like spectacle in Washington and the

SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release)—The Helen Diller Family Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2014 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards, an awards program that recognizes up to 10 Jewish teens with $36,000 each for exceptional leadership and visionary actions that are helping to repair the world.  Up to five teens from California and five from

WASHINGTON (Press Release) –The National Jewish Democratic Council has announced the selection of Rabbi Jack Moline as its Executive Director. Rabbi Moline, who currently serves as the spiritual leader of Agudas Achim Congregation in Alexandria, Virginia, will assume direction of NJDC in January 2014. “Rabbi Moline brings a wide and exciting range of abilities and

By Joel A. Moskowitz, MD LA JOLLA, California — Some will find fault with my thesis.  Others will acknowledge the validity. The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact With Hitler by Ben Urwand has been reviewed positively and negatively.  The essence of the book is that some Nazis  wanted to suppress ‘negative’ themes which would be detrimental to

 By Liz Halpern BOULDER, Colorado–Hi there! My name is Liz Halpern and I grew up in Boulder/  Throughout the devastation of this flood, I have seen countless people coming together to help each other out.  However, one group in particular, really peaked my interest.  That is Rabbi Yisroel Wilhelm and Chabad at the University of

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Jewish Federation of San Diego County (Federation) has launched the Colorado Flood Relief Fund to help organizations and individuals impacted by the devastating floods in Boulder County and Northern Colorado.   One-hundred percent of all donations to the Colorado Flood Relief Fund will go directly to those affected, both Jewish

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California– There may be some kind of national spirit in India, or in China, or possibly in Finland. No one should really judge. The Germans have their technology, the French their superiority, and the Italians their wine. But the former ceded their hearts to a psychotic jingoism that ignited both