By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — It’s curious that U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib would travel to a country – namely, Israel – that they suggest replicates Nazi Germany. Of course, Israel is no Nazi Germany. No concentration camps, no gas chambers, no fuhrers, no German-style ghettoes, no storm troopers, no boxcars […]
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Middle East, USAFormer U.S. Senator Norm Coleman, R-Minn., was born this day (August 17) in 1949.
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Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Who is the Endangered Species? By Elona Baron (as told to Laurie Baron) SAN DIEGO−The Golden Deceiver has decided to weaken the Endangered Species Act to make it easier for companies to build, develop, drill, and mine habitats where rare animals reside. Since dogs aren’t threatened with extinction, why should I care? I might be
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Lawrence Baron, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, all “women of color” known as “the squad,” are the darlings of the mainstream media. Omar (a refugee from Somalia) and Ocasio-Cortez are constantly in the news making bigoted,
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Jewish organizations are divided three ways over the decision of the Israeli government to deny entry to two anti-Israel members of Congress — Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Those on the right lined up behind the Israeli government; those on the left condemned
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USAU.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was born this day (August 15) in 1938.
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Jewish History, USA
By Congressman Adam Schiff LOS ANGELES –With the horrific mass shootings in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton, I wanted to collect my thoughts and tell you what I’m focused on when it comes to gun violence, and what we can do. Where to start? Maybe, with the “talk.” Kids are going back to school,
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By Amy Neustein, Ph.D FORT LEE, New Jersey — As a Jewish feminist and child advocate, I was horrified to learn of the cruel and abusive behavior committed by convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. I am doubly pained by the fact that he was a Jew. It is not because our religion is
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By H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — Anyone interested in Israel and the Jewish community in America, and who realizes the major news outlets often get it wrong, should take a look at Victor Rosenthal’s blog from Israel called “Abu Yehuda.” Victor started out in Fresno, where he was active in the Jewish community, and where he
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Middle East, USA
SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release)– The following is a statement from AMCHA Initiative Director Tammi Rossman-Benjamin on the California Board of Education’s decision to rewrite the proposed Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum: “We are pleased the State Board of Education has recognized the severe problems with this curriculum and agreed to go back to the drawing
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Alon Ben-Meir, PhD NEW YORK — Climate change is real and is visible for all to see. The scientific evidence is overwhelming, and denying that climate change is already upon us, especially as the president and his party does, flies in the face of the indisputably dire consequences that will be inflicted on
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, The World We Share, USAEthics Professor Felix Adler was born this day (August 13) in 1851.
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Jewish History, USA
Two Who Survived: Keeping Hope Alive While Surviving the Holocaust; Rose & Max Schindler’s story, written by M. Lee Connolly; MRS Publishing © 2019; ISBN 9781738-19877; 179 pages including glossary; $21.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There is a romantic notion in popular Judaism that everyone has a bashert – a special person
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — It was a venue of juxtaposition on Sunday, August 11. In Mission Bay, a dog rode on a paddle board, with it and its master somehow keeping their balance as the wake from a powerboat rocked the board on its course. Elsewhere,
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