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Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 16, 2019 (5 items)

Tu B’Shevat, Israeli style, to be celebrated at Lawrence Family JCC  The Israel-American Council (IAC) plans to celebrate Tu B’Shevat in 40 cities across North America, including San Diego, with special dinners Friday night coupled with presentations about the annual “birthday of the trees.” In San Diego, the celebration will be held from 6:30 p.m. […]

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, USA

Lawrence Halprin’s West Coast kibbutz: The Sea Ranch

By Oliver B. Pollak SAN FRANCISCO — In 2004 my law partner and I went to Washington DC for a conference. Our sightseeing included The Watergate, Jewish War Veterans Museum, and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial on the Mall. The Memorial first conceived in 1960, authorized in 1974 with Lawrence Halprin’s winning design went unfunded

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food, USA

U.S., Israel, others say ‘no’ to global migration compact

By H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — “We will decide how best to control our borders and who will be allowed to enter our country.” That was the United State’s response to a recent U.N. compact on global migration.  Many countries, including Israel, Hungary and Italy also opted out.  Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, explained,

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International, Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 15, 2019 (7 items)

U.S. Secretary of State condemns Iran missile launch Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo issued the following statement on Tuesday:  “In continued defiance of the international community and UN Security Council Resolution 2231, the Iranian regime fired off a space launch vehicle today. Such vehicles incorporate technologies that are virtually identical and interchangeable with those

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Time to recognize Israel’s claim to Golan Heights

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a public declaration of Israel’s interest in having the United States recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.  Senators Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz have introduced legislation urging just that. Why now? There is no “peace process” – certainly none that involves Syria –

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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Anti- Israel Congress members raise dual loyalty canard

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — To save America, two Jewish defenders of Israel are willing to put Israel at a measure of risk – even while a Palestinian congresswoman is applying the old “dual loyalty” accusation to a convoluting situation in the Senate. A far-reaching legislative plan to address Middle East concerns codifies

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Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 11, 2018 (3 items)

Adam Schiff: Proposed national emergency to fund wall an abuse of power U.S. Rep. Adam Shiff (D-California) on Friday issued this statement concerning the ongoing partial government shutdown: “President Trump used the Oval Office to push for his wall in a prime time national television speech replete with falsehoods and fear mongering, and walked out

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International, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 10, 2019 (3 items)

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin congratulates United Hatzalah “The Talmud teaches us that saving one life is as if a person saved the entire world. You save the lives of children, men, and women, 24-hours-a-day and 365 days a year,” President Reuven Rivlin told a contingent of United Hatzalah emergency responders. “You are called United Hatzalah,

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 9, 2019 (4 items)

$1 million Genesis Prize awarded to Robert Kraft; who dedicates money to fight anti-Semitism Robert Kraft, American philanthropist and owner of the New England Patriots football team, has been named the 2019 Genesis Prize Laureate. The annual $1 million Genesis Prize, dubbed the “Jewish Nobel” by Time Magazine, honors extraordinary individuals for their outstanding professional

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International, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USA