NEW YORK (Press Release) — Taking effect on Wednesday April 30, EL AL Israel Airlines has a new 2014 spring, summer and fall flight schedule featuring 31 nonstop flights with convenient departure times between North America and Israel. A total of 22 weekly nonstop flights from New York (JFK/Newark) will be offered, plus an increase of […]
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Middle East, Travel and Food, USASecond article in a series By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Erasmus, the great Catholic humanist scholar said, “If it is Christian to hate Jews, then we are all good Christians”[1] Martin Luther and a host of medieval and modern Protestant scholars would agree. Just ask Martin Niemoeller. But wait a minute .
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By Motaz Othman DEAD SEA SHORE, Jordan (eturbonews.com)– The first of its kind festival will take place on Friday, 2nd of May, 2014 at the Dead Sea Spa Hotel Beach, this will be the first run of the Dead Sea Mud Festival, an annual sustainable event that aims to promote tourism and raise awareness for Jordan’s
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Middle East, Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (SDJW) –Poets and authors will speak about their works during May at the Astor Library of. the Lawrence Family JCC. On May 6, at 7 p.m. three featured poets will read their original works, and then there will be a half hour open-microphone session when members of the public may read their
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—The Senate on Monday, April 28, confirmed the nomination of Michelle T. Friedland by a vote of 51-40 to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) issued the following statement: “Michelle Friedland will be an excellent addition to the Ninth Circuit, and I am
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Travel and FoodBy Marti Emerald SAN DIEGO — Did you know that an employee making the minimum wage in San Diego cannot meet the basic cost of living? A minimum wage job pays $16,000 a year and the cost of living in the region is nearly double that at $30,000 a year. In addition, nearly half of
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By Robert Gluck/JNS.org Tonight, April 24, audiences around the country can feel what it is like to be William Shatner, the Jewish actor best known for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek. Shatner’s one-man show “Shatner’s World”—which was on Broadway and toured Canada, Australia, and the United States—will be presented in
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO –Chairs were crowded into a yoga studio at the School for Healing Arts in the Pacific Beach neighborhood. with sit-upons in the front row. With my background in children’s theatre, I know how much fun it can be to have your audience actively participate rather than passively watch. While
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Travel and FoodBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO -A Shuffle Concert will take place this Saturday evening, April 26 at 8:00 p.m. at the Encinitas Community Center, under the auspices of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture. The following week, Thursday, May 1, 7:30 p.m., Achinoam Nini, known as Noa, will be singing at the Belly Up
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ARUSHA, Tanzania (Press Release) — One hundred and seventy tourists from Israel spent the Passover holidays on a wildlife Safari, their roundtrip air fare on an El Al charter. The nine-day program included visits to the world famous UNESCO World Heritage sites, Serengeti National Park, home of the great animal migration, and the Ngorongoro Crater, largest intact
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — How do you put your life back together after a tour of duty? When you’ve survived an environment where anything could explode and anyone could be an enemy, how do you get back to “normal” ? That’s the dilemma faced by our veterans. For many, the journey back
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Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — “Respect.” A word out of my childhood. We used to sign letters, “Respectfully Yours.” “Respect your elders” was a frequent admonition. What happened to that word? I don’t hear it used very much anymore. I looked it up in the dictionary and found synonyms: consideration, appreciation,
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Travel and FoodBy Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California –Wendover, Berkshire, seems a patch of Heaven for Jane Stirling (Rosina Reynolds), a widow in her early sixties, where gardening gratifies her soul, and an upcoming facelift to the cozy house will give it the desired breath of new life. Stirling has lived in the home her entire life
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — AJC praised Thai authorities for preventing a terror attack by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah on Israelis visiting the country. “Global terror requires global vigilance,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris on Friday, April 18. “Thailand is a country that has recognized the threat and continues to cooperate with other like-minded nations in
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