SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Write Out Loud presents its first evening of Jewish short stories, Bubbeleh, Listen to This, at 7:30 p.m on Monday, June 16, at North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive., Solana Beach. “Jewish literature is replete with wonderful stories about Jewish life,” says Write Out Loud Artistic Director,
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Travel and FoodNetanyahu and president-elect Rivlin seek to put differences aside (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli president-elect MK Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met privately Wednesday to discuss their future work plans. The two have been bitter rivals despite being members of the same party, Likud. But as prime minister and president, their relationship cannot
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The House of Representatives came within a few votes of allowing the Bob Hope Airport to adopt a curfew on an amendment to the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Act proposed by Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks), and Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles). The amendment was defeated by
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Travel and Food, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Democratic U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (California), Dick Durbin (Illinois), Tom Harkin (Iowa, Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Jack Reed (Rhode Island) and Edward J. Markey (Massachusetts) on Tuesday, June 10, urged the Department of Transportation to finally prohibit the use of e-cigarettes on airplanes. DOT first proposed a ban more
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Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)— Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) released on Monday, June 9, the following statement in response to the recent Center for Disease Control (CDC) announcement that measles cases in the United States have reached a 20-year high: “Measles was considered eliminated from the United States in 2000, but this year there have already
By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — In a post on this page almost two years ago, I noted that Lawrence Block, master storyteller with a sense of Yiddishkeit and gumshoe charm, has fans all over the world, mostly in North America, where his detective novels have done very well over the years. Block, who
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Travel and FoodBy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — Ask any procrastinator – and he or she will tell you that which should be done today is better done tomorrow – or, better yet, in a thousand years. For countless generations the congregants of the ancient Ben Ezra Synagogue of Cairo, Egypt, never got around to cleaning out
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and a bipartisan group of Senators have called on the President to enlist the private sector in helping to fix the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) broken scheduling system. In a letter, Sen. Franken pressed the Obama Administration to engage leaders from the private sector
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In response to the recent mass shooting in the Isla Vista community near Santa Barbara, U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, both California Democrats, on Thursday, June 5, introduced The Pause for Safety Act – legislation that will encourage states to empower families and others with new tools to
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Thursday, June 5, held a public committee hearing on the House-passed FISA reform bill, the USA FREEDOM Act. Following is her opening statement, as delivered: * Today we meet to receive testimony and discuss the legislation passed by the House of Representatives on May 22 to
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Wednesday, June 4, sent a letter to California Governor Edmund G. Brown, State Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins on the recent tragic violence in Isla Vista and possible actions to prevent more senseless killings. Feinstein urged the lawmakers to amend California
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By Steve Kramer ZICHRON YAACOV, Israel — It was on a beautiful spring day that our hiking group set off from a spot adjacent to a “winter pond,” a low-lying area which becomes a pond only during the (hopefully) rainy winter, drying up soon after winter ends. We were near Israel’s Mediterranean coast, not
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois) released the following statement to mark the official beginning of marriage equality in Illinois. The Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, signed into law by Governor Pat Quinn last year, allowed same-sex couples to marry in the state as of June 1. “Marriage equality is
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW)–The Jewish delegation in Congress generally reacted with favor to an announcement from the Obama Administration on Monday, June 2, that states will be required to cut their emissions from power plants by 30 percent over the next 16 years. Jewish organizations that take positions on environmental legislation also had positive reactions. Sen.
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