International Shabbos Project 2014
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The Pope’s visit to Israel (Part 2)
Editor’s Note: The Vatican Information Service (VIS) has been providing step-by-step coverage of Pope Francis’s visit to Israel on Sunday, May 25, and Monday, May 26. Following is Part 2 of the VIS coverage: Meeting With Grand Mufti Meeting on Monday morning with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Muhammed Hussein, Pope Francis pointed to the
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Middle East, Travel and FoodThe Pope’s visit to Israel (Part I)
Editor’s Note: The Vatican Information Service has been providing step-by-step coverage of Pope Francis’s visit to Israel. We are reprinting the dispatches in the interest of history. TEL AVIV (VIS) — Pope Francis on Sunday strongly condemned the shooting attack at a Jewish Museum in Brussels in his arrival address at Tel Aviv airport. Saturday’s
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Middle East, Travel and FoodSan Diego Jews in the News: May 24, 2014
SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — With an election approaching on Tuesday, June 3, news organizations are focusing on campaign contributions for candidates and ballot measures, and readers are offering their opinions on the worthiness of the candidates. Unsurprisingly, members of our Jewish community are involved in the mix. For example, in a U-T OpEd piece, Mel
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Travel and FoodHorowitz, other greats, suffered from stage fright
By David Amos SAN DIEGO — It happens at any level. From the beginning youngster facing that first recital, to the consummate professional. A soloist may be world famous with countless successes, but that fear of facing the public is potentially there. Stage fright doesn’t apply to every musician. Some, never even think about it.
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Travel and FoodBlumenthal hails Gold Medal for Latino Army unit
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)-U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) applauded passage of a bill (S. 1174/H.R. 1726) he sponsored to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the renowned 65th Infantry Regiment – a segregated military unit composed almost entirely of soldiers from Puerto Rico who played a prominent role in World War I, World War II,
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Travel and FoodWyden, Kirk assail Iran on human rights
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mark Kirk, R-Ill., have sent a letter to President Obama to express concern over the ongoing human rights abuses and offenses taking place in Iran. The Senators, along with 21 other U.S. Senators and a number of U.S. Representatives, urged the President to seize the opportunity to
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Travel and FoodEl Al affixes papal logo to one of its jets
TEL AVIV (Press Release) — At a ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport, the President and CEO of EL AL Israel Airlines, David Maimon, and the Ambassador of the Vatican in Israel, Nuncio H.E. Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, proudly affixed Pope Francis’ logo onto the EL AL aircraft in which Pope Francis will fly home to
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International, Middle East, Travel and FoodHouse votes to reform bulk data collection; Senator Ron Wyden criticizes bill as ‘watered down’
WASHINGTON, DC (SDJA) – The House of Representatives on Thursday, May 22, by a vote of 301-121 the USA FREEDOM Act to reform our nation’s intelligence gathering programs, including ending bulk data collection. While the bill passed by a lopsided margin, many members of Congress said even stronger protections against government snooping are necessary. From
Feinstein: Drought relief bill will help California
WASHINGTON, D.C.— (Press Releasse)–The Senate on Thursday evening, May 22, passed by unanimous consent the Emergency Drought Relief Act, a bill to provide federal and state water agencies with additional flexibility to deliver water where it is most needed during California’s historic drought. The legislation, sponsored by Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer (both D-Calif.),
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Travel and Food‘Temesgen’ CD evokes memories of Ethiopia’s Jews
By Sam Litvin SAN DIEGO–I’m home, far from the weary roads of travels. But as I listen to the new CD by Damike and Bete-Avraham, the beats transport me far away, far off to Africa more than a year ago.. I remember how on the flight over there, the plane broke through the thick,
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International, Jewish Religion, Sam Litvin, Travel and FoodFranken presses Comcast to preserve net neutrality
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minnesota) pressured Comcast to clarify whether it will continue to honor net neutrality rules in the future. Franken, who’s been working hard to preserve the open Internet and keep the consolidation of media in check, is concerned that the Comcast-Time Warner Cable (TWC) deal would pose
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Travel and FoodAJC joins Israel in aid to flood victims in Balkans
NEW YORK (Press Release) — AJC is supporting the efforts of IsraAID, a leading Israeli non-governmental relief organization, to deliver urgent humanitarian assistance to areas in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia devastated by massive floods. “The damage wrought by the floods is almost unimaginable in its scale and fury,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris. “The Jewish
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