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  PORTLAND, Oregon (Press Release)– A charity headquartered in Portland and its founder and former CEO entered pleas of guilty to federal conspiracy charges today in District Court. Mehrdad Yasrebi, 53, of Clackamas, founded the tax-exempt charity Child Foundation in 1994 and served as its Chief Executive Officer until his resignation last year. The Information

  SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The 21st Anniversary San Diego Jewish Film Festival, sponsored by the Leichtag Family Foundation, and presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center,  Jacobs Family Campus, will run February 10-20, 2011.    The San Diego Jewish Film Festival showcases more than 45

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The U.S. Department of State’s next Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP) delegation will be to Cairo, Egypt, from January 9 to 12, 2011. In coordination with the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), the U.S. Department of State is sending 13 prominent U.S. investors and entrepreneurs–along with several U.S. government employees

EN ROUTE TO ABU DHABI, January 9 (Press Release)– Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she does not favor letting up the pressure on Iran just because Israeli intelligence sources believe Iran is farther away from development of a nuclear weapon than prevously thought.   She met with reporters aboard her plane en route to the

By Charlotte Thalmay COPENHAGEN –Telling about the Rescue of the Danish Jews during the Holocaust is of course a very personal thing. However, this is a story that has affected almost 95% of the Jewish population of Denmark and is therefore something most of us share in this community. Denmark was the only occupied country

By Dave Block SAN DIEGO — I am proud of my Jewish heritage. Being Jewish is a gift. I treasure that identity. It has been a source of the important values of all: family, charity, wisdom, compassion, social justice, and culture. To be Jewish today is to recognize that every person is created in the image of God and

WASHINGTON (Press Release) – A former CIA officer was arrested Thursday on charges that he illegally disclosed national defense information and obstructed justice, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride for the Eastern District of Virginia. Jeffrey Alexander Sterling, 43, of O’Fallon, Mo., was charged in a

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has called upon President Barack Obama to condemn by name the Islamist terrorists who carried out attacks in Egypt, Iraq, Palestinian-controlled areas and Nigeria that have occurred in recent weeks and months. The ZOA has argued that it is inadequate that President Obama merely expresses condolences

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Qatar from January 8-13. At each stop, Secretary Clinton will consult with government officials on a full range of regional and bilateral issues, and emphasize the importance of government-civil society engagement. In addition to these meetings,

By Matthew RJ BrodskyWASHINGTON, D.C. — With the Palestinian-Israeli peace process returning to a deep freeze, the Obama administration is eyeing an opportunity to make headway with Syria. The theory is nothing new: If the regime in Damascus can make peace with Israel, end its sponsorship of terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas, distance