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DUBLIN (WJC)–More than 150 Irish artists and intellectuals have declared a boycott of Israel, saying they would not perform or exhibit there until Israel ceases what they call “abuse of Palestinian human rights.” The artists also pledged to reject funding from any institution associated with the Israeli government. The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) said […]

SYDNEY (WJC)– Jewish and Christian leaders have met to heal the wounds caused by the National Council of Churches’ call last month for a boycott of Israeli goods made in the West Bank. The church council called for Australians to consider the boycott at the request of Middle Eastern churches. The president of the Executive Council

TEHERAN (WJC)–Iran has told Western nations to stay out of the case of a woman who faces death by stoning, warning it would not tolerate any interference in the matter as it was still under examination by the judiciary. “Independent nations do not allow other countries to interfere in their judicial affairs,” Foreign Ministry spokesman

TEHERAN (WJC)–Iran has announced that it will start building the first of ten new uranium enrichment plants at a secret location “inside the mountains” in the spring of 2011. Iranian Vice-President Ali Akbar Salehi, who also heads the country’s Atomic Energy Organization, announced that the search for sites for the facilities had ended. “The construction

SAN DIEGO  (Press Release)– The San Diego Jewish Music Series kicks off it’s 2010-2011 season with a one-night only concert with jazz bassist Avishai Cohen and his band, Monday, October 25th at 7:00pm.  The Music Series is part of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus. 

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – “From Desert to Desert: Southern California Artists from Israel” will be the subject of an exhibtion from Sept. 15 to Nov. 19 at the Gotthelf Art Gallery, part of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus.  Proceeds from the art for sale

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJC)–US President Barack Obama has defended a controversial plan to build an Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York, saying Muslims had a “right to do so.” Speaking at a Ramadan fast-breaking dinner (iftar) at the White House, Obama said Muslims “have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)— National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) Chairman Marc R. Stanley and President and CEO David A. Harris on Sunday issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s remarks reaffirming our Constitutional right – and the commitment of our country’s founders – to freedom of religion: “On Friday evening, President Obama

NEW YORK (Press Release)–It is anticipated that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will once again seek the platform of the United Nations to spew his hateful rhetoric, threats and bigotry as he has done on several occasions, including at the Durban Review Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, and the UN Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference. Alan Solow,

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Rabbi Shai Cherry, Ph.D., has been engaged as the new Director of the Abraham Ratner Torah School at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. Rabbi Cherry, or Rav Shai as he likes to be called, holds a doctorate in Jewish Thought and Theology from Brandeis University and was subsequently ordained as a Conservative Rabbi

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–The Torah instructs us to find judges that are of flawless sterling character.  One great trait is humility, gained as a result of compassionate human insight, as the following true story, told by Dr. Isaac Steven Herschkopf, an attending psychiatrist at the NYU Medical Center, illustrates: Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, the