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College campuses should ban SJP for anti- Semitism

March 4, 2016

By Susan B. Tuchman, Zach Stern and Morton A. Klein NEW YORK–Campus anti-Semitism is a growing national problem and frighteningly, it has infected The City University of New York (CUNY), historically a haven for Jews and other minorities seeking an excellent, affordable college education. We work closely with students and others at CUNY and implore […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

I-8 Jewish Travel: El Cajon’s Jewish Baptist godfather

March 3, 2016

-46th in a Series- Exit 15, El Cajon Boulevard, El Cajon ~ Lankershim, Chase & Knox By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California — In the early history of the City of El Cajon, two names are particularly well known — Levi Chase, for whom Chase Avenue and the Chase Avenue Elementary School are

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

Israel’s problems: The P.A.’s President, next U.S. one

March 1, 2016

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Recent articles in the New York Times suggest a comparison between the leaderships of Palestine and the American Republican Party. One article details the miserable position of Mahmoud Abbas, old, weak, rejected by a substantial portion of Palestinians, and dithering between supporting and opposing the current wave of violence against

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Israel should decrease dependence on U.S.

February 26, 2016

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Israel and the US are currently negotiating a 10-year foreign aid package, which is 99% military related. There are many benefits from US-Israeli collaboration, but the aid comes with strings attached and it may be that the negatives outweighs the positives. Reality dictates that no country should expect

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Middle East, USA

U.S. – Israeli students find program ‘of our own’

February 24, 2016

By Sarah Katularu SAN DIEGO — Like most college freshmen, I spent my weekends going to themed parties and sleeping in all day. But as the year progressed and my friends were finding their callings on campus, I was still stuck trying to figure out who I was and where I belonged. Then one day,

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Middle East, San Diego County, USA

U.S. cedes the lead to Russia in Syrian Civil War

February 22, 2016

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The shelling of Syrian soldiers by the Turkish military is one more step back into Great Power politics — historic Turkish-Russian enmity played out over Kurds and Syrians. The U.S. appears to believe 21st century wars cannot be won by military force and that battling parties can be induced to set aside

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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

The American way of grieving is denial

February 22, 2016

By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — When someone dies, it is not always time for ‘a celebration of life’ With the Academy Awards pending, I recall the touching memorial list they presented a few years ago, after the untimely death of Michael Jackson. The touching, if theatrical necrology included Michael Jackson but neglected

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Things to say to Donald Trump supporters

February 21, 2016

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Things to Say to Donald Trump Supporters when they say: “He’s funding his own campaign and is not beholden to any special interest group.” Whether Donald Trump has ten billion dollars as he boasts, or only four billion as Forbes estimates, he is a special interest group.The corollary to the reasoning that he

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Politicians who put their fingers in their ears

February 21, 2016

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In the matter of replacing the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, we have been witnessing a tactic perhaps best described as Republican senators putting fingers in their ears and saying to President Obama “we know we won’t like what you are going to tell us, so

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USA

Election 2016: What’s a Jew to do?

February 20, 2016

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Let’s imagine that you grew up in a liberal, self-identifying Jewish family. You’re pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, pro-immigration, pro-diversity, and pro-Israel. On the first four counts, it would seem, you are closely aligned with Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. But on the fifth count, Israel, you find

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USA

Jewish news briefs: February 19, 2016

February 19, 2016

Top Jewish leader cites ‘collective responsibility’ to fight campus anti-Semitism (JNS.org) Seventy-five percent of American Jewish students say they have witnessed or experienced anti-Semitism on their college campuses, a problem that “we have a collective responsibility to address,” said Malcolm Hoenlein, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, in an interview

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International, USA

Threats from Lebanon and Rutgers

February 18, 2016

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Hassan Nasrallah’s latest tirade is his threat to send missiles against an ammonia plant in Haifa. He calls it his nuclear weapon, that would produce 800,000 casualties.. This in a context of Hezbollah deeply involved in Syria, and losing thousands of its fighters. Nasrallah himself is in Iran for treatment

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Silicon Valley has traded away U.S. security for profits

February 18, 2016

By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — One great disconnect afflicting American society is between earning a profit and safeguarding our national security. On one side are those who support free trade in the belief that open markets and shared technology trade strengthen the economy. On the other hand, there is something categorically

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International, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USA

Retire at 102? Not a chance!

February 16, 2016

By Lisa Herndon NEW YORK — At 102, J. Zel Lurie “39 is likely the Columbia Journalism School”s longest-working journalist. Lurie, who lives in Delray Beach, Florida, suffers from macular degeneration and can no longer read, but it has never occurred to him to end a writing career that started decades ago. Only now, he

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Jewish History, Middle East, USA