USA

AJC denounces Erdogan’s ‘incendiary’ rhetoric

NEW YORK (Press Release) —the American Jewish Committee (AJC) has expressed its outrage over the incendiary rhetoric of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip  Erdogan, whose continuous verbal assaults on Israel have fueled violent demonstrations against Israeli diplomatic outposts and created a permissive environment for attacks on Jews. In recent days mobs have attacked Israel’s embassy […]

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Middle East, USA

At Hoover Dam, there’s a statistic everywhere

  -Eighth in a series– By Donald H. Harrison BOULDER CITY, Nevada – Whereas the watchword of this publication is “There’s a Jewish Story Everywhere,” at the Hoover Dam, apparently, the motto is slightly different: “There’s a Statistic Everywhere.” Or so one might believe watching an introductory video and taking a math-laden tour of the

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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA

FIDF launches campaign to aid Israel’s soldiers

NEW YORK (Press Release)– With Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops entering Gaza, and Operation Protective Edge in full force, Friends of the IDF (FIDF) has launched an emergency national campaign, entitled “FIDF Frontline Operation,” to secure the wellbeing of Israel’s soldiers. The IDF has issued a list of thousands of essential items for active duty

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Middle East, USA

RJC: Poll shows Demos not on Israel’s side

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) responded to the release Wednesday July 15,  of a Pew Research Center poll  on the partisan gap in Israel-Palestinian sympathies. The Pew poll found that among conservative and moderate Republicans, sympathy for Israel was at 77% and 64%. Among moderate and liberal Democrats, that sympathy was at

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Middle East, USA

Religious Action Center decries anti- Jewish acts

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Press Release)– In response to recent anti-Semitic episodes in Los Angeles and Paris, as well as incidents across the United States and Europe, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, has issued the following statement: “We are deeply disturbed by the recent violent anti-Semitic and anti-Israel uprisings. Over

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International, Middle East, USA

Home of Eternity: So Cal’s oldest Jewish cemetery

–Fifth in a series– By Donald H. Harrison SAN BERNARDINO, California –As grandson Shor and I continued our tour up the Interstate 15 from Riverside, it seemed only a matter of minutes until we reached San Bernardino, site of the oldest Jewish cemetery in continuous use in Southern California. The Home of Eternity, at 8th

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, USA

WJC backs San Diego family’s art claim against Spain

MADRID (WJC) –Spain’s world-famous Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum should return the Impressionist masterpiece ‘Rue Saint-Honoré’ to the heirs of the Jewish family from whom it was stolen by the Nazis shortly before World War II, the president of the World Jewish Congress urged on Friday. The Madrid museum is owned by the Spanish state. “Since 1988, Spain

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International, Jewish History, San Diego County, USA

Temecula’s literary legacy: ‘Perry Mason,’ ‘Ramona’

  -Third in a series — By Donald H. Harrison TEMECULA, California – Attorney and writer Erle Stanley Gardner invented “Perry Mason,” the fictional defense lawyer of television and pulp fiction fame, who most people my age (68) can’t think of without remembering the actor who played him on television, Raymond Burr. Gardner also was

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USA