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This blind taste test is not to compare foods, but to build our compassion

By Sara Appel-Lennon SAN DIEGO–Picture yourself wearing a blindfold while eating. A blind person is challenged with eating in darkness at each meal. In 1999 Jane Clifton and Dave Ward from the Hillcrest Mission Valley Lion’s Club were invited to eat lunch blindfolded while Blind Center students cooked and served them. This experience prompted the couple […]

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History~December 25, 1953, Part III

Compiled by Gail Umeham * Lionel Van Deerlin Moderates Panel for Nat’l. Council of Jewish Women  Southwestern Jewish Press December 25, 1953 Page 5 On Tuesday, January 5th, 12 o’clock noon at Temple Center, the National Council of Jewish Women will hold their regular monthly meeting.  In observance of the forthcoming Brotherhood Week a round-table

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Killing Al Qaeda now U.S. primary purpose in Afghanistan

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Washington Post intoned on the front page, “Poll Finds Guarded Optimism on Obama’s Afghanistan Plan.” What plan? Plumbing the article, it turns out that support for the President on the issue has “plummeted” since the summer; more than half think “the war is not worth the cost”; and

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

White House denounces construction in Gilo section of Jerusalem

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The White House on Tuesday issued the following statement concerning construction in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem: “We are dismayed at the Jerusalem Planning Committee’s decision to move forward on the approval process for the expansion of Gilo in Jerusalem. At a time when we are working to re-launch negotiations, these actions

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Middle East, USA

Peace recedes as Obama policies harden Palestinian positions

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Barack Obama was six years old when the Jordanian army opened fire on Jerusalem as its part in the 1967 war. Shortly after the fighting, Israel expanded the city’s boundaries. Four years later it began construction the Gilo neighborhood. Gilo was in the news early in the intifada that began in 2000, when

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Manny Farber exhibit begins Dec. 14 at Gotthelf Art Gallery

  SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – “Manny Farber: Four Decades of Painting and Drawing” will be exhibited December 14 through February 24 in the Gotthelf Art Gallery, part of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS. A free opening night reception with a keynote speaker

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Israel dedicates monument to U.S. 9/11 victims

JERUSALEM (Press Release)– On Thursday, November 12,  Israel took another step in the country’s long history of solidarity with the United States and global victims of terror as international diplomats, U.S. and Israeli politicians and religious leaders unveiled a monument dedicated to the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Commissioned and built by

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Middle East, USA

State Department bias favoring Palestinians shows in report on international religious freedom

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM—More than 40 years ago I chose public administration as my specialty in political science. I still poke at it, despite being interested in other things as well. Here I will poke at the 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom published by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

IAEA suspects more hidden nuclear sites in Iran

  VIENNA (WJC)–Iran could have several secret nuclear facilities across the country, according to a new report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. IAEA inspectors who visited the recently disclosed underground nuclear enrichment plant near Qom last month said the site was built to hold 3,000 centrifuges,

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Program twins mosques and synagogues on two continents

NEW YORK (WJC)–A hundred mosques and synagogues throughout North America and Europe took part in the second edition of twinning. The annual event involves meetings between local Muslim and Jewish congregations aimed at launching joint activities. The New York-based Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, founded by Rabbi Marc Schneier, has been organizing the event, which this

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Illinois Congress members split on terror prison site

WASHINGTON, DC  — Rep. Jan Schakowsky, (Democrat-Illinois) released the following statement in response to proposals that Guantanamo Bay deatainees will be relocatoted to a prison in Illinois. “The Guantanamo Bay facility is a recruiting tool for Al Queda and a mark against the morals of the United States. In closing ‘Gitmo’ and moving some detainees to

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In Star Trek, he was Quark the barkeeper; in The Seafarer, he’s a drunk

   By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Some actors shy from the roles that made them famous.  I remember, for example, how  Henry Winkler practically growled at reporters at a United Jewish Federation event who wanted to talk about his role as  Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli  on television’s Happy Days. Not so with actor Armin Shimerman.  He said he knows

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History~December 25, 1953

Compiled from the Southwestern Jewish Press by Gail Umeham U.J. Fund Winds Up Year’s Activity; Honors Founders Southwestern Jewish Press December 25, 1953 Page 1 Helen Schulman was announced as the “volunteer of the year” by the United Jewish Fund at the 20th Anniversary  celebration held in the San Diego Hotel. Mrs. Schulman, mother of

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