By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — A Saudi journalist went into his government’s consulate in Turkey, and may have exited some time later in a number of parcels. The disappearance has riled the media with the persistence of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation. The folks are holding Saudi Arabia to a much higher standard of justice than […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Anti-Semitism is one of the world’s most enduring social diseases that we as Jews have known throughout our history. With the murder of eleven Jews at the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue, the Jewish community awoke from its slumber only to realize that anti-Semitism is still alive
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Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USASAN DIEGO (SDJW) — A day after the Shabbat morning massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, reactions from Jewish and non-Jewish organizations and individuals continued to come into the offices of San Diego Jewish World via email. In addition to messages from those individuals and organizations that spoke out on Saturday, there
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David Ogul, International, Jewish Religion, John McCormick, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USAIsraeli legislation would tax organizations receiving majority funding from foreign governments A new bill aims to impose heavy taxes on organizations that receive the majority of their funding from foreign governments. The bill, submitted by Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, MK Nava Boker (Likud), would impose a maximum tax rate of 45% and strip the
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International, Middle East, USABy Laurie Baron Branches cut from the Tree of Life. Fall like leaves in autumn. Roots remain but sap is bleeding. The Sabbath bride is mourning The lumberjack’s hateful harvest. * Baron is professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University. He may be contacted via lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com.
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SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — As news of the deadly assault on the Tree of Life/ Or L’Shalom Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh were broadcast and cablecast around the country, various Jewish organizations issued statements in response. At last report, there were at least 11 people killed and six others wounded, including four
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA, Yeruchem Eilfort-RabbiMattis, Lieberman confer on defense The U.S. Defense Department issued the following statement Friday: Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis spoke on the phone with Israeli Minister of Defense (MOD) Avigdor Lieberman on Oct. 24 to reaffirm the longstanding defense relationship between the United States and Israel. The leaders discussed a broad range of defense
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USARepublicans, Democrats accused of anti-Israel, anti-Semitic statements Republicans and Democrats have been accused of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiments in two congressional races. The Washngton Post reported that Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa visited Nazi Holocaust sites in Poland as the guest of From the Depths, a Holocaust Memorial group, then, on his own money, traveled to
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The cold-blooded killing of the journalist Khashoggi, however gruesome, pales compared to the brutality and gross human rights violations Saudi Arabia is committing in Yemen. The Saudis are deliberately preventing food and medicine from reaching areas where children are dying from starvation or disease. Their indiscriminate bombings are killing
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USA
Editor’s Note: This is the 34th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 By Donald H.
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USAShabbat San Diego lists upcoming events The legendary San Diego Challah Bakes once again, to accommodate the expected 5,000 attendees. There will be 6 locations on Thursday night, Oct. 25, with RSVPs required via https://shabbatsandiego.org/ The locations are: Coastal 4126 Executive Dr. Doors open at 5 PM, Ample Parking (we’ve rented lots on both sides of
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – One reason that Rabbi Leor Sinai suggests that parents should consider sending their child for a semester to the Alexander Muss High School in Hod HaSharon, Israel, is that overseas studies will distinguish that student from members of his or her peer group who also are applying for
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Howard Wayne SAN DIEGO — Seven of the 23 Republican-held House seats carried by Hillary Clinton are in California. That is nearly a third of what Democrats need to win if they are to take the House of Representatives. This is the dominant competitive factor at play in the California 2018 election. The Republicans’ Challenging
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Jewish Agency Chair Herzog pledges Jewish unity drive On Tuesday at the Jewish Federation of North America’s General Assembly, Jewish Agency Chairman of the Executive, Isaac Herzog gave his inaugural address to North American Jewry, presenting his vision for connecting the global Jewish family: “We must launch a new Jewish dialogue. In the coming year,
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