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Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 15, 2018 (5 items)

Former FBI special agent to head security for San Diego Jewish Academy San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA), an independent Jewish day school located in the Carmel Valley community of San Diego, has announced the hiring of Gabriel Ramirez as Director of Security and Safety. “Following a very competitive interview process, we have hired Gabe Ramirez […]

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 14, 2018

Ben Gurion University has a new president (5 items) Professor Daniel (Danny) Chamovitz, dean of the George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University (TAU), was today elected as the seventh president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). The University’s executive committee, headed by Asher Heled, confirmed the recommendation of the

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USA

Introducing new website on American Ex- Presidents

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – U.S. Presidents, past and present, are part of America’s national conversation. Yes, we talk about politics and governmental affairs, but that is not all.  The names of our Presidents are woven into our conversations in many other ways.  We name streets, buildings, educational institutions, cities, and states for

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 10, 2018 (5 items)

Herzog, in first North American trip as Jewish Agency chairman, stresses need for unity On his first trip abroad since assuming office last week, Isaac Herzog, The Jewish Agency for Israel’s new Chairman of the Executive, visited Jewish Federations in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. Herzog, who assumed office on August 1, is due to

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International, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, Travel and Food, USA

Time to resettle or compensate Palestinian refugees

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The nearly three months of demonstrations by Palestinians along the Israel-Gaza border under the banner of the “March of Return,” turned violent and has remained as such as of this writing. This provides another manifestation of how wrong and astray the Palestinians have been led, believing that there is

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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USA

Anti- Israel protests create hostile campuses for Jews

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) –In its annual report on anti-Semitic activity on U.S. campuses, released today, AMCHA Initiative found that Israel-related anti-Semitic incidents were considerably more likely to contribute to a hostile environment for Jewish students than incidents involving classic anti-Semitism.  And a close analysis of incidents from 2015 to the first half of 2018 revealed that

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Naming the enemy: Islamic extremism, a.k.a jihad

By Eric Rozenman and Shoshana Bryen The Jewish Policy Center WASHINGTON, D.C. — Psychiatrists tell their patients they have to “name their fears.” A fear that cannot be named cannot be understood or faced. An unnamed threat cannot be defeated. This is particularly true of what is called the threat of “terrorism.” A recent Washington

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International, Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 7, 2018 (6 items)

North American rabbis protest Israel’s law forbidding LGBTQ surrogacy Nearly 600 rabbis representing Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist Jewish communities from across the United States and Canada signed an open letter that calls on ultra-Orthodox rabbis in Israel to retract recent homophobic comments and asks the governing coalition of the Knesset to immediately reverse recent

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 3, 2018 (2 items)

World Jewish Congress challenges British Labour party on Anti-Semitism “The World Jewish Congress strongly supports the unified stance of British Jewry in urging the Labour Party, and indeed the government itself, to adopt the working definition of anti-Semitism agreed upon by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance,” said WJC President Ronald S. Lauder. “A solution to

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

More products on the market for the Jewish consumer

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – We hear often about declining rates of affiliation in the Jewish community, but retailers apparently are not overly concerned.  Affiliated or not, many Jews still identify with Jewish traditions, customs, and history, and therein lies some marketing opportunities. For example, Daniela and Gabriela Apeloig have created a new

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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food, USA

Prosecutors seek more UCLA disruption material

(c) Edwin Black LOS ANGELES –City prosecutor Spencer Hart, who is reviewing the belligerent shutdown of a Students Supporting Israel panel at the University of California-Los Angeles on May 17, has requested additional investigative materials from the UCLA Police, according to a prosecution source. The request on Case 18-1206 was transmitted to UCLA campus Detective

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Edwin Black, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 2, 2018 (2 items)

Direct air service on tap between Washington D.C. and Tel Aviv The Israeli-American Council announced Wednesday that it successfully spearheaded a lobbying effort with a broad coalition of organizations to introduce a direct flight between an airport in the greater Washington, D.C. area and Israel. United Airlines will offer nonstop service from Washington Dulles International

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International, Middle East, USA