By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — The Peace Train is coming and we can all get high on the Peace Train as Sharon Katz has brought her band to San Diego and Tijuana, starting with Wednesday night’s rousing performance at Makeda Makossa’s World Beat Center. It was so inspiring to see women of various ages […]
The Peace Train: Uniting people across borders Read More »
International, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — My visit to Brussels last week during the NATO annual conference was nothing short of bewildering and dismaying. Trump’s rampage against our most trusted and faithful allies sent shivers throughout the city, especially in the halls of the European Parliament where I spent considerable time talking to officials from
EU and NATO before and after Trump Read More »
Alon Ben-Meir, International, USA
Ben-Gurion University develops new anti-malware methodology Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Malware Lab researchers have developed a new method to detect unknown, malicious emails that is more accurate than the most popular antivirus software products. Email messages are widely used by attackers to deliver dangerous content to a victim, such as attachments or links to malicious websites. “Existing email analysis solutions only analyze specific email elements using rule-based methods, and don’t analyze other important parts,” says Dr. Nir
Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 19, 2018 (3 items) Read More »
Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The 250,000 Syrians heading toward the borders of Jordan and Israel are a small part of what’s been happening in the Middle East for several decades. It isn’t the equivalent of the population movements that occurred as the result of WW II and the end of colonialism that came along
Syrian fighting near Golan worrisome, but not overly Read More »
International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Israel and the Iroquois Nation came together this week — In Israel — at the Lacrosse World Championship. The Iroquois Nation team was subjected to enormous pressure to boycott, but they steadfastly refused to be swayed. The Iroquois, who invented Lacrosse in about 1100 CE, know a thing or two
IDF participates in numerous multi- lateral exercises Read More »
International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — I started writing this in 2010 on the occasion of my 67th birthday about the unpredictable nature of what we give away and then need in the future. Retiring from Nebraska to California in 2016 only enlarged the scale of this conundrum. Now almost 75 I think this
Book, wine collections stir, comfort the soul Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Some people may view this topic too incendiary to write about—I get it. Yet, it is an important issue—especially when we consider the high stakes that are at risk. My point of view is contrarian. Consider me a contrarian life-long Democrat who values truth and integrity
OpEd: Trump dealt with Putin correctly Read More »
International, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USA
By Dov Marhoffer I am a Holocaust concentration camp survivor. I am one of a rapidly dwindling number of eyewitnesses to the Nazi Holocaust, the most systematic genocide of all time. I regularly speak at high schools, universities, and community events, sharing my eyewitness account with newer generations of Americans who have no concept of
OpEd: ‘Never Again’ should be reserved for Holocaust Read More »
International, Jewish History, USA
COPS seeks environmental groups’ denunciation of Gaza eco-terrorism Arthur Stark, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations issued the following statement on Tuesday: “Throughout the past 100 days Hamas launched countless flammable materials and explosives via kites, balloons, and other devices into Israeli territory. Hamas
Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 17, 2018 (4 items) Read More »
International, Middle East, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Very recently, I was honored with a phone call from a native American tribal leader who was on a visit to Israel. He told me of his passionate support for Israel. He rightly saw the Jews as the indigenous people of the land, something that appealed to his own
Israel should reach out to indigenous peoples Read More »
Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Perhaps I am becoming my own grandfather, a gentle architect born in the 19th century who prided himself on being a proper and decorous man. Recently, I wrote a column decrying the bitter partisanship that divides Washington, D.C., and which sadly is exemplified by the rancorous way that
Editor’s personal blog: Declining language, politics Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, USA
Visiting HaKotel on Tisha B’Av Many Jews visit the Kotel (Western Wall) on Tisha B’Av, a day of mourning and remembrance for the destruction of both the First and Second Temples and other tragedies in Jewish History. How many Jews? Newspapers report that thousands, even tens of thousands stand before the Kotel on Tisha B’Av.
Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 16, 2018 (2 items) Read More »
Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA
Ships of newest Gaza convoy to be seized, sold Shurat HaDin scored an unprecedented victory against the new Gaza Flotilla: obtaining a lien on the ships once they are seized by the Israeli Navy. The lien was brought on behalf of victims of Hamas terrorism who are holding unsatisfied judgments against the Palestinian terror group.
Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 15, 2018 (4 items) Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USA
Episcopal Church rejects divestment, but other resolutions are hostile to Israel The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has commended the Episcopal Church for once again rejecting divestment directed against Israel, but expresses concern regarding open hostility toward Israel in other resolutions. The Episcopal Church is concluding its 79th triennial General Convention, held in Austin, Texas, at
Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 13, 2018 (2 items) Read More »
International, Jewish History, Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USA