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Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 15, 2018 (5 Items)

SAN DIEGO — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Friday, June 15. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. State Department concerned about Syrian […]

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USA

California State Budget addresses Jewish issues

SACRAMENTO (Press Release) — The California State Legislature on Thursday approved the 2018-2019 State Budget, which prioritizes the needs of Holocaust Survivors, campus climate, the security of nonprofits, and the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The California Legislative Jewish Caucus, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Jewish Family Services, and Anti-Defamation League issued the following statements: “The Legislature demonstrated a

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USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 14, 2018 (6 Items)

SAN DIEGO  — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Thursday, June 14. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. Even when fasting for Ramadan, Muslim volunteers

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

Germany’s trade with Russia, Iran imperils Middle East

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump is taking flak for having introduced a subject to the G-7 meeting that our European friends wanted to keep under the table. Russia. The allies expressed horror when Mr. Trump said, “Why are we having a meeting without Russia? We have a world to run… We should have Russia

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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Exhausting, yet fun, travel in North America

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Six weeks, eleven flights, six states, one one-week cruise and four countries (not including the USA). That is feeble compared with the Beatles’ tour of the USA in 1965 (twenty-five cities in thirty days), but they were much younger than we were (and probably flew first class). One

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Travel and Food, USA

Bruins file complaints against anti- Israel disrupters

By Edwin Black LOS ANGELES — Criminal complaints are now being filed by students following the belligerent disruption of a May 17 Students Supporting Israel [SSI] event at University of California Los Angeles. At least a half-dozen students announced they would visit the UCLA police department to file formal complaints reporting criminal disruption of a

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 13, 2018 (5 Items)

SAN DIEGO  — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Wednesday, June 13. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. 92-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor makes Aliyah from New

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Rabbi Caine leaving Poway for Ann Arbor, Michigan

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Rabbi Nadav Caine and family are now packing up their belongings as he gets ready to assume a new pulpit in Ann Arbor, Michigan, beginning July 1. Caine, 51, had been with Congregation Ner Tamid in suburban Poway for 12 years, starting with the Conservative congregation during the

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Amy Schumer, Breaking the Glass, and Jerusalem

By Moshe Phillips NEW YORK — With the summer wedding season upon us, Jewish couples are preparing for marriage ceremonies that will conclude with the ancient ritual that many know simply as “the breaking of the glass.” Many a groom’s heel will crush a small glass under a handkerchief. Unfortunately for many assimilated Jews, the only

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 12, 2018 (4 Items)

SAN DIEGO  — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Tuesday, June 12. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. Americans, Knesset Members Discuss Religious Pluralism At

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

‘Just kidding:’ Trump to pardon Delilah

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump doesn’t drink alcoholic beverages, but he seems slightly intoxicated – tipsy with what he’s convinced is his unlimited power to pardon. The latest beneficiaries are Bible figures, notably Delilah (of hair-cutting fame), the Philistine beauty who was bribed to learn the source of Samson’s great strength. She

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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Ministers hold first meeting at U.S. Embassy in Israel

JERUSALEM (Press Release) —  U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen arrived in Israel Monday to take part in the International Homeland and Public Security Ministerial Forum on enhancing international cooperation that will start Tuesday in Jerusalem. Sec. Nielsen will take major role in the conference. The meeting between Israel’s Minister of Public Security and

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Middle East, USA