By Sandi Masori DEL MAR, California — We went on Friday to the media night/ opening night of the San Diego County Fair, (which I can’t help myself, but it will always be the Del Mar Fair to me). This year my youngest, Sky, age 11, came with us and had a great time tasting his […]
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SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — In an interview with The Times of Israel, U.S. Ambassador David Friedman set off a partisan firestorm when he told the news organization that Republicans are better friends to Israel than are Democrats. “The argument that I hear from some Democrats that Republicans are seizing the pro-Israel mantle is true, to a
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Pres Release) — Jewish National Fund on Friday revealed its new Plant Your Way website that easily allows individuals to raise money for a future trip to Israel while helping build the land of Israel. First introduced in 2000, Plant Your Way has allowed many hundreds of young people a personal fundraising platform to
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Middle East, USALOS ANGELES (Press Release) — StandWithUs strongly condemns the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) for its ties to recognized terrorist groups. As reported in Tablet Magazine, USCPR is providing fiscal sponsorship to a coalition that includes Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This is yet another example of how
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Middle East, USABy Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — From the day he announced his candidacy for president of the United States – with his talk of Mexican rapists illegally crossing the border – it has been clear that Mr. Trump has no regard for truth, evidence, or any of the norms that make for honest, intelligent, inquiry
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative (SDII) announced on Wednesday that in the 2018-2019 Academic Year, six Israeli visiting professors will teach 17 classes on modern Israel on San Diego university campuses. “By bringing Israel studies to campuses, we can significantly help change the dialogue,” commented SDII directorn Susan Lapidus.
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAHAIFA, Israel (Press Release)— University of Haifa on Wednesday announced it has received a $10 million donation from well-known American philanthropist, Lorry I. Lokey, for the construction of a new campus that will consist of at least four buildings located throughout the Port of Haifa and the city’s downtown area. Lokey, the founder of Business
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF)-Columbia/Barnard Chapter sent a letter May 29 to Columbia President Lee Bollinger expressing concern at the university’s failure to investigate the recent anti-Semtitic actions of Professor Hamid Dabashi who teaches in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS). The letter was signed by over 30 faculty and
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – On the recent attacks by Hamas against Israel, the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Wednesday released the following statement from National Chairman Senator Norm Coleman: “Today we call on all Americans, regardless of political party, to rally in support of Israel after it suffered a new, extended round of terrorist
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) — The California Republican Party and the Republican Jewish Coalition issued the following statements Tuesday regarding the congressional race in CA-11: California Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte said:“Tonight, the California Republican Party’s Board of Directors took swift and decisive action to eliminate any support for John Fitzgerald due to anti-Semitic comments he
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Middle East, USASACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) – Responding to a disturbing spike in hate rhetoric and anti-Semitism, the State Assembly voted overwhelmingly with unanimous bipartisan support to demonstrate its commitment to Holocaust education Tuesday and called on Congress to urge Poland to abandon a gag rule that seems to encourage revisionist history. More than 60 Assembly members
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International, Jewish History, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of a comprehensive report on religious freedom around the world, the U.S. State Department on Wednesday issued its report and analysis of religious freedom issues in Israel and the Golan Heights as well as in the Palestinian Authority and Gaza.. ISRAEL AND THE GOLAN HEIGHTS Executive Summary A report on
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Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK –In early April, Trump stated that the US should withdraw its military forces from Syria. Secretary of Defense Mattis seems to have persuaded Trump to postpone this plan for at least six months, citing strategic necessity, with which I fully agree. Beyond that, however, US forces must not only remain
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USASAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) — On Friday May 25th, in California Superior Court, Judge Richard B. Ulmer, Jr. set a trial date of March 4, 2019 for a lawsuit brought by two Jewish students who allege that San Francisco State University (SFSU) and the Board of Trustees of California State University (CSU), discriminated against them.
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