Entebbe rescued, rescuers celebrate 43rd anniversary

JAFFA, Israel (Press Release) — On the 43rd anniversary of Operation Entebbe, the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation was honoured to present to the public rare notes written by Defense Minister Shimon Peres during the preparation of the daring rescue mission, one of them addressed to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The ceremony was attended

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Feature story leads to an honor for his Opa’s patient

By Oliver B. Pollak JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming — My story “Hannover to Terezin, roundtrip please,” appeared on San Diego Jewish World on June 2, 2018. It has had remarkable unexpected consequences. My interest in Theresienstadt (the German name for the Czech Terezin) started in the 1980s when my mother gave me my grandfather’s papers.  They

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International, Jewish History, Oliver Pollak

Wrong to use Holocaust analogies in immigration battle

By Jack Rosen NEW YORK –When Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently used the term “concentration camps” and the expression “Never Again” to refer to the detention centers on the U.S.-Mexico border, I found myself torn. The pain and urgency of America’s immigration and asylum crisis are immense. At the same time — and although my position

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International, Jewish History, USA

Protests, riots, believed fueled by non- Ethiopians

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Several days of demonstrations turned violent throughout the country. Roads were blocked for hours, property destroyed, and claims were made that Ethiopians had murdered police. It began in response to an occurrence in a public park, when an off-duty policeman approached a group of young men quarreling. Indications are that

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Trinidad, Colorado, celebrates Temple Aaron

By Jerry Klinger TRINIDAD, Colorado — Temple Aaron in this city celebrated its 130th birthday, Big Time on the weekend of June 21-23. The Temple is 200 miles from Denver, 200 miles from Albuquerque, 200 miles from nearly everything sustainably Jewish. Its last full-time rabbi died 103 years ago.  Yet, the town enduringly refuses to

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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USA