Bill Maher ~ Life in the Jewish prison
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Travel and FoodSFSU, CSU trustees settle anti- Jewish bias suit
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Press Release)— The Lawfare Project and Winston & Strawn LLP on Wednesday reached a landmark settlement in their lawsuits against the California State University (CSU) public university system. The settlement in Volk v. Board of Trustees comes ahead of this month’s scheduled trial for a lawsuit brought by two Jewish students who
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAHumoring the headlines: March 20, 2019
Tweetin’ Donald (tune: Rockin’ Robin) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO− He tweets from his cell phone all day long, Dissing and venting, calling everyone wrong. All his petty fears flow from his little brain Trying to inflict the maximum pain. Tweetin’ Donald, (tweet-tweet-tweet) Tweeting’ Donald, (tweet-tweedilly-tweet) Go Tweetin’ Donald ’cause you can’t let go of
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireSusan Davis lauded for constituent service
WASHINGTON (Press Release) – U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (CA-53) was named a finalist for The Congressional Management Foundation’s (CMF) highly competitive Democracy Awards for excellence in the Constituent Service category. The award focuses on how an office serves constituents, especially how it uses and leverages specific, methodical, and consistent processes for achieving measurable results in
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San Diego County, USAMEF announces San Diego schools settlement
PHILADELPHIA (Press Release) — The Middle East Forum has issued the following news release: The Council on American-Islamic Relation’s (CAIR) ubiquitous presence in the San Diego Unified School District is over, thanks in part to the Middle East Forum. A settlement in the federal lawsuit against the District, substantially funded by MEF, ends the District’s
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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASusan Davis draws a Democratic challenger
By Ken Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Jose Caballero hopes to be the next AOC — in terms of Congress shockers. The 33-year-old Democratic political consultant says he will file papers Wednesday to challenge Rep. Susan Davis, a 10-term incumbent who has never faced a serious Democratic primary opponent. A Talmadge resident
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Ken Stone, San Diego County, USAEsther never fasted on the Fast of Esther
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — The holiday of Purim is observed today with a fast day called the “Fast of Esther” that precedes it on 13 Adar. Some Jews observe the fast day from morning until sundown. It does not begin the night before as Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av, and
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish ReligionEditor’s E-Mail Box: March 19, 2019
Newtown, Massachusetts, Public Schools sued for ‘Anti-Semitism,’ and ‘bigotry against Israel’ Americans for Peace and Tolerance has issued the following statement: “On March 12, 2019, Newton taxpayers filed a lawsuit in Middlesex Superior Court against the Newton School Committee, Superintendent of Schools David Fleishman, the principals of the Newton high schools, and certain high school
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Middle East, USABook Review: ‘kaddish.com’ by Nathan Englander
Kaddish.Com by Nathan Englander; Alfred A. Knopf; © 2019; ISBN 9781524-732752; 203 pages; $24.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As a young man, Larry, bridles at having to sit shiva for his father and absolutely refuses to say kaddish for him for the year after his death. Instead, he arranged for someone in
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CalendarJust What the Doctor Ordered: Moti’s Purim Story
(c) By Leba Lieder and Israel Drazin Page 1 The Purim holiday was around the corner and kids and mice everywhere were preparing their costumes and getting ready to give Purim gifts. Moti, a special mouse, wondered if he could find a Purim gift to give to someone. Page 2 As much as it was
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & SatireEditor’s E-Mail Box: March 18, 2019 (3 items)
Giving birth at 50 no more dangerous than at 40 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Soroka University Medical Center researchers have determined that it is as safe to give birth after age 50 as age 40 without endangering the mother or the baby. The paper was recently presented at the Society for Maternal
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Middle East, USAEducation village in Israel prompts JNF drive
NEW YORK (Press Release) — Kenneth Segel, Esq., Vice President of Jewish National Fund (JNF-USA)’s Israel Relations Committee, on Monday announced that JNF-USA has engaged longtime Jewish philanthropic leader and Chicago native Richard Wexler to professionally lead the mega-gift fundraising of $300 million for a massive new education village in Israel to better connect Israel
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAJewish trivia quiz: College admissions
By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Last week saw the indictment of celebrities, financiers, coaching and admissions personnel, entrance exam administrators, and others, all of whom participated in a college admissions cheating and bribery scandal led by William “Rick” Singer. This is by no means the first time that college admissions has been shown to
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