By Beth Kieffer Leonard Jewish Democratic Council of America MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesotans are no strangers to political trailblazing; however, we are also known for honesty and kindness. Representative Ilhan Omar is certainly a trailblazer, yet her recent anti-Semitic tweets and statements are deeply offensive. They have caused consternation among Minnesota voters, including myself, not […]
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Middle East, USABy Bernie Sanders WASHINGTON, D.C. — As we launch this campaign for president, you deserve to know where I come from – because family history heavily influences the values that we adopt as adults. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, in a three-and-a-half room rent-controlled apartment. My father was a paint salesman
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Before the opening of the Panama Canal in 1915, Australia, from a nautical standpoint, was approximately 3,500 miles closer to California than New York was. Goods brought by ship from the American East Coast had to travel a longer route, all the way down the eastern coast of
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release) — The Jewish Agency for Israel has announced its first-ever mission to Mexico, May 22-27, in order to gain a more thorough perspective about Jewish life in the United States’ neighboring country. As the American Jewish community continues to grapple with several challenges related to Jewish identity, the inaugural mission to Mexico
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International, Middle East, Travel and Food, USABy Eva M. Trieger SAN DIEGO — This city is home to a few Jewish day schools and each one has a special niche. I only recently became aware of the incredible aspects of Torah High, the only girls-only Jewish high school available to the community. What makes this school unique? In his office crowded
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Once again, July Galper is the local empresario bringing two outstanding young Israeli musicians to perform in San Diego, Tal First, violin and Ilya Laskin, piano. Their program will take place in the sanctuary of Congregation Beth El in La Jolla on Sunday evening, March 10, 7:00 p.m.
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – There’s a secret that I feel it’s my duty to divulge to other grandparents and parents of high school students. High school sophomores can get a jump on their college educations—maybe even save their parents a bundle of money —by applying to Grossmont Middle College High School
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. MasoriBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received much negative press in the last few weeks. First, he made a deal with the Otzma Yehudit party, the successor to Rabbi Meir Kahane’s racist Kach party, leading to criticism from many in Israel, as well as American organizations including
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Sushi Ota, 4529 Mission Bay Dr, San Diego, California By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — If you didn’t know better, you would easily drive past San Diego’s best Sushi spot and never know it. Unlike the bigger, louder restaurants of the area with the neon signs proclaiming the cuisine, Sushi Ota is quietly tucked between
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We now have the indictments, subject to hearings, on three cases against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On one, involving gifts amounting to nearly a half million shekels, the indictment will be for breach of trust. On another, involving discussions with the publisher of Yedioth Aharonoth, the indictment is fraud and
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
Two Neighbors’ colleagues Judy and Adeem examine some embroidery By Yonatan Peres TEL AVIV, Israel — Back in the seventies, in my IDF military service, I was training in the South Hebron Mountain region. The area was scattered with Palestinian terrorists. Bombs, shootings ambushes and patrols were almost our daily routine. Some changes have occurred
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Middle East, USA, Yoni Peres