Compiled by Donald H. Harrison U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) and U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Florida) were among a group of congressional Democrats who joined representatives of the Newtown Action Alliance at a Capitol Hill news conference Feb. 5 to propose a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) and Rep. […]
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Editor’s Note: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Thursday, Feb. 5, issued a memorandum calling for the suspension of aid to the Palestinian Authority. Following is a text of that memorandum: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Over the last year, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has pursued a series of counterproductive moves aimed
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Middle East, USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release)–Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin met with heads of the Israeli diplomatic missions in North America, including Israel’s Ambassador to Canada and consul generals from across North America, including a number of diplomats about to take up appointments there. The President welcomed the representatives, and expressed to them the importance of their roles to the
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International, Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following remarks at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday, Feb. 8. “The major powers and Iran are galloping toward an agreement that will enable Iran to arm itself with nuclear weapons, which will endanger the existence of the State of Israel.
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Middle East, USAMUNICH, Germany (Press Release)–Representatives of the Quartet – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, United States Secretary of State John Kerry, European Union High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, and UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson (representing UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon) – met in Munich on February 8. Recalling its previous
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International, Middle East, USABy Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California–With a tee shirt advertising “Old is the New Black” Ari Seth Cohen introduced his documentary featuring seven aging New York fashionistas. Each of these beauties had her own style, panache, and comportment, but all shared a joie de vivre and an obvious delight in wearing her style—loud and proud.
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Travel and Food
By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO–There are entire libraries containing books written as commentaries on the Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible). Many are difficult for the lay reader to access. Some are densely written in very small font, heavily notated and footnoted. Layout can be problematic; Bible verse and relevant commentary intersecting
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Iran does indeed constitute a major threat to the existence of Israel. Both the pronouncements of many of its leaders and the actions of its stooges Hezbollah and Hamas point to it. It’s, therefore, not surprising that Prime Minister Netanyahu should want to alert the world to that danger
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Middle East, USA
Son of a Son by Marilyn Amster Gould; New Alliance Publishing; © 2014; ISBN 978-1-939858-84-2; 482 pages including Yiddish glossary By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This historical novel, in which we meet four generations of the Bruchner family, takes us from the pogroms of Eastern Europe to the steerage compartment of an immigrant
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Rabbi Rafi Andrusier LA MESA, California — What is religion all about? We always hear of the fellow who found G-d while incarcerated. Was G-d “not found” while in the free world? (Had the inmate found G-d earlier, he may not be sitting in prison in the first place.) So is that truly the case;
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Jewish ReligionWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–President Obama spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.c. on Thursday, Feb. 5. Some of his comments s THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Well, good morning. Giving all praise and honor to God. It is wonderful to be back with you here. I want to thank our co-chairs, Bob and
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday, Feb. 6, expressed its outrage to Allseas USA, the U.S. affiliate of the Dutch company, Allseas Group SA, which named its newest ship after a convicted Nazi war criminal and SS member, the father of the company’s owner. ADL urged the maritime construction service company to rename
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International, Jewish Religion, USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participated in a ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 5, in which the last letters were written in a Torah scroll in memory of those who were murdered in last month’s terrorist attack at the Hyper Casher market in Paris. This was the first of four Torah scrolls, two
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