At 67th birthday, Israel’s population stands at 8.345 million (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics published new figures ahead of Yom Ha’atzmaut (Independence Day) showing that the country’s population stands at 8,345,000, about 10.4 times greater than the population of 806,000 when the Jewish state was founded in 1948. Jewish residents number […]
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Middle East, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego has awarded Beth Jacob Congregation and Hillel of San Diego the first annual Sheila Potiker Endowment Leadership AwardS for their exceptional achievements growing their endowment programs as participants in the Foundation’s Endowment Leadership Institute (ELI). The award, established by the Potiker family, honors
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San Diego CountyBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty years ago, Saigon fell to communist North Vietnam. Images of terrified South Vietnamese clambering to the roof of the U.S. embassy, and Vietnamese helicopter pilots ferrying them to ships and then pushing the helicopters overboard to make room for more refugees are still heart-wrenching. Vietnam represented a change in
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The Jewish Federation of San Diego County and community partners will sponsor the annual community celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut – Israeli Independence Day. On Sunday, April 26, Israel Fest will be held at the Nobel Athletic Field, 8810 Judicial Drive in the University Town Center neighborhood from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. This
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San Diego CalendarFormer Egyptian president Morsi gets 20 years in prison (JNS.org) Mohamed Morsi, who was ousted as Egypt’s president in July 2013, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by an Egyptian court on Tuesday. A leading figure in the Muslim Brotherhood—a political party that is now a state-designated terrorist organization in Egypt—Morsi was convicted on
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International, Middle East, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan – John Blumenthal was born in the middle of the 20th century in Middletown, New York, and while he was not born with a silver spoon in is mouth, he did come into this world with the humorist’s touch deeply embedded in his DNA. I first met him in
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–We are seeing yet again the bobbing and feinting, complex maneuvers, and pursuit of partial treatment for problems that have no solution. We find it in relations between Israel and Palestine, with different moves toward Palestine West Bank and Palestine Gaza, between Israel and the US, as well as with Britain, Russia,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO –Eve Gerstle expects to be sitting in Copley Symphony Hall on the evening of May 7, as a special guest of Conductor Murry Sidlin, watching the performance of the multi-media Concert-Drama, The Defiant Requiem. This remarkable lady, who is celebrating her 101st birthday, has a particular interest in this work.
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Eileen Wingard, Jewish HistoryBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Kim Kardashian toured Armenia to visit the home of her ancestors and commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Who would have thought that President Obama and Congress would be challenged to keeping up with the Kardashians? * Volunteer police deputy Robert Bates apologized to the family of Eric
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Ringo Starr was just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Everyone knows of Brian Epstein’s role in discovering and promoting the Beatles. What role did another Jew play in Ringo’s earlier life that contributed to his future success as a Beatle A. Prior to joining the
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Jewish History, Mark D. ZimmermanPope Francis meets with leading European rabbis at Vatican (JNS.org) Pope Francis met with a delegation of leading European rabbis at the Vatican on Monday to discuss Jewish-Christian relations and the ongoing surge of European anti-Semitism. The delegation was from the Conference of European Rabbis, which represents more than 700 rabbis from synagogues across Europe.
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International, Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (SDJW)– During the week of October 19, 2015, San Diego conductor David Amos will be conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a recording of the music of the late composer Arnold Rosner. This is by invitation from the Rosner family, to memorialize the late composer who died in 2013. Four selections will be
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Travel and Food
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Ahead of Israel’s Memorial Day on April 22, the day on which the Jewish state officially remembers its fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism, a unique cookbook compiled with recipes by bereaved mothers who have lost their children to war and terror has recently been published. The cookbook, a
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Jewish and Israeli history is replete with both tragic and joyful events, and in fact the life of a Jew living in Israel is something of a roller-coaster existence, taking us from the depths of sorrow one day to the sublime heights of joy the next, whether it’s
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish History, Middle East