SAN DIEGO – The Hadassah Foundation, headquartered in New York, NY, awarded the Bernice N. Tannenbaum Prize to Jessica Nare, Director of Leadership Programs at Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS), in a June 8 ceremony at the UJA-Federation of New York The Bernice S. Tannenbaum Prize recognizes emerging professionals who have made innovative
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The arrival of summer can mean trips to the beach or a family vacation. However, for millions of low-income students who benefit from free or reduced-price school meals it can mean wondering where their next meal might come from, making hunger an unnecessary part of their summer months. To end
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Travel and FoodBirthright names 500,000th participant, launches ‘Tel Aviv Urban Experience’ (JNS.org) The Taglit-Birthright Israel program, which takes Jews ages 18-26 on free 10-day trips to Israel, on Wednesday named its 500,000th participant. During an event at Tel Aviv’s Wohl Amphitheater on Wednesday, Birthright’s founders, philanthropists Michael Steinhardt and Charles Bronfman, met the milestone trip participant, 24-year-old
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-Eighth in a series- Exit 3: Taylor Street, San Diego — Wadie P. Deddeh State Office Building SAN DIEGO — No, Wadie P. Deddeh isn’t Jewish. He’s an Iraqi Christian, whose success in San Diego County rising from a professor at Southwestern Community College to a state Assemblyman and eventually to a state Senator was
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Speaking on Tuesday night to introduce his forthcoming book, Not in God’s Name, Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of modern Orthodoxy in Britain, argued that sibling rivalry is a fundamental cause of violence, also in religion. The Book of Genesis offers many telling instances – beginning with Cain’s
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes, if you smash two stories together, you end up with something interesting; sometimes you get something worrisome. This is one of the latter. The first story is about France, a member of the P5+1 negotiating a deal with Iran on nuclear capabilities. The French government has expressed increasing
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — This column is being written on June the 7th, the 48th anniversary of the beginning of the Six Day War which resulted in the occupation of the West Bank in Gaza. June the 7th was a day I will never forget. I was never so scared from
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By Anav Silverman RAMAT GAN, Israel — An honorary Commander of the British Empire in the name of Queen Elizabeth II was conferred upon the President of Ben Gurion University, Professor Rivka Carmi yesterday. Carmi was honored by Buckingham Palace for her significant work in deepening academic and scientific links between the United Kingdom and
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationIsrael may nix funding for theater over Arab actor’s Jordan Valley boycott (JNS.org) Israeli Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev issued a strong rebuke of Arab-Israeli actor Norman Issa on Tuesday after Israel Hayom reported that he was unwilling to join his fellow cast members in the play Boomerang when they perform in the Jordan Valley.
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International, Middle East, USABy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Continuing the 2015 Jewish Arts Festival, the 14th Annual Klezmer Summit: “L’Dor V’Dor” (“From Generation to Generation”) took place Monday, June 8th at the Lyceum Space. It’s a good thing I had a press pass because tickets were sold out. Not too shabby for a Monday. The San Diego
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — In the background of this column is the recent one about the misadventures of great powers, and producing unintended outcomes. It could have employed Barbara Tuchman’s title, The March of Folly. Here the focus is on the diplomatic maneuvers, proclamations, politely announced policy preferences, along with the yelling, screaming and chanting
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAHosting Czech FM, Netanyahu says Palestinians set ‘perfect trap’ on peace talks (JNS.org) The Palestinian Authority rejects peace talks with Israel and then tries to get boycotts imposed on the Jewish state over the absence of peace talks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting Czech Republic Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek in Jerusalem on Monday, calling
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