SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– On Sunday, April 19, at 1:30 p.m., the Jewish Federation of San Diego County will present a special Holocaust commemoration (Yom HaShoah) program. The theme of this year’s annual commemoration is: From Auschwitz to Activism – 70 Years on From the Holocaust. The event will be held at the Lawrence Family […]
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Jewish History, San Diego CalendarTEL AVIV (Press Release)— For the crew of the Starship Enterprise, Star Trek‘s “Tricorder” was an essential tool, a multifunctional hand-held device used to sense, compute, and record data in a threatening and unpredictable universe. It simplified a number of Starfleet tasks, scientific or combat-related, by beaming sensors at objects to obtain instant results. The
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — A Saturday morning all-Bach concert in the neighbouring village of Abu Ghosh was an occasion not to be missed, especially as it coincided with a special birthday. And what an occasion it was! It marked the conclusion of the Barrocade ensemble’s concert season, featured Finnish violinist and conductor
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Travel and FoodAfter Iranian threat to destroy Israel, Netanyahu urges ‘better deal’ on nukes (JNS.org) Following an Iranian military official’s reported threat to destroy Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday urged world powers to seek a “better deal” in their nuclear negotiations with Iran. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Naqdi, the commander of Iran’s Basij militia, said
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International, Middle East, USAThe Patriot Threat by Steve Berry, © 2015 Minotaur Books, MacMillan Co., ISBN 878-250-05623-8. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Here’s a bit of intrigue. Why does the dollar bill have on its reverse side thirteen stars forming a Magen David? And what does the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution mean when it
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Donald H. Harrison, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Barack Obama had some nasty comments about Netanyahu’s election day call that Arabs were going to the polls “in droves,” which the President saw as Bibi’s eroding the meaning of democracy. In a post-election meeting with Arabs, Netanyahu said “I know that the things I said a few days ago
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NEW YORK (Press Release)- The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) mourns the loss of Dr. Leon Bass, a true American hero who turned his personal and life-altering experience as a soldier during World War II into an opportunity to educate and inspire action in others. Dr. Bass, who lived outside Philadelphia, died on March 28 at the age
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — The Knesset opening session was buzzing with new faces, as 39 new Members of Knesset joined their veteran colleagues in the swearing in ceremony that took place in the Israeli parliament on Tuesday, March 31. New Likud MK Dr. Avraham Negusie, the only Israeli of Ethiopian origin to
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address to the United States Congress early this month may have been ill advised, but I’m among those who find it impossible to ignore what he said that Iran is threatening the very existence of Israel. Indeed, perhaps the deal now about to be struck in Switzerland
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Middle East, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Klezmer music has been around for a long time, and it’s been revived on both sides of the Atlantic. Now a Jewish fiddler in Wales in Great Britain has put a new spin on that old-time klezmer beat. Meet Helen Adam. I discovered her last year during one
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Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — As the calendar marches to Passover, we received today (March 31) from friends Abe and Bea Goldberg this YouTube video contemplating each of seven symbols of the holiday: Matzah, Four Cups of Wine, Charoseth, Maror, Karpas, Salt Water, and Roasted Egg. Wishing all of our readers a Hag
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Jewish ReligionJERUSALEM (WJC) — In a video message, the hacker group Anonymous has threatened Israel with an “electronic Holocaust” over the Passover holiday. The massive cyber attack on 7 April would fall just over a week before Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day on 16 April. The video shows a masked figure in a suit and tie delivering a prepared statement, warning that
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastAMSTERDAM (WJC)–According to new research Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who kept a diary about her life in Amsterdam hiding from the Nazis, died earlier in the Nazi camp Bergen-Belsen than previously believed. The conclusion was published on 31 March, the 70th anniversary of the official date of the deaths of Anne and her sister Margot that was set
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