By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—A video of U.S. President Barack Obama eating lunch at Charmington’s Restaurant in Baltimore with several women including the restaurant’s managing partner, Amanda Rothschild, was distributed by the White House during the week leading up to the President’s State of the Union Address on January 20 in which he called
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Donald H. Harrison, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–In the post-World II Poland of my childhood it was dangerous for Jews – as it had been before the Holocaust – to walk in the streets lest thugs attacked them. That’s why I wasn’t sent to a local school when we returned from the Soviet Union in 1946 but had
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Middle EastBy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — Hanna Armoni’s Are You Waiting for Eliahu?: The Story of a Woman Freedom Fighter, 1942-1948 (Yair Publishing, 2007) is a book with a difficult autobiographical story to tell. As a youngster living in pre-Israel Palestine, she joined the Lehi, one of several underground insurgency groups determined to oust the British
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The UN may do good somewhere, but the case would take some convincing. Its people are spread throughout the Third World. All told, they are probably not worse than the governments they are meant to help. We often see UN vehicles and personnel in our neighborhood. They are here to help the
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USACompiled by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Death, and whether we have a right to it on our own time and in our own way, are questions facing the California State Legislature. It is sure to be controversial among those who have religious objections and those who believe some patients might be pressured into
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Donald H. Harrison, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California –Every once in a while you run into someone you’ve never seen before who winds up making a home in your soul. Days after the encounter, when you are situated comfortably in your home, it becomes clear that you will likely never see that person again. A gaping distance,
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USACompiled by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The rumors and “not for attribution” comments are far outdistancing what U.S. officials have put on the record concerning President Barack Obama’s alleged anger with Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for agreeing to speak before a Joint Session of Congress, now planned March 3. So let’s go
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, officials from the U.S. Consulate in East Jerusalem attended a Palestinian protest over Israel’s removal of olive trees illegally planted in the West Bank. Coordinated with the Palestinian Authority [PA] but not Israel, the Consulate personnel ended up clashing with Israelis living nearby. It was, perhaps, the
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — As soon as Purim draws nigh, my wife Judy begins to anguish about Pesach. Although Passover is one of her favorite holidays, it is quite labor intensive. Judy not only needs to change the dishes and prepare for the seder, she also has to rid the house of
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Time for the old joke again. In the early days of Israel, when the country was in dire economic straits, it was suggested that the Jewish state should declare war against the United States. The Americans would win, of course, and thus be obliged to provide for Israel. That
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Middle East, USAMossad distances itself from report that it opposes new Iran sanctions (JNS.org) Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency distanced itself from a report that it opposes new American sanctions against Iran. Bloomberg News reported Thursday that Mossad Director Tamir Pardo told U.S. representatives visiting Israel this week that applying sanctions on Iran now, when negotiations on the
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International, Middle East, USABy Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — The Hebrew word “beyachad” (together) typifies the Israeli approach to innovating a better world. Israel and the US continue to move closer together economically. The Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation recently approved $8.3 million in new funding for 11 projects where US and Israeli companies are
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