By Rafael Medoff WASHINGTON, D.C. (JNS.org)– Ex-presidents seldom take an interest in Jewish affairs, with two notable exceptions. One is Jimmy Carter, who has repeatedly clashed with the Jewish community. Another is Herbert Hoover, an unlikely ally of the Jews who passed away 50 years ago this coming week (Oct. 20, 1964). Most ex-presidents have […]
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Middle East, USATemple Mount attack foiled after police storm Al-Aqsa mosque (JNS.org) Jerusalem Police units stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque compound early Monday and prevented dozens of masked assailants from carrying out a planned attack. The assailants had gathered on the Temple Mount with rocks and fireworks. Overnight, the assailants gathered weapons and prepared Molotov cocktails inside the
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Please be advised the following may be offensive to many readers. Those who should be wary of going further include American patriots, especially those Cold Warriors still anti-Russian, proponents of high moral virtues, individuals squeamish with the use of force, or who view collateral damage as the worst of evils. After great accomplishments
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastLOS ANGELES (Press Release)–American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU) has announced the appointment of Andrew Hoffer as associate director of its Southwest Region. Hoffer has nearly 20 years of experience in cultivating and securing major gifts, as well as organizing capital campaigns and special events for a broad range of education, healthcare and social service
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Twelve years after Wall Street Journal’s correspondent, Daniel Pearl, was brutally beheaded in Karachi, Pakistan by the Al-Qaeda-connected militant group, National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty, he continues to be memorialized world-wide. The Daniel Pearl Foundation, formed by Pearl’s family and friends, have promoted “Daniel Pearl World
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Eileen Wingard, San Diego CountyBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize for championing the right of girls to attend school in Pakistan. Unfortunately, 60 % of the girls in Pakistan are unable to read the news story about her award. * According to a recent Pew poll on religion in the United States, 72
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireFounding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America by Steven Waldman, published 2009. By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — While framing the United States Constitution, the Founding Fathers learned a startling fact about themselves and the States they represented: they were all Christians yet they were unable to define what that
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–There is something American about the most recent quarrel between Barack Obama and Benyamin Netanyahu. There are other things as well. A clash of strong egos, of the kinds required and nurtured by serious politics. And greatly different geopolitics. While Obama is required by his setting to play among the world leaders and
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education’s (CIJE) CIJE-Tech programs in San Diego and schools nationwide will add advanced 3-D printing and software design as part of the CIJE-Tech High School Engineering Program. Soille San Diego and the San Diego Jewish Academy will both offer the CIJE-Tech program with 3-D printing. The CIJE-Tech High School Engineering Program
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationTEL AVIV (Press Release)— Two years ago, Prof. Eshel Ben-Jacob of Tel Aviv University’s School of Physics and Astronomy and Rice University’s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics made the startling discovery that cancer, like an enemy hacker in cyberspace, targets the body’s communication network to inflict widespread damage on the entire system. Cancer, he found,
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Erin Philips SAN DIEGO – What do you get when you combine delicious food, sustainable business, and charitable giving, spiced up with a little competition? Top Green Chef 2014! On September 30, the Port of San Diego Green Business Network hosted its annual cook-off at the SDG&E® Energy Innovation Center. Now in its third
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Travel and FoodBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –Most American supporters of Israel believe that the US government has high regard for Israel and that it considers the Jewish State a valued ally and friend. And why might that be? Israel is the only true democracy in the Middle East. Israel shares “Judeo-Christian values” with America. Israel
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By Erin Philips SAN DIEGO – Violence? Check. Despair? Check. A typewriter and toasters? Check and check. The trope of brothers feuding goes as far back as Cain and Abel in the Book of Genesis. In Cygnet Theatre’s new production of playwright Sam Shepard’s True West, the story gains a new twist as the brothers,
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Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO —A law firm in Long Beach has filed a class action suit against a company that operates 57 nursing homes in California, including five facilities in San Diego County. The lawsuit incorporated declarations from the state attorney general’s office in another case to contend that by understaffing nursing homes,
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA