By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The windows of the upper floor of my house look out towards the hill in the Judaean Mountains known as the Castel, which is today the site of a national park. It is green in winter and grey-brown in summer. I love to paint the view, which is
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastJordan: IDF helped us destroy Israeli spy devices from 1969 (JNS.org) Jordan’s military chief revealed Tuesday that what was previously identified as an archaeological dig near Aljoun University in northern Jordan was in fact a joint Jordanian military and Israel Defense Forces intelligence operation to remove Israeli listening devices placed there in 1969. In a
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The most pressing issue that raises the will he or won’t he question concerns President Obama and American troops. It’s shaping up not as will he or won’t he, but how will he do it? His promise to avoid the use of American troops is clear, and repeated too many times to be discarded
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By David Amos SAN DIEGO — On September 20, my wife Lee and I were in Seattle and attended the memorial service for the recently departed Peter Eros, age 82. You may remember him. He was the resident conductor of the San Diego Symphony in the 1970’s and the early 80’s. I was most surprised
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Travel and FoodBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The sentencing retrial of Jodi Arias will begin this week because Nancy Grace needs another story to outrage her on her television show. * Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong against China’s decision to only allow only candidates it has approved to appear on the ballot in the upcoming election for
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Readers of San Diego Jewish World are familiar with Dorothea Shefer-Vanson through her columns that she sends from the Jerusalem suburb of Mevasseret Zion. They often focus on Israel’s lively music scene. The reporter also is a fine novelist, her latest work being Time Out of Joint: The
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Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-VansonTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Because heart cells cannot multiply and cardiac muscles contain few stem cells, heart tissue is unable to repair itself after a heart attack. Now Tel Aviv University researchers are literally setting a new gold standard in cardiac tissue engineering. Dr. Tal Dvir and his graduate student Michal Shevach of TAU’s Department
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
NEW YORK (Press Release) — American Jewish World Service has announced that Alon Shalev will serve as the Executive Director of the San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California, the Pacific Northwest and Colorado. American Jewish World Service is a Jewish organization that promotes human rights and works to end poverty in the developing world. As executive director,
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International, USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release) — HonestReporting announced Tuesday, Sept. 30, that Elijah Granet, 19, from San Diego, is the winner of the third Blankfeld Award for Media Critique. It was a unanimous decision to give this year’s award to San Diego native Elijah Granet, currently majoring in Political Science and Talmud at Columbia University and the
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San Diego CountyHamas official details possible prisoner swap with Israel (JNS.org) Hamas and Israel may be on the verge of signing a deal that would involve the release of top Hamas officials and operatives in exchange for the remains of fallen Israeli soldiers. According to a post on Hamas official Mushir al-Masri’s Facebook page, the terrorist organization
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Travel and Food
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (WJC) — In his speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations on Monday, Sept. 29, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the threat posed by Hamas and ISIS reached far beyond Israel as Islamic militants across the globe shared the same goal of world domination. “Last week, many countries here rightly
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International, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) – The American Jewish Committee (AJC_ hailed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address on Monday, Sept. 29, to the UN General Assembly. “Prime Minister Netanyahu powerfully spoke truth to power to the other 192 members of the United Nations,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris. Netanyahu warned that Iran is proceeding on
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)- Following the speeches delivered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, Sept. 29, and by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday, before the United Nations General Assembly in New York, APN released this statement: Speaking before the UN General Assembly, flinging accusations and mutual recriminations, Prime Minister Netanyahu and President
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Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Beth Israel of San Diego Men’s Club will welcome Lou Israel Dunst, Holocaust survivor, as its guest speaker at the October 22nd Dinner Forum. Dunst will share his experience and tales of survival living through five concentration and labor camps and how he eluded certain death in two different Gas Chambers in Auschwitz
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