By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─Israel and Hamas honored two 72 hour ceasefires in the past week. In a related development Three Day Suit Broker announced that things were stable enough in the area for it to open branches in Israel and Gaza. * This week the world lost both Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall. […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
-Twentieth in a Series- By Donald H. Harrison CASCADE LOCKS, Oregon – Herman the Sturgeon is by far the biggest attraction at the Bonneville Fish Hatchery here. Approximately 70 years old, Herman is 10 feet long and weighs 450 pounds. He is midsize for his species, with some sturgeons having been known to grow to
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Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA
TEL AVIV (Press Release) – Despite tensions surrounding the war in Gaza, 338 new Olim (immigrants) from the United States and Canada arrived in Israel on Tuesday morning, August 12, on an Aliyah charter flight to Israel. The special Nefesh B’Nefesh flight was organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption and
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Middle East, USABy David Amos SAN DIEGO — The tragic death of comedian Robin Williams on August 11 reminded me of a personal story to share with you. You may know of my passion for humor. Not necessarily the kind that uses slapstick and shock, but humor that has a clever play on words, which provide the
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Travel and Food
SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – Following a scathing antisemitic statement released by the Union of Student Workers promoting the boycott of Israel and exclaiming the need to “educate” others on the “settler-colonial” and “apartheid” nature of the Jewish state, eleven groups, today, urged University of California President Napolitano to intervene and ensure that hate-filled
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Science, Medicine, & EducationKnown anti-Israel critic appointed head of UNHRC Gaza probe (JNS.org) Known anti-Israel critic William Schabas, a Canadian professor of international law, has been selected to head a three-person investigation by the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) into the Gaza conflict, which the Israeli government slammed as a “kangaroo court.” Schabas in the past has called
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Travel and FoodBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Operation ‘Protective Edge’ has generated various financial challenges for Israel’s economy, as the financial activity slowed down during the operation and the costs of the military campaign will weigh heavily on Israel’s upcoming annual budget. One of the Israel’s most known financial segments, its tourism, has taken a big
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — As I look around me this mid-August morning in 2014 I see a number of crap shoots, or games of chance. We can argue what historical events they reflect. Among the candidates are the establishment of Israel in 1948, the Arab Spring that began toward the end of 2010 with
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Laurie Baron August 11, 2014 (Tune : When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin Along) I’ve been sobbin ‘bout the death of Robin, today, today. I’ll recall the laughter, for ever after, oy veh, oy veh, Retell, retell his funny jokes, For all, for all us mourning folks. Ad lib, ad lib,
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Travel and Food
DENVER, Colorado (Press Release)– A generous gift from Colorado resident Francine Lavin Weaver has funded the first kosher retreat center in the Rocky Mountains, as part of Camp Ramah in the Rockies. Ramah announced the opening of the new Beit Kesher Retreat Center, which was dedicated on Sunday, August 3, with a festive opening
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Jewish Religion, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Jeff Deverett, a board Member and parent at San Diego Jewish Academy in Carmel Valley, will appear with his identical twin brother, Larry, at their book launch being held at SDJA on Monday, August 18, 2014 at 7:00 pm. In their book – Play or Pray – Jeff & Larry compare
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San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & EducationNEW YORK (Press Release)–The Foreign Press Association in Israel including almost 500 members from all parts of the media from 32 countries, issued a statement protesting “in the strongest terms the blatant, incessant, forceful and unorthodox methods employed by the Hamas authorities and their representatives against visiting international journalists in Gaza over the past month.”
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – As part of $300 million in grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) announced that $1.02 million would go to fight homelessness among veterans in San Diego. Vietnam Veterans of San Diego will be the recipient of the VA grant. “I have seen first
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San Diego County, USASACRAMENTO (Press Release) – San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis joined Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach and Senator Marty Block (D-San Diego) on Monday, Aug. 11, to urge passage of a bill to treat human trafficking crimes committed by gang members with the same severity as 33 other gang offenses and another measure
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San Diego County, USA