By Judy Piercey LA JOLLA, California — Leadership, faculty and staff at the University of California, San Diego are mourning the recent loss of two generous friends to the campus: philanthropists Miriam and Jerome Katzin. Married for more than 75 years, Miriam died on June 2; Jerome’s death followed less than two weeks later […]
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California – You think it’s just children who yearn for a good bedtime story? Who doesn’t love a good yarn read with shtick? Nu, a good accent, some great facial expressions and characters so familiar you’ll swear you are related by blood. North Coast Rep Theater hosted a very special
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Eva Trieger, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyKerry says the US will share information with Iran on Iraq crisis (JNS.org) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that the U.S. will share limited information with Iraq over the crisis in Iraq, but the two foes will not work closely together. “We are interested in communicating with Iran. That the Iranians know what
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International, Middle East, USADETROIT, Michigan (WJC) — A committee of the Presbyterian Church in the United States on Tuesday, June 17, adopted a resolution endorsing divestment from three American companies that allegedly “profit from Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands.” The Middle East Issues Committee voted by 45-20 to divest from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola Solutions. The resolution likely
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Travel and Food
By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON, D.C. — With House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s stunning loss last week, the highest-ranking Jewish Republican politician has suddenly been booted from power. But Cantor’s rise was almost as improbably swift. Elected in 2000 to represent Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, he was appointed chief deputy whip after only one
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Editor’s Note: Among the speakers at the memorial service Tuesday, June 17, for Jerome and Miriam Katzin were Marjory Kaplan, president and CEO of the Jewish Community Foundation; Rabbi Philip Graubart of the host Congregation Beth El; Katrina Kurnit, a granddaughter; Irwin Jacobs who described Jerry’s influence at Qualcomm; Dick Atkinson, former Chancellor at UCSD,
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San Diego County
NEW YORK (WJC) – The World Jewish Congress has denounced the social-media hate campaign, reportedly launched by Hamas supporters, to ridicule the three Israeli youths kidnapped by terrorists last week. “This disgusting campaign shows that the totalitarian death cult is alive and well in Palestinian politics,” said World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer. “The exploitation
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Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Some day Armstrong Gidongo will be an airplane pilot, but it’s debatable whether he will ever experience as exciting a trip as the eight-month solo journey that he took as a boy, not yet 18, from his impoverished village of Navugoya, Uganda, to Israel, where he hoped
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) released on Wednesday, June 18, the following statement in response to General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Barra’s testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations: “Especially in light of this week’s recalls of millions more vehicles, Mary Barra’s testimony today raised
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) is a cosponsor of S.Res.474 , which was approved unanimously by the Senate and commemorates Juneteenth 2014. The resolution includes specific recognition of Frederick Douglass who was born in the State of Maryland in 1818, escaped from slavery and became a leading writer, orator,
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minnesota) made the case at a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee meeting on Wednesday, June 18, for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United v. FEC and help fix our nation’s broken campaign finance system. At the meeting, he continued his fight to restore democracy to average Minnesotans
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Sens. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, hailed the success of buprenorphine, a medication that helps to block the craving for heroin, and they talked to public health officials, physicians, and patients at a Senate forum on Wednesday, June 18, about what steps can be taken to increase the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Representatives Jared Polis (D-Colorado) and Kevin Yoder (R-Kansas) announced on Wednesday, June 18, that the Email Privacy Act (HR 1852) has reached 218 cosponsors, signifying support from a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives. This bill would update the existing Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), which was written in
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USAWASHINGTON, DC. (Press Release) — U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer on Wednesday, June 18, called for the immediate release of the three teenage boys who went missing in Israel’s West Bank last Thursday. One of the boys, Naftali Frenkel, is a dual citizen of Israel and the United States. On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
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Middle East, USA