Green, Eldex & Cohen Lead Way in Count Southwestern Jewish Press, May 16, 1958, Page 5 First returns from County areas indicated increased giving to the United Jewish Fund Campaign. In the North County, Escondido, chaired by Ernest Green, was first to turn in results. “This area showed substantial increases and new gifts over last
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Ira T. Berkowitz, A Wolf in the Soul, Leviathan Press, ISBN: 978-1-881927-13-6, 461 pages, $19.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – My father, who would have been 104 years old today, July 4, loved to play this trick with Tank, our pet dog who was half Boxer, half German Shepherd. Dad would get a
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Donald H. HarrisonHigh school matriculation exams held in Sderot despite rocket fire (JNS.org) Many high school students in Sderot were forced to sit through their matriculation exams on Thursday under continual Color Red sirens as rocket fire continued from the Gaza Strip on southern Israel. Aviv Levy, a 10th grader who took his communications exam on Thursday,
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By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –On my recent visit to America, good friends asked me to explain why Israel continues to build settlements, “when peace is so close.” Fundamental to understanding why Israel continues to build homes in “settlements,” (communities located beyond the 1949 Armistice Line), is this reality: there will be no peace
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By Stanley Tiger SAN DIEGO– Regarding the recent vote by the Presbyterian Church (USA) to join the BDS – a.k.a. Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel: Perhaps the most sarcastic among us should be saying, with a quasi-sincere heart, “congratulations!” Your organization has finally bitten the poisoned apple, a process of seduction which has been
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California –When word came, like an advancing nightmare, that three Jewish teenagers had been abducted in the West Bank—a tortured, biblical landscape of stony hills and olive groves—we held little faith that they would ever see their parents again. Old men, so many of them wearing the garb of piety
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — “If indeed an Arab youth has been murdered for nationalistic motives, this is a horrifying, shocking act. There is no difference in blood. Murder is murder, whatever one’s nationality or age. There is no justification, no forgiveness and no atonement for any murder whatsoever.” These are not the
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Religious Viewpoint on “Right to Work”: The Protestant View Southwestern Jewish Press, May 16, 1958, Page 3 Rev. Andrew Juvinall, Pastor, First Methodist Church, Napa As Christians we are concerned with the spiritual and material well-being of our fellowmen. According to Jesus the decisive factor in God’s judgment of a man is the extent to
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Adventures in SD HistoryMemo to San Diego Jewish World readers From Donald H. Harrison, publisher SAN DIEGO–Summer time, it seems, is when much of the Jewish world goes on vacation. We know that many of our news sources plan to be off to other places between now and Rosh Hashanah. A lot of our readers are planning vacations
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — Immigration, Civil Rights and the murder of a Palestinian teenager were among the preoccupations of Jewish members (names in boldface type) of Congress in the week leading up to the nation’s Independence Day holiday on July 4th. U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) released a statement on efforts to address the humanitarian
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Congressman Eliot Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, urged Congress to find an immediate fix that would replenish the Highway Trust Fund before the current authorization expires. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx wrote a letter to transportation officials in all 50 states warning them
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USAWHITE PLAINS, NY (Press Release)– Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-New York), the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, was joined on a conference call this morning with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) National President Jan Withers and Rockland County Sherriff Louis Falco III to announce that she will be introducing a bill next week
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Science, Medicine, & Education
NORTH HAVEN, Connecticut (Press Release)– U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) stopped by a Target store here, and bought his favorite candy to commend Target Corporation on its recent decision to adopt a no-guns policy prohibiting customers from carrying guns in its stores, including stores in states with open-carry laws. _____________________________________________ Keeping Up With Jewish
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colorado), co-chair of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-New York), a leader in the fight for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993, announced on Wednesday, July 2, that they will introduce legislation in response to Monday’s Supreme Court ruling in Burwell v.
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