Editor Seeks Assembly Post Southwestern Jewish Press, May 2, 1958, Pages 1, 6 Maxwell Kaufman, Editor and Publisher of the Southwest Anglo-Jewish Press in San Diego, is a Democratic candidate in the 79th District. He has been a resident of San Diego since 1941. During World War II he operated the second largest U.S.O. Club […]
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Adventures in SD History
SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Two Jewish San Diego County residents — Charles Wax and Linda Sax — have shared their families’ connections to the D-Day Invasion on June 6, 1944, that led to the defeat of Germany and the fall and repudiation of Nazism. Charles Wax, president of Waxie Sanitary Supply, wrote in a
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International, San Diego County
NORMANDY, France(Press Release) – In ceremonies at Omaha Beach and Sword Beach in Normandy, U.S. Rep. Susan A. Davis paid tribute to World War II veterans, including her father who served in the European theater, on the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. “In commemorating this longest day of war on
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International, USABy Morton A. Klein and Daniel Mandel NEW YORK — Last week, Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah/Palestinian Authority (PA) formed a unity government with the Nazi-like Hamas terror organization. Hamas, a U.S.- and EU-recognized terrorist group, calls in its Charter for the global murder of Jews (Article 7) and the destruction of Israel (Article 15), while its
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Middle East, USA
JERUSALEM (UWI)– Israeli officials are profoundly disturbed by the US administration’s decision to work with the Palestinian unity government, which includes Hamas, a terrorist organization bent on the destruction of the Jewish State. The response on Thursday, June 5, to American recognition of the new Palestinian government was the announcement of construction of new homes
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Middle East
SOFIA, Bulgaria (WJC) — During the Shavuot holiday, anti-Semitic graffiti was daubed on the notice board of the Central Synagogue in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia, the Jewish umbrella body Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” reports. The security cameras of the synagogue captured one of the perpetrators, and police later arrested four people aged between
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International
BRUSSELS (WJC) – The leaders of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and of the Belgian Government has agreed to work together on issues related to improving Holocaust education and the fight against anti-Semitism, racism and terrorism. At meetings in Brussels on Monday, June 2, between a WJC solidarity mission comprised of 38 Jewish leaders with Belgium’s Prime
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International
NEW YORK (WJC)–The Latin American branch of the World Jewish Congress is urging the international soccer governing body FIFA to keep one minute’s silence in honor of the victims of the AMIA terrorist attack before the match between Argentina and Iran at the World Cup in Brazil. In a letter sent to FIFA President Joseph
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsIsraeli satellites to be eyes in the sky for international disaster aid (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel will start providing satellite data as well as images that will help rescuers operate at disaster scenes around the world, increasing the nation’s contribution to international search and rescue efforts. The idea for Israel’s satellites to serve as
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International
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– I’ve written several times about Isaweea (or Isawiya), the Bedouin-Arab village or Jerusalem neighborhood whose border is about 200 meters from my balcony. I have never visited Isaweea during our 22 years of residence in French Hill. Arab friends and students have urged me to stay away, and two near lynchings
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – A ten-year-old minor was almost arrested Tuesday morning (Jun. 3) by Israeli police after prostrating himself on the Temple Mount, and by doing so ‘breaking the rules’ laid down by the police for Jewish worshipers on the Mount. The boy’s mother shared with Tazpit News Agency the events that
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Senator Michael Bennet on Thursday, June 5, welcomed the continued focus on federal wildfire mitigation and firefighter training programs in a hearing held by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The panel heard from local, state, and federal officials about how Congress can help boost fire prevention and response
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In response to the recent mass shooting in the Isla Vista community near Santa Barbara, U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, both California Democrats, on Thursday, June 5, introduced The Pause for Safety Act – legislation that will encourage states to empower families and others with new tools to
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– Senator Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) and his colleagues in the Senate have received dozens of endorsements through petitions and letters in support of the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act introduced on May 6, 2014, which would allow those with outstanding student loan debt to refinance at the lower interest rates
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA