Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, May 2, 1958, Part 2

What’s In A Name? Southwestern Jewish Press, May 2, 1958, Page 3 The Senate subcommittee on immigration had two long lists of “foreign-sounding” names read to it. The first was supplied by William Furlong, representing the son of the American Revolution. They were culled from newspapers, he said, and were “the names of notorious gangsters, […]

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Franken: Use private industry to fix VA’s IT problems

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and a bipartisan group of Senators have called on the President to enlist the private sector in helping to fix the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) broken scheduling system. In a letter, Sen. Franken pressed the Obama Administration to engage leaders from the private sector

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Bennet accuses House of dragging feet on immigration

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–With the one-year anniversary of Senate passage of its bipartisan immigration bill approaching, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) is once again calling on the U.S. House of Representatives to take action. “Our immigration system is broken. That’s something that both Republicans and Democrats agree on. Yet, the House of Representatives continues to

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, May 2, 1958, Part 1

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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Israel announces 1,500 housing starts in disputed areas

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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Belgium to beef up campaign against anti- Semitism

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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