By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Rudy Shur, publisher and CEO of Square One in New York and a true mensch of the American book industry, was delighted to read a New York Times article recently about the AAP (American Academy of Pedriatrics) releasing a statement endorsing the practice of reading aloud to babies.
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Travel and FoodBy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — In a well-run library, books are not only organized, kept in good repair, new books of interest added, but also those of less interest are withdrawn. In looking over Temple Emanu-El’s library collection of biographies I noted that the shelves were full and perhaps it was time to consider
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Jewish History
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – The Israel Air Force (IAF) attacked twelve terrorist targets in Gaza over night in response to several rockets fired at Israeli civilian targets from Gaza over the weekend, including one rocket that landed on a factory in Sderot, wounding four and destroying the factory. Firefighters fought long and hard to
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Middle EastSACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) — Assemblymember Steve Fox (D-Palmdale) has announced that his Assembly Bill (AB) 1607 received unanimous bipartisan support from the Senate Public Safety Committee. The bill revises the Sexual Violent Predator (SVP) Act to make the process of conditional release of these offenders more transparent and allow input from the areas most
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USASACRAMENTO, California (Press Release)– Legislation authored by Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) to phase-out the use of micro-plastic beads in personal care products was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill, AB 1699, will prohibit the use of environmentally hazardous microbeads in personal care products, such as those for removing dead skin cells, starting
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Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareSACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) – The California Legislative Jewish Caucus has made the following statement regarding the recent kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank: “Our hearts, thoughts and prayers are with the parents, family members and friends of the innocent teenage Israeli boys kidnapped in the West Bank on June 12. The
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW)–Initiatives were announced on Thursday, June 26, in both the Senate and the House of Representatives to curb the ability of oil companies and speculators to force up gasoline prices in response to crises such as the one now occurring in Iraq. Senator Bernie Sanders was joined by 14 other Democratic senators– including
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on Thursday, June 26, applauded the Administration’s request to provide support to moderate elements of the Syrian opposition. Last year, Rep. Engel introduced the Free Syria Act, which includes provisions similar to the Administration’s request. “The Obama Administration’s
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-California), Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) and 11 Senate cosponsors pressed Senate leadership to allow a full Senate vote on their bipartisan bill to fix the broken system for funding wildfire suppression. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D- Nev., and Senate Minority Leader
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–A U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a Massachusetts law establishing a 35-foot protest-free buffer zone around abortion facilities drew comment from three Jewish Democratic women in Congress. U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) said: “It is distressing that the Supreme Court struck down an important Massachusetts law that protected women from violence
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) issued the following statement on Friday, June 27, to mark the one-year anniversary of the Senate’s passage of its bipartisan immigration bill: “There is no other country in the world for which immigration is so central to its history and its identity. And yet even though we
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) on Thursday, June 26, introduced the Medicare Advantage Participant Bill of Rights Act, legislation that would protect Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries from losing their providers in the middle of the year or without cause. Blumenthal is an original cosponsor of the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Richard Friedman, an Ohio man who uses some of his free time to pen warnings about climate change issues, is the author of a novel, Escape from Canamith, and while it’s part sci fi and fantasy, it also fits neatly into the rising new genre of climate
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The World We Share
NEW YORK (Press Release)- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has congratulated U.S. Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-New York) for the successful passage of her Protect Cemeteries Act (H.R. 4028) in the House of Representatives. If Meng’s bill is next approved by the Senate (S. 2466) and signed by the President, the International Religious Freedom Act