UCLA Chancellor opposes ‘no-Israel-trip’ pledge

LOS ANGELES (WJC)–Following months of debate, the chancellor of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) condemned efforts by pro-Palestinian groups to bar student council candidates from participating in trips to Israel sponsored by pro-Israel groups, the Israeli newspaper ‘Haaretz’ reports. The target of the chancellor’s criticism was a student-drafted joint statement of ethics, […]

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Travel and Food

An emotional surprise for a Lone Soldier from Colombia

    By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — Corporal Diego Tapia, 28, is not your typical IDF soldier. Born a Catholic in Bogota, Colombia, Diego discovered Judaism during his research in university, converted and immigrated to Israel. After completing tree years of study in Yeshiva in Jerusalem he enlisted in the IDF. Last Wednesday was a unique

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International, Middle East

AJC denounces Polish legislator over Holocaust payments

NEW YORK (Press Release) –AJC is enraged by a Polish lawmaker’s claim that Holocaust-era restitution by Poland should cease. MP Slawomir Kopycinski, of the Europa Plus party, called the Regulatory Commission for Jewish Communities “the fourth partition of Poland,” and said the government body should be shut. “Mr. Kopycinski’s claims are specious and completely divorced from

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International

Maccabi Electra electrifies Israel with basketball championship

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA)- For 10,000 Israeli basketball fans who filled the Mediolanum Forum Arena in Milan, Italy, as well as those who monitored broadcasts in Israel,  Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv’s win against Spain’s Real Madrid was a sweet victory. The championship game hit overtime with the final score 98-86, as Israel managed to cement a solid lead

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Sports & Competitions

San Diego celebrates Israel’s 66th birthday

Photo essay by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–As at any event celebrating Israel, there were precautions such as bags being checked by security personnel and uniformed San Diego Police officers walking  the festival grounds, but for all that, the mood at Israel’s 66th birthday celebration on Sunday, May 18, was considerably upbeat. The wildfires that had plagued San Diegans

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Donald H. Harrison

Israel upgrades Christian sites before Pope Francis’s visit

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — The Israel Ministry of Tourism is investing approximately NIS 10 million ($2.9 million) in marketing initiatives and infrastructure projects before, during and after the visit of Pope Francis to Israel, on May 25-26 May. The marketing investment is centered around the dedicated website for the Catholic Pilgrim (www.holyland-pilgrimage.org), including

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Middle East

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, March 21, 1958, Part 4

Attention Family Historians:  If you would like a JPG photo copy from the Southwestern Jewish Press of any “Adventures in San Diego Jewish History” article that has been reprinted on the San Diego Jewish World website, simply copy the website address of the article, and send it along with the article’s headline, with a $5 payment

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Adventures in SD History

Political corruption manifested in towering eyesore

  By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM–Over and above the scandal and shenanigans surrounding the prosecution, trial and eventual conviction for accepting bribes and betraying the voters’ trust by the erstwhile  mayor of Jerusalem and former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his associates is the very material existence of the building that lies at the heart of

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish History, Middle East

Palestinians, settlers, religious keep Israeli pot on simmer

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israel is a fascinating place, a hot house of domestic and international pressures. The cities we recently visited in Italy are more peaceful, and the wine good and not expensive, but I’m too old to learn Italian. We recently experienced incidents on three of the cultural boundaries that are always

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East