By Ambassador Eric Edelman & Ambassador Dennis Ross Co-Chairs, Gemunder Center Iran Task Force WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than three months since the implementation of the interim deal with Iran over its nuclear program, formally known as the Joint Plan of Action (JPA), we thought it valuable to offer an assessment of the impact of the agreement. […]
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International, Middle East
By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — The first time I saw City Ballet of San Diego was in 2006. The performance was at a less than optimal venue with taped music. The Company was small but the dancing was neat, clean, energetic and full of possibility. On May 11, 2014, a mere eight years later, twenty-four
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San Diego County
By Robert Slater with Wesley G. Pippert Moment Magazine By now, most Americans have heard of Sheldon Adelson’s 2012 ambitions to sway the American electorate and his current efforts to influence the selection of the 2016 Republican presidential candidate. Much less is known about the Las Vegas casino magnate’s growing influence in Israel. There, the
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Middle East
SAN DIEGO — Qualcomm co-founder Andrew Viterbi was the subject of an interesting Q&A column by Steve Chapple in the U-T business section of May 12. Among other things Viterbi had to say were that in the future, people’s refrigerators may keep track of food items and electronically message supermarkets to have needed foodstuffs
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San Diego County
By Janice McCafferty CHICAGO — After seven rounds of intense and emotional IVF procedures, Stephanie Arnold became pregnant with her second child in October of 2012. All was fine until her 20th week ultrasound. Stephanie became overwhelmed with premonitions of her own death. She best explains this feeling as something that made every cell in
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO–Before I begin, I must start with a disclaimer: I think everyone should have a comprehensive financial plan. After all, if you don’t have a coordinated plan to reach your goals, how will you get there? A comprehensive financial plan is appropriate at any stage of life. It is not meant
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Sheryl Rowling
RIGA, Latvia (WJC) — The sign with the German term ‘judenfrei‘, which was used by the Nazi occupiers during World War II, was seen posted on the outside gate of the Pucite pre-school in Riga which is reportedly owned by the far-right lawmaker Imants Paradnieks. The Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism further reported that Paradnieks was asked last Tuesday via Twitter if the
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InternationalNetanyahu talks Israeli technology in Japan (JNS.org) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Japan on Sunday, kicking off a four-day trip meant to strengthen the Israel-Japan relationship. Netanyahu’s meetings during the visit are focusing on Israeli technological developments, particularly in the fields of cyber technology, water conservation, alternative energy, and biotechnology, according to Israel Hayom.
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International
JERUSALEM (WJC) — Israel has joined the international bid to find the 223 schoolgirls abducted by a group of Islamist terrorists in Nigeria four weeks ago. “Israel expresses deep shock at the crime against the girls,” Benjamin Netanyahu’s office quoted the Israeli prime minister as telling Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in a telephone conversation. “We
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International, Middle EastBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –It’s not every day that Time magazine recognizes what a lone word coiner in Taiwan has done by coming up with a new literary genre term dubbed “cli fi” by yours truly. Yes, the May 19 issue of the weekly magazine gave a quiet shout out and reporter Lily
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The World We ShareBy Ronn Torossian NEW YORK–The new book by Hillel Halkin, Jabotinsky: A Life (Yale University Press) was unlike any other book I had ever consumed about a man I consider to be a personal hero, Ze’ev Jabotinsky. Jabotinsky helped shape my life, my Judaism – even though I was born 34 years after his death. Growing up
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Jewish History, Middle East
Photo and story by Debra Rubin/JNS.org NEW YORK — The Shabbat of Memorial Day weekend later this month will mark a first in American Jewish life: Three New York City congregations representing the three major U.S. Jewish movements will daven from the same prayer book. Produced by the Jewish Welfare Board (JWB) Jewish Chaplains Council
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Jewish Religion, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Jewish Federation of San Diego thanked and recognized State Senator Marty Block for “standing up for what’s right.” It noted that Block, a San Diego Democrat, had issued the following statement following disclosure that eighth students in the Rialto, California, school district had been asked to write an essay debating
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Jewish History
Ben G. Frank, Klara’s Journey, Marion Street Press, © 2013, ISBN 978-1-936863-47-1, 222 pages, $17.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –According to computerized calculations, it is 707 miles between Odessa and Moscow, and another 3,989 miles from Moscow to Vladivostok. But those are air miles, not rail miles, and the figures can’t account for
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Donald H. Harrison