BGU engineers take 2nd place at int’l fair in Turkey

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — Three Israeli students from Ben Gurion University of the Negev won second place at the International Cultural and Academic Meeting of Engineering Students conference (ICAMES), a world-wide engineering project competition organized by the Engineering Society of Bogazici University in Istanbul. Gilad Keizler, Yuval Ben Zion and Nimrod Shalit’s final project in

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Humoring the Headlines: May 20, 2014

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The United States Department of Justice has caught five Chinese officials of hacking into the computer sites of five American incorporations.  Further investigations have revealed that they are also eavesdropping on internet publications like The San Diego Jewish … 我们正在听. * The Air Force has readied planes in case the State

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Bulgaria’s PM predicts terrorists who killed 5 Israelis will be caught; calls Israel ‘close ally’

    JERUSALEM (WJC) — Bulgaria’s leader has said his country was making progress in hunting down the terrorists responsible for the July 2012 terrorist attack in Burgas in which five Israelis were killed. “I perceive that soon we will be able to bring to justice those who are to be blamed for this terrorist

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International, Middle East

House votes gold medal for Peres

WASHINGTON, DC  (Press Release)– Congressman Joe Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) and Congressman Trent Franks (R-Arizona) announced  that legislation to honor Israeli President Shimon Peres with the Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2939) passed the House of Representatives by voice vote on Monday, May 19.  The bill was introduced last year by Rep. Kennedy and Rep. Franks in the

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Middle East, USA

P.A. invests two more lives to stir the political pot

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Palestinian organizations got just what they wanted from this year’s celebration of Nakba, what they call the disaster of Israel’s creation in 1948. Videos show enraged young men and boys, and some women throwing stones at nearby soldiers, and using slingshots of the David vs Goliath variety to hurl their rocks

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

ZOA upbraids Obama, Christie for what they didn’t say

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — There are sins of commission, and, especially  in the eyes of the Zionist Organization of America, there also are grave sins of omission.  The ZOA on Monday, May 19, faulted President Barack Obama, a Democrat, for what he didn’t say when he participated in the opening of the

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, USA

Faulconer praises Emerald; she praises EMS workers

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) –Mayor Kevin Faulconer, in his inaugural issue of The Mayoral Monthly issued May 19, praised 9th District City Councilwoman Marti Emerald in two separate articles. Emerald, a member of the Jewish community, was cited for her work as chair of the Council’s Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee, in implementing Faulconer’s “One

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San Diego County

Blumenthal praises NTSB’s railroad safety recs

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) released on Monday, May 19, the following statement after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Metro-North urging the agency and railroad to remove an exemption that lets busy commuter railroads inspect their tracks several at a

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USA

Engel: Russian persecution of Crimean Tartars continues

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)— U.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-New York)  released the following statement commemorating the 70th anniversary of the deportation of more than 200,000 Crimean Tatars from their homeland in Crimea. “Seven decades ago, more than 200,000 Crimean Tatars were forced from their homeland in Crimea by Soviet forces. Nearly half of those

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International, USA

Feinstein praises S.D. firefighters, urges precautions

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—In response to the ongoing wildfires in San Diego County, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) released the following statement on Monday, May 19: “This has been a very difficult week for San Diego County. I thank all the firefighters who risk their lives to safeguard other lives and property. Your efforts are greatly

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Travel and Food

Franken ‘skeptical’ over AT&T plan to purchase DirecTV

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) made the following statement on Monday, May 19, in reaction to AT&T’s proposed deal to purchase DirecTV for almost $50 billion: “I’m skeptical that this deal is in consumers’ best interest,” said Sen. Franken. “We’re witnessing a major transformation of the telecom industry—and it’s going in exactly the wrong

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Travel and Food