Bill advances for 4-year degrees at comm. colleges

SACRAMENTO (Press Release) — A bill aimed at closing California’s job skills gap by allowing community colleges to offer four-year degrees, where a local workforce need can be documented, was approved Thursday in the Senate Education Committee on an 8-0 bipartisan vote. Senator Marty Block (SD-39), who authored the legislation – SB 850 – described his measure […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Ukraine’s Deputy F.M. calls anti- Semitism ‘barbarism’

NEW YORK (Press Release) – Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Danylo Lubkivsky visited AJC headquarters in New York on Friday, April 25, only days after meeting in Kiev with an AJC delegation. Speaking at a breakfast with AJC leaders, including AJC President Stanley Bergman, Lubkivsky spoke passionately about the efforts of the Ukrainian government and people to achieve

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International

JNS news briefs: April 25, 2014

  Anti-Israel student group distributes mock eviction notices at NYU (JNS.org) The anti-Israel group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) distributed mock eviction to up to 2,000 students at New York University, claiming its notices mimic those that the Israel Defense Forces hands out in advance of home evictions of Palestinians. “We regret to inform

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International

Humoring the Headlines; April 24, 2014

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Georgia’s governor signed the “Guns Everywhere Law” which allows people with concealed weapons permits to bring guns into airports, bars, churches, schools, government buildings and parts of airports.  Although he heralded it as a victory for Second Amendment rights, Catholic Priests have expressed concern that their altar boys will be packing

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, February 21, 1958, Part 3

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

‘Up to the parties’ if Mideast deal possible — Kerry

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW)– U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and  Norway’s Foreign Minister Borge Brende met on a variety of issues on  Thursday, April 24, with the apparent breakdown of the Middle East  peace process clearly on everyone’s mind. Meeting the news media before their private discussion, Brende made a point of thanking Kerry

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Middle East, USA

Another poll shows voters favor universal pre- school

SACRAMENTO. California (Press Release) – On the heels of a Field Poll showing large majorities of registered California voters supporting universal preschool for all four-year old children, a new poll released Thursday, April 24,  by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) reflects similar public sentiment, as the Senate Democratic caucus presses early childhood education as a

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Science, Medicine, & Education

U.S. Jews have diverse reactions to Hamas- P.L.O. pact

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) – American Jewish organizations are debating what course Israel should take in the wake of the announcement that the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority has reconciled with the Gaza City-based Hamas organization, which remains committed to Israel’s destruction and is considered a terrorist organization. Some say Israel is right to terminate negotiations with the

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Middle East, USA