Author urges families, friends to record Survivors

By Jeffrey F. Barken/JNS.org As the generation of Holocaust survivors passes, writers and researchers acknowledge the urgent need to ask probing questions and preserve fading memories. Moving forward, in the absence of firsthand accounts, survivors’ descendants will need to assume responsibility for educating future generations about the genocide. In the modern era of self-publishing, the […]

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Jewish History

Creating a feeder program for the Model U.N.

The following essay was written by Jessica Cohen, a high school student participating in a U.S.-Israel Social Entrepreneurship Program cosponsored by the Rady School of Business at UCSD and the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles.  Between the period of April 13 and June 1, Cohen and other students in the program will attend five

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International, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Standard drugs for Huntington’s may be detrimental

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— People diagnosed with Huntington’s disease, most in their mid-thirties and forties, face a devastating prognosis: complete mental, physical, and behavioral decline within two decades. “Mutant” protein clusters, long blamed for the progression of the genetic disease, have been the primary focus of therapies in development by pharmaceutical companies. But according to

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Cantor: U.S- Asia relations must be a priority

TOKYO  (Press Release)– Congressman Eric Cantor, the Majority Leader in the House of Representatives,  made the following statement on Tuesday, April 22, during his visit to Japan: “We have a senior delegation of House Members who believe that America has global interests and support America’s engagement in the world. We support an America that leads. We welcome the

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International, USA

Netanyahu: PA can have peace with Hamas or with Israel

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met  at his office Wednesday, April 23,  with Austrian Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Minister Sebastian Kurz. Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on its website that, at the start of their meeting, PM Netanyahu said: “You’re coming at an important time. We’re trying to re-launch the negotiations with the Palestinians. Every

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Middle East

Tunisia now open to Israeli tourists

TUNIS (eturbonews.com) –The world became larger for tourists from Israel.  Against objections from around the Arabic world, Tunisian Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa announced Wednesday that the security authorities in his country have approved the entry of Israeli tourists to Tunisia. Tunisia’s tourism industry had been suffering after the revolution in that country, and saying Shalom

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Middle East

JNS news briefs: April 23, 2014

Netanyahu to Abbas: Choose between peace with Hamas or Israel (JNS.org) On Wednesday, a delegation representing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at reconciliation talks with Hamas in Gaza indicated that a major breakthrough had been achieved. Spokesmen on both sides indicated that a Palestinian unity government would be established within five weeks, and that parliamentary

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International

Tool found that may have been used to build the Kotel

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – The Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) has made an extraordinary archaeological finding: it has uncovered a Second Temple Era iron chisel, which may have served the builders of the Second Temple. Archaeologist Eli Shukrun, who heads the dig at the bottom of the Temple Mount near the Western Wall, stated that

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Parallels between crime bosses and political leaders

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — What links behavior in the underworld and international relations is what are called in international relations “spheres of influence.” The equivalent in the world of gangs and higher levels of business and warfare in the underworld are territories, or markets. Boardwalk Empire is a TV series centered in Atlantic City

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International, Ira Sharkansky

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, February 21, 1958, Part 2

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

Kerry certifies Egypt as a good strategic partner

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy on Tuesday, April 22, to inform him that he is certifying to Congress that Egypt is sustaining the strategic relationship with the United States – including by countering transnational threats such as terrorism and weapons proliferation – and

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Middle East, USA