Brandeis University’s double standard for black victims

By Moshe Phillips and Binyomin Korn PHILADELPHIA — The Brandeis University administration professes to be deeply concerned about the rights of black Africans. In the 1980s, it divested its holdings in companies that did business with the South African apartheid regime. In 2000, it invited Bishop Desmond Tutu to give its commencement address, despite Tutu’s […]

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education

Thailand captures Hezbollah operatives planning terror

NEW YORK (Press Release) — AJC praised Thai authorities for preventing a terror attack by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah on Israelis visiting the country. “Global terror requires global vigilance,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris on Friday, April 18.  “Thailand is a country that has recognized the threat and continues to cooperate with other like-minded nations in

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Travel and Food

JNS news briefs: April 18, 2014

Hezbollah terror plot against Israeli tourists in Bangkok foiled (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The investigation into two alleged Hezbollah terrorists arrested in Thailand recently was progressing swiftly, the Bangkok Post reported Thursday, as one of the suspects reportedly admitted to a planned attack on Israeli tourists in Bangkok’s popular Khao San Road tourist hub. There

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International

Zambian Jews help underwrite medical school

KITWE, Zambia (WJC) — The Copperbelt University School of Medicine in Zambia has received a 1 million USD donation from the Council of Zambian Jewry, an affiliate of the African Jewish Congress. The donation is to be used for the development of the medical campus, which opened doors in 2011. The school is currently based at theNdola Central

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education

Sister schools build on Jewish pioneer’s legacy

    By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –In an effort to promote international friendship, a Jewish organization on Thursday, April 17, presented a school teacher with round trip airline tickets to … Germany. The teacher, Skye Oluwa, a member of the faculty at Cabrillo Elementary School in the Point Loma area of San Diego,

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, February 7, 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

Sign ups being taken for Guardians golf & tennis tourney

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – Guardians of San Diego has announced that early bird registration for the 23rd Annual Golf & Tennis Tournament presented by The William Gumpert Foundation is now open. Those who register by May 30th will save $100 off full price of $500. Golfers age 35 or younger can register to play

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San Diego Calendar, Sports & Competitions

Crystal announces cruises with Jewish heritage emphasis

LOS ANGELES  (eturbonews) –With continued growing interest in its Jewish Heritage excursions, Crystal Cruises is expanding its spiritual offerings ashore for 2014 luxury European cruises. In Istanbul, a brand new Crystal Adventure ashore—offered with Crystal Serenity‘s May 7 and June 22 voyages—explores the city’s storied Jewish history and some of the most enduring spiritual landmarks, including: Centuries-old

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Travel and Food

ADL denounces Mayor Clevenger’s anti-Semitic slurs

ST. LOUIS (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is deeply disturbed that the mayor of Marionville, Missouri has publicly stated that he “kind of” agrees with the virulently anti-Semitic views of Frazier Glenn Miller, the man charged in the shooting deaths of three people outside two Jewish institutions in Overland Park, Kansas. In interviews with

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Jews from former Soviet Union to gather, learn in Moscow

MOSCOW, Russia (Press Release) – Over 1,000 Jewish participants, mainly from across Russia, will gather in Moscow, April 24-27 for the Limmud FSU Moscow conference, which is considered the largest Jewish gathering in the former Soviet Union. Limmud FSU conferences are also considered to be among the leading Jewish cultural events in the FSU, and provide

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