Israel seeking recognition of Yom Kippur as U.N. holiday (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel has launched a campaign to have Yom Kippur recognized as an official holiday on the United Nations calendar. The U.N. officially recognizes 10 holidays, including Christmas and Eid al-Fitr. Absent from the official holidays is a Jewish one. A holiday at
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Politics being what it is, not every day is a time for celebration. Not even in the Promised Land. A lower court has concluded its work on the files of Ehud Olmert and several of his cohorts in one cluster of the charges pending against the former Prime Minister. There
By Zev Hurwitz LA JOLLA, California — The May 14 meeting of the Associated Students at UCSD —the governing student body —unanimously passed a resolution in support of a joint project brought forward by the Union of Jewish Students and the Muslim Student Association to establish kosher and halal dining facilities on campus. Over the past
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As San Diego County reeled under the impact of nine separate wild fires that burned more than 9,100 acres on Wednesday, May 14, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis issued strong warnings against looting, price gauging, and scamming by anyone who would “revictimize those who have been victimized already.” Noting
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– San Diego REPertory Theatre (San Diego REP) hosts the 21st annual Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival from May 20 to June 18. Headlining the festival is a special one night only performance of selections from the upcoming world premiere Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin. Along with a full slate
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Gary Weitzman, president and CEO of the San Diego Humane Society and SCPA, joined Sally Costello, executive director of the Escondido Humane Society, on Wednesday, May 14, to announce their two organizations have agreed to merge “with a goal of saving the most vulnerable animals in our community.” They said their “community
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San Diego CountyNEW YORK (Press Release) – Local Jewish veterans of the Soviet Red Army, representatives of the Israeli government, and Jewish community dignitaries will convene at the United Nations May 21 to usher in a new Jewish holiday celebrating the rescue of European Jewry in 1945. Israel’s UN Ambassador Ron Prosor, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Faina
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – As part of a torrent of criticism pouring into the Federal Communications Commission, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) yesterday delivered to the FCC nearly 19,000 comments from consumers demanding a free and open Internet. In advance of a Thursday meeting of the FCC, Sanders had invited visitors to use a form on his Senate
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) –As part of a Congressional Delegation to the Middle East and Asia focused on terrorism, homeland security and the war in Syria, Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) had separate meetings with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, President Abdullah Gul and other Turkish high government officials. In his meeting with the Prime Minister,
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Middle East, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– In celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month and as part of its ongoing commitment to cultural diversity and responsible banking, Union Bank, N.A., has partnered with KPBS to honor three extraordinary Jewish Americans as local heroes. The 2014 Jewish American Heritage honorees are: Helene Bortz and Myrice Goldberg, co-founders of San
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San Diego CountyJERUSALEM (Press Release) –Israel’s President Shimon Peres on Wednesday, May 14, sent a letter of condolence to his Turkish counterpart President Abdullah Gül in the wake of the mining disaster near Soma, Turkey, where at least 245 people were believed killed following a mine explosion. Peres wrote: “Your Excellency, “I wish to extend my deepest condolences,
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Middle EastBy Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — Some 20 years ago, 12-year-old Ted, on a trip to San Francisco, was taken into a restaurant in Chinatown. The boy saw the menu, and in a loud voice said: “Chinese food? I hate Chinese food. I don’t even like the Chinese!” Then he noticed all the Asians glaring at him. He
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Joe Gandelman, Sports & Competitions, USA
By Rachel E. Gross Long ago, a few Jewish foods made themselves an indispensable part of the way Americans eat. So thorough was their assimilation that their popularity swiftly overshadowed their cultural origins. (These days, who thinks “Jewish” when they reach for their bagel and schmear?) In recognition of these culinary superstars, Moment editors put
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Jewish Religion, USA
By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn PHILADELPHIA — Mahmoud Abbas’s choice of peace with Hamas over peace with Israel “surprised officials in Washington,” the New York Times recently reported. According to the Washington Post, the Obama administration was “apparently taken unawares” by the PA’s move. It’s not the first time that U.S. officials were caught
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