WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, placed a statement into the Congressional Record on his recent trip to Ukraine and Afghanistan. In his statement, Levin proposes a series of steps to aid Ukraine to halt aggressive Russian behavior, including expediting aid such as fuel and
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) on Thursday, May 1, called on the federal Department of Transportation (DOT) to fine any airline that refuses to fly a person from America to a country that they have legal right to enter. Federal law prohibits discrimination by air carriers on the
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Travel and FoodA Shepherd’s Song: Psalm 23 and the Shepherd Metaphor in Jewish Thought by Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel, Kodesh Press, New York, NY; ISBN 978-0-61599-132-0 ©2014, $22.95, p. 360, plus Notes and Index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Psalm 23 is arguably the most well known of the one hundred fifty psalms. Its opening
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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has announced Senate confirmation of Cynthia Ann Bashant to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California, headquartered in San Diego. Senator Feinstein recommended Bashant to the White House for this position last year. “I am very pleased that Cynthia Bashant, whom I recommended
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) on Thursday, May 1, introduced a resolution condemning the April 14 abduction of as many as 234 Nigerian school girls by the terrorist group Boko Haram. While local officials have reported that
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International, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO– It wasn’t just about the man’s brutish verbal treatment of the extraordinary African American athletes who have helped grow his treasury in tandem with his ego. He clearly disdains the humanity and aptitude of his youthful mistress, has no respect for his marriage, and generally dwells in a byzantine
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Sports & CompetitionsNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Thursday strongly condemned the spate of “Price Tag” attacks in Israel, welcomed the commitment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue the perpetrators, and called on Israeli law enforcement to enhance crackdown efforts against those responsible. The so-called Price Tag attacks are carried out by extremist
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Middle East, USA
MOSHAV AMINADAV, Israel (Press Release) — On April 24th a group of kindergarteners from an Israeli elementary school visited a kindergarten class in a nearby school to deliver an olive tree to plant in their school yard. Not exactly the kind of event you’d find making front page news these days. Not unless you realize
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Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– Americans for Peace Now (APN) is appalled and deeply disappointed at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organization’s failure to accept J Street, an important player in the pro-Israel arena, into its ranks. As one of a handful of members of the Conference who focus on peace and security
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Middle East, USA
SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — He’s still a political science student at the Open University in Jerusalem, but Amotz Eyal, 27, has a tremendous list of accomplishments to his credit — including the founding of the Tazpit News Agency, Israel’s only wire service. Eyal will give a free lecture on the news media of Israel
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Middle East, San Diego CalendarTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, May 1, made the following remarks during his tour of Independence Hall in Tel Aviv: “The Declaration of Independence sets, as the cornerstone in the life of the state, the national Jewish identity of the State of Israel. To my great regret, as we have
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Middle EastBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The season’s final Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices program will take place Tuesday evening, 7:00 p.m. , May 6, in the Astor Judaica Library, Lawrence Family JCC. The featured poets are all published writers. Lee Ben Yehuda has several books of poetry to her credit. Myla Lichtman Fields sings some
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Travel and FoodBy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — In my early years I was a confirmed pacifist. At Cornell University in the 30s I proudly wore a 2% button. Exactly what the 2% represented has been lost in the folds of memories I recall that the Oxford University Union adopted a resolution about 2% of
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