By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Having the pleasure of company from Israel, our correspondent Dorothea Shefer-Vanson and her husband Dr Yigal Shefer of Mevasseret Zion, I made certain that our itinerary on Sunday, March 30, included some of the attractions of Balboa Park. In particular, I wanted them to see how Israelis and American Jews work together to
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County
UC Santa Cruz Professor and cofounder of AMCHA Initiative, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, spoke about the alarming rise in campus anti-Semitism at T.E.A.M.’s 5th Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, March 30, at Congregation Beth Am in San Diego. Nicole Bernstein from StandWithUs and Jean-Jacques (“J.J.”) Surbeck, T.E.A.M. cofounder, also spoke at the event about what it takes to
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Michael Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO–You and your friends go out to a local bar for some relaxation time. You are standing at the bar with your buddies whom are are all chatting away with others none of you ever met before. Then it hits you. Nobody is talking with you. You’ve been waiting
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Michael Mantell
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy announces that Director and Founder, Dr. Charles Asher Small, is set to present a paper on antisemitism at the International Forum on Genocide, in Kigali, Rwanda, at Parliament taking place April 4 to 6, 2014. The conference is termed, “After Genocide:
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Travel and Food
NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday, March 31, expressed concern at the continuing failure of political leaders in Quebec to condemn the anti-Semitic and religiously intolerant statements alleging a “kosher tax” by Louise Mailloux, a candidate for the province’s National Assembly. Mailloux’s comment was made at a time when many in Quebec
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International, Jewish ReligionBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Check your newspaper, Twitter feed, or CNN. You will find the Malaysian airplane, Ukraine, the mudslide in Washington State, and in Washington, D.C. the terrible story of a missing 8-year-old girl. There is the occasional story about the Syrian civil war, the Central African Republic, or the declining U.S.
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
A: Who’s asking? SAN DIEGO (Press Release)- The off-Broadway hit show Old Jews Telling Jokes comes to San Diego for a five week run at the Lyceum Theatre downtown and is sure to make audiences laugh ’til they plotz. Performances run April 23 – May 25. Opening night is Wednesday, April 30. Co-created by Peter
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San Diego Calendar, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO (SDJW) —Music to Madness, the story of Komitas will premiere at San Diego State University. This documentary focuses on the career of Komitas (1869-1935), a brilliant Armenian composer, gifted singer, and tireless musicologist whose research preserved over 3,000 Armenian folk songs. He was arrested along with other Armenian intellectuals and leaders on April
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International, Lawrence Baron
NEWTON, Massachusetts (Press Release)– Opening Day rosters in Major League Baseball find nine Jewish players and one manager listed, and as Jewish players and fans approach the new season, they can do so with the confidence that members of “the Tribe” (not the Cleveland Indians), more then held their own last year. These and many
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Sports & Competitions, USA
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson SAN DIEGO –The JCCs (Jewish Community Centers) that are to be found in almost very town and city throughout North America provide a focal point for activities that reach out to Jews of all kinds, no matter what form or shape their convictions take. I was recently taken to visit the
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, USAJohn Kerry travels to Israel in bid to save Israeli-Palestinian conflict talks (JNS.org) Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Israel in an effort to prevent the collapse of the U.S.-brokered Israel-Palestinian conflict negotiations. After the fourth stage of Israel’s release of Palestinian terrorist prisoners was delayed Saturday, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Sunday
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International
RISHON LEZION, Israel (Press Release)–The College of Management- Academic Studies (COMAS) recently launched the Chinese Media Center at its School of Media Studies. The Chinese Media Center at the College of Management – Academic Studies is the first of its kind in the Middle East, joining only three centers in the world’s leading academic institutions–in
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – A number of suspects were apprehended in the early hours on this past Friday, March 28, in a joint operation by inspectors of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) Unit for the Prevention of Antiquities Robbery and police detectives and patrolmen. They were caught while in possession of eleven decorated stone ossuaries
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–Israel’s unemployment rate has dropped to a record low in February 2014, down to 4.9% compared to 5.4% in January for people aged 25-64. According to a seasonally adjusted study released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) last week, over 3.5 million people out of 8.1 million people are employed in
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