NEW YORK (Press Release) — AJC welcomed the successful conclusion of the fifth annual Germany-Israel bilateral consultations. A large German delegation led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, including 16 Cabinet ministers, visited Israel for two days. They engaged in intense discussions on a wide range of issues with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Cabinet “The […]
NEW YORK (Press Release)– On February 19 in Jerusalem, the LEGAL GROUNDS group, which is educating Israelis about and campaigning for Israel’s rights to all of the lands of the Jewish State, including the areas located beyond ‘the Green Line,’ presented its case at the Knesset. This was in the context of a discussion about
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Travel and Food
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has welcomed reports that the National Football League is considering how to discourage the use of offensive slurs during the course of games. The NFL’s Competition Committee reportedly is contemplating a policy that would penalize a player 15 yards for using discriminatory language — including the
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Travel and FoodBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Many powerful lessons are learned first-hand. Others are absorbed through observation and osmosis. Still, other maxims are taught us by loved ones and internalized until they become like a codon in our own discrete DNA. Wiesenthal a one-man play conveys many things, but most pointedly, a rejection of collective
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Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The San Diego Diplomacy Council and the Women’s Museum of California will be hosting a Global Social Gathering 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on March 12. At the event there will be 17 U.S. Department of State sponsored visitors from Angola, Armenia, Croatia, Denmark, Iceland, India, Israel, Madagascar, Nepal, Nigeria,
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San Diego CountyAttention 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
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NEW YORK (Press Release)— The Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), a large-scale biomarker study sponsored by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), is expanding to study individuals with genetic mutations associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD), including individuals within the Ashkenazic Jewish community. In San Diego, lead investigator Douglas Galasko, MD, Professor of
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Science, Medicine, & EducationChristians legally granted separate representation from Muslim Arabs (JNS.org) A bill that allows the Israeli government to legally recognize Arab Christians as a separate national identity for the first time has passed the Israeli Knesset. The law, which passed 31-6 on its third reading, allows Arab Christians to identify solely as Christian, separate from the
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International
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– – The Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus will host the JCC Patron Party Annual Gala this Saturday, March 1, from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at Neiman Marcus in the Fashion Valley Mall, 7057 Friars Road, in San Diego. This year’s theme is “Your Luxury Adventure Awaits You!”
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JERUSALEM – Israel’s General Security Service (GSS) announced Monday, Feb. 24, that it has arrested 15 Arabs who were members of a Hamas terror cell that operated against civilian traffic on route 443, a major road connecting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The terrorists, all resident of the village of UR-Tahtah in their late twenties and
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Middle EastNEW YORK (WJC) — The World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder said Monday he looks forward to a democratic and peaceful future for Ukraine. “We hope and expect that all members of the new Ukrainian interim government will promote equal rights for all citizens and harmony among Ukraine’s diverse communities,” Lauder said. “We are
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InternationalBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM —Yesh Atid, the political party led by Yair Lapid, has tried to assert its pluralist and vaguely secular nature (despite its Members of Knesset who’re Orthodox) by promoting legislation to compel Orthodox men to serve in Israel’s army. So far, as pointed out by one of the ultra-Orthodox (haredi) parliamentarians
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Middle East
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―The Sochi Winter Olympics ended Sunday. Russia won the most medals, but lost a valuable ally. In a related story, Russia accused the new interim Ukrainian government of using “terrorist methods” to intimidate the Russian speaking minority in the Ukraine. Discerning something familiar in the Russian condemnation, fact checkers found the
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines Humane as “being marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals.” This is a good description of Dr. Gary Weitzman, president and CEO of the San Diego Humane Society and co-host of Animal House on NPR. Giving back to society and helping animals
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Mimi Pollack, The World We Share