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Israeli Cabinet ponders PA’s increased antiSemitism

January 6, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM — The Cabinet, during its weekly meeting yesterday (Jan. 5), discussed the harsh incitement, the culture of hatred and Antisemitism orchestrated by the Palestinian Authority. Intelligence Affairs Minister Dr. Yuval Steinitz and the Director General of his ministry, Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Yossi Kuperwasser, presented the annual “Palestinian Incitement Index.” The report includes […]

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Middle East

Women’s Museum salutes Hollywood’s glamour age

January 5, 2014

SAN DIEGO — Pianist and storyteller Jacquelyne Silver will present “The Extraordinary World of Glamour,” a show about Hollywood in the 1920’s and 1930’s, to benefit the Women’s Museum of California, at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 12, at the museum located at 2730 Historic Decatur Road (Barracks 16) at Liberty Station (formerly Naval Training Center)

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Travel and Food

Special Offer for Family Historians

January 5, 2014

As a service to genealogists, our editor Donald H. Harrison is making available an index of articles that he has written since he began his journalism career in 1962. A typical index entry has the name of the author, name of the publication, the people whose names appear within the article, the date, and the

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Travel and Food

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, July 26, 1957, Part 2

January 5, 2014

Personals Southwestern Jewish Press, July 26, 1957, Page 2 A pleasant surprise awaited Jerry and Rudy Hess, when they went to the De Angelis Restaurant on their 25th wedding anniversary. Twenty-two friends were waiting to surprise them and present them with a beautiful silver piece commemorating the happy event. * Mrs. Morton J. Cohn and

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Shimon Peres’ ‘Island and the Sea’ metaphor

January 5, 2014

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In a TV clip showing the exchange between the new European Union envoy in Israel and President Shimon Peres when the envoy presented his letters of credential, the president described Israel as an island in a turbulent sea and added something to the effect that the inhabitants must defend

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Middle East

Kerry: Peace will free Palestinian children from hatred

January 5, 2014

JERUSALEM–U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held another news conference in Jerusalem on Sunday morning before flying to Jordan and Saudi Arabia to meet with leaders of those nations. He spoke about numerous issues in the Middle East including South Sudan and Iraq. From a transcript provided by the U.S. State Department, here is what

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International

Indian Jewish novelist honored in Lucknow

January 5, 2014

By Dr. Navras Jaat Aafreedi True to its commitment to raise awareness of religious minorities with the aim of breaking the stereotypes that exist about them, Society for Social Regeneration & Equity (SSRE), on Friday, January 3, honored the only Jewish novelist writing in Hindi the most widely spoken and understood language in India

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Travel and Food

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, July 26, 1957, Part I

January 4, 2014

Women Raise Record Sum in Final ‘Life-Saving’ Drive Southwestern Jewish Press, July 26, 1957, Pages 1, 3 An outstanding national record has been made by San Diego Women’s Division of the 1957 United Jewish Fund Campaign as they exceeded their goal of $51,150, according to a statement from the National United Jewish Appeal. Jewish women

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ADL’s Tammy Gillies to address CBI Men’s Club

January 4, 2014

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Congregation Beth Israel presents Anti-Defamation League Regional Director Tammie Gillies at a January 15 Dinner Forum. She will provide an update on the key issues and challenges the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) deals with on a daily basis. Gillies is well versed in both the ADL and

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

Op-Ed: ‘Birthright to Jewish Education’ needed

January 4, 2014

By Ezra Friedlander NEW YORK — Jewish philanthropists: I offer a New Year’s Resolution that can potentially change the face of American Jewry for decades. Create a Birthright to a Jewish education. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on Birthright Israel, the program that sends Jewish young adults on a ten day educational

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Jewish Religion

Poetry: ‘Enough gathering tears’

January 4, 2014

Israel, they say that theirs is the largest pool of tears, I think that you hold something with which to compare you better. This is my peoples’ voice that is singing, I don’t want, I don’t wish for my children to be The largest tear gatherers, Enough, enough for them gathering tears And placing them

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Travel and Food

Article Index for Family Historians

January 4, 2014

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The Wandering Review: ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’

January 4, 2014

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO–Since I love most Coen brothers’ movies, I looked forward to seeing Inside Llewyn Davis. The film’s theme, the folk music revival at the beginning of the 1960s, heightened my anticipation. I fondly recalled my weekly L trips to the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago for guitar lessons

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Lawrence Baron