SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Tom Seidler will be the featured speaker at the February 19, Men’s Club of Beth Israel Dinner Forum. Seidler hails from “baseball royalty.” He is a grandson of Walter O’Malley and a member of the third generation of the O’Malley family that took over ownership of the San Diego Padres in
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CAESAREA, Israel (Press Release)–ID² – Israeli Designed International Development, an exclusive three-day gathering of 70 young Jewish innovators, entrepreneurs and international development professionals from Israel and around the world, is scheduled for February 18-20 in Caesarea. Coming together across sectors – private, government and NGOs – they will be looking at how to harness Israeli
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Osnat Nir PETACH TIKVAH, Israel — “Last January was a very busy month for my husband, Dudi. He is manager of a software company, a job that keeps him busy every moment. He didn’t feel well, as if he had a lingering flu, but he simply didn’t have time to be sick. When the
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By Randy Fadem MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay–A previously unknown Yiddish book, Zichronot Fun Yiddischen Legion (Memories of the Jewish Legion) by Moshe Krel, written, published, and printed in Montevideo, Uruguay in May, 1938, was discovered by this author at the Astor Judaica Library, Jewish Community Center in La Jolla, in the Spring of 2012. The Library donated
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday, Feb. 12, expressed alarm at a reported anti-Semitic attack against two Jewish businessmen in a northwestern Turkish city, and called on Turkish authorities to fully investigate the incident. According to reports, the two Jewish individuals were eating at a restaurant on February 6 in the
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InternationalSAN DIEGO –Three outstanding published poets will be reading and singing their works at the next “Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices” evening, Tuesday, February 18, at 7 p.m. at the Astor Judaica Library, Lawrence Family JCC. Thea Iberall, Penni Rubin and Rae Rose, featured poets, have all had their works published in poetry publications and in
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JERUSALEM (WJC) — Several Israeli ministers have accused Martin Schulz, the German president of the European Parliament, of spreading lies about Israel in his speech before the Knesset on Wednesday. Industry, Trade, Labor and Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett and other members of Bennett’s Jewish Home faction walked out of the Israeli parliament chamber
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Travel and FoodBy Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California — Hearing terms like “bug juice,” “arts and crafts time,” “bunks,” and “head counselor ” conjures up one mental picture: Summer Camp. However, imagine to these terms are added “social action”, “Democratic process” and “nonviolent resistance.” Filmmaker and stand up comedienne, Katie Halper, described her current offering for the San
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TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Prof. Irad Malkin, an expert in Classics at Tel Aviv University’s Department of History, has been awarded the 2014 Israel Prize in the field of General History. The prize will be awarded in Jerusalem on the eve of Israel’s Independence Day in May 2014. In awarding the prize, the Israel
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Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– I hope Mayor-elect Kevin Faulconer and his fellow City Council member, David Alvarez, will sit down soon to a nice private lunch, enjoy a few tales about their respective campaigns, and restore the cordiality that previously had marked their relationship. I’d like to see them have a joint press
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Donald H. HarrisonHadassah medical staff to operate on emergency levels only amid strike (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Medical staffers at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem are intensifying their strike and announced that they will operate at emergency levels only, with even less staff coming to work than the current weekend capacity. “We are leaving only life-saving staff in
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By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week A letter to President Barack Obama drafted by U.S. Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and David Price (D-NC) has been recently circulating on Capitol Hill. A final call to sign the message, titled “Give Diplomacy a Chance Letter to POTUS,” made the rounds of congressional offices Monday after being sent by
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InternationalChinese conglomerate in negotiations to buy Israeli dairy co-op Tnuva (JNS.org) Negotiations for control of Israeli dairy cooperative Tnuva are moving forward, as the company’s controlling shareholders—British investment firm Apax and Mivtach Shamir Food Industries Ltd.—consider selling Apax’s share in the company to China’s Bright Food Group. According to sources close to the negotiations, if
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NEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC hailed Israel’s admission to the JUSCANZ regional group at UN headquarters in New York. “JUSCANZ membership is another important step in rectifying the systemic discrimination against Israel at the UN,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris. “We applaud U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power for her determined efforts to mobilize support among JUSCANZ members to correct this long-standing diplomatic anomaly. Both Ambassador
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