Obama’s handling of Syria means he won’t successfully deal with Iran, Israelis say in poll (JNS.org) In a new Israel Hayom poll, a majority of Israeli Jews—66.7 percent—characterized U.S. President Barack Obama’s handling of the Syria crisis as “not successful.” Meanwhile, 65.3 percent said that given Obama’s conduct regarding Syria, he would not be able
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InternationalBy Alex Traiman/JNS.org Twenty years after the signing of the fateful Oslo Accords between Palestinian Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin, Knesset Members are heavily debating the merits of the peace process and the two-state solution paradigm. Parliamentarians from both Israel’s left and the right agree that the process has
Oslo Accords debated, rather than celebrated, on 20th anniversary Read More »
Jewish History
By Isaac Yetiv , Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Let me say at the outset that I am one of the 71% who are strongly opposed to a military action against Syria, and that I have expressed my opinion to the White House and to my elected representatives in the Congress (House and Senate). The president’s handling
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International, Middle East, USASyria response ‘will be clearly heard in Iran,’ Netanyahu says (JNS.org) While a U.S. congressional vote on military action is on hold in light of the Obama Administration’s consideration of a Russian proposal to transfer Syria’s chemical weapons to international supervision, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the response on Syria “will be
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International
By Laurie Baron After his concession speech, Anthony Weiner was stalked by the woman he exchanged intimate photos with and by reporters. Losing his patience, he ended up giving onlookers the finger as his parting shot. Soon thereafter, Bob Filner phoned Weiner and advised him “to use his words” the next time. To protect second
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO) culminated its 2013-14 season with a rousing All American Pops Spectacular. As the audience departed, following the sprightly rendition of “Stars and Stripes Forever,” they were smiling and uplifted. The musical feast of Americana included marches by Sousa, arrangements of folksongs, “Arkansas Traveler” and
TICO completes season, Hungarian-inspired music to start next Read More »
Travel and Food
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C — A flurry of diplomatic activity has overtaken the Senate debate on the use of force by the United States against Syria as punishment for/deterrence against the use of chemical weapons. The world awaits the next meeting, the next announcement, the next slip-of-the-tongue, or the first bomb. The interregnum is
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Eight outstanding community leaders have been chosen as honorees as well as a special memorial tribute to community leader Murray Galinson at the upcoming National Philanthropy Day Awards Luncheon. The event presented by The Jewish Community Foundation San Diego will take place on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 at the Hilton
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San Diego CountyBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Another lesson in public policy comes from what appears to the arrangement with respect to Syria’s chemical weapons. It isn’t a done deal. Yet it may be, in its imperfect way. There are many details to be settled, even before the stage of implementation. Then the hard part, i.e., actually
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Robert Gluck/JNS.org Growing up in a tough Minneapolis neighborhood, Sid Gillman overcame anti-Semitism to become one of professional football’s most important innovators. “Minneapolis, unlike (neighboring) St. Paul, was an anti-Semitic town. St. Paul was more welcoming to Jews. Sid’s wife was discriminated against because she was Jewish. Sid passed away, but I talked to
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Travel and FoodBy Yael Ron KFAR TAPU’ACH, Israel — Being the mother of a sick child is not simple. In our case, the struggle began with his birth. It was a birth that took us by surprise, a Caesarian section, and the baby was flown off to the preemie ward. We just stood there. Bewildered. Too frightened
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Science, Medicine, & Education
By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON – A UCSD emergency room doctor who led a medical team from San Diego to Ground Zero in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and treated rescue workers and volunteers at the site, has offered eleven prescriptions for Americans wanting to commemorate the attacks appropriately. Dr.
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Donald H. HarrisonRussia to build second nuclear plant for Iran, deliver S-300 anti-aircraft system (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Russia will supply Iran with a modified version of the vaunted S-300 anti-aircraft system and will build a new nuclear reactor for the Ayatollah’s regime, the Russian daily newspaper Kommersant reported Wednesday. The report comes on the heels of
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International
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — There was a happy coincidence between the “then” and the “now” at the Harrison household on a recent weekend. It started after a Shabbat dinner when our 6-year-old grandson, Sky, clambered onto his father Shahar’s lap to read to him a children’s book that had been found on
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Donald H. Harrison