By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Like the dog that finally caught the bus he chased, Secretary of State John Kerry now has to figure out what to do with what he’s got. He induced, bribed, cajoled, and threatened Israelis and Palestinians to return to the “negotiating table.” The Palestinians were promised up to $4
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Shoshana Bryen
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM — A report published by The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Unit (COGAT) shows that 219,464 Palestinian patients received medical treatment in Israeli hospitals during 2012, 21,270 of them children. These numbers include the companions accompanying the patients in Israel. These numbers constitutes a dramatic increase in Palestinians receiving
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Science, Medicine, & Education
By Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California -While New York’s Anthony Weiner and San Diego’s own Bob Filner are making front page news for their alleged sexcapades and perfidy, La Jolla Playhouse presents Sideways, the tale of a bachelor party gone most awry. Sure, sexual misconduct is always titillating, but most especially when it’s so downright
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Eva TriegerTEL AVIV (Press Release)— Scientists have long been worried about the possible harmful effects of regular cellular phone use, but so far no study has managed to produce clear results. Currently, cell phones are classified as carcinogenic category 2b — potentially carcinogenic to humans — by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). A
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Dr. Paul Shrell-Fox is someone I admire. As a clinical psychologist and researcher living in Israel, he has researched a social and religious phenomenon about a subject that many of us rabbis would sooner deny than admit: there are an increasing number of Orthodox and Conservative
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — For several days we have heard the pluses and minuses of an apparently simple, but actually complex decision by Israeli government ministers to release some 104 prisoners for the sake of negotiations with the Palestinians. The decision is complex because it was made in principle, with important details left for
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
Hamas and Iran hold meetings to mend ties (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Despite differences over the civil war in Syria, senior Hamas officials met with Iranian and Hezbollah officials in Beirut last month in an effort to mend ties, the Saudi-owned newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported Sunday. Palestinian sources cited in the report said “Important meetings
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InternationalWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The U.S. State Department on Sunday issued the following announcement about forthcoming talks between representatives of Israel and the Palestinian Authority: “Today, Secretary Kerry spoke with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and personally extended an invitation to send senior negotiating teams to Washington to formally resume
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Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The Summer 2013 issue of The Journal of San Diego History has an interesting cover article about one of San Diego’s most under-appreciated landmarks, the 125-year-old Queen Anne-style Villa Montezuma in the Sherman Heights neighborhood. The article co-authored by Charles Spratley and Louise Torio , noted that at
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Donald H. HarrisonThe Astor Judaica Library at the Jewish Community Center in La Jolla is treasure trove of Jewish Lore. You can access most of the Jewels of Jewish Heritage within its book shelves. Each month we’ll review and highlight one of these gems. Each is available to you by merely entering the Library, presenting yourself, and
‘I Didn’t Say Goodbye’ — Book review from the Astor Read More »
Travel and FoodBy Isaac Yetiv, PhD LA JOLLA, California– After six trips to the Middle-East, Secretary of State Kerry, using the “carrot” for the Palestinians and the ” stick” to the Israelis, finally convinced them to come to Washington to “talk” about “reviving the peace process” that had been boycotted by Mahmoud Abbas for four and a
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Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — When San Diego Mayor Bob Filner checks into a behavioral modification treatment center to deal with what he has described as his “problem” and his “intimidating” conduct toward women, I hope he will use the two-week period of retreat from the glare of media headlines, late-night comedians’ jibes,
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Donald H. Harrison
By Jennie Starr SAN DIEGO — Jewish collaboration requires a courtship to understand synergies and opportunities, overcome pitfalls, and create mutually beneficial collaboration. It’s about creating something new and great neither organization could do itself. We reach new people, build different and better programming, or simply help nurture and support each other’s existence. This kind
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Board of Directors of Waters of Eden: San Diego Community Mikvah and Education Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Rabbi Lenore Bohm as its new Executive Director. She began her tenure in early July, 2013. Contemporaneous to assuming this position, Rabbi Bohm resigned from the Board of the Leichtag
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