Knesset speaker says Israel ‘worried’ about Hagel nomination (JNS.org) Following the swift reaction of U.S.-based Jewish groups to President Barack Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense, Israel began to weigh in on the move Tuesday—and the general sentiment was concern. “Because of his statements in the past, and his stance toward Israel,
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InternationalBy JNS.org On the day when President Barack Obama nominated former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel for defense secretary, the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) said that despite expressing concerns about Hagel in the past, it believes Hagel will “follow the President’s lead of providing unrivaled support for Israel—on strategic cooperation, missile defense programs, and leading
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USABy Carol Davis ESCONDIDO, California—If you’ve not seen Randall Dodge in The Pirates of Penzance, The Fantastics, Annie Get Your Gun, The Sound of Music and a host of other musicals in and around San Diego, I suggest you high tail it up to the Welk Resort Village Theatre in Escondido to see and hear this
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– We’re hearing different things about Chuck Hagel, and the reasons for his appointment as Obama’s Secretary of Defense.. Clips of his comments about the power of the Jewish lobby, the Palestinians being chained down, and the damage to the standing of the US due to excessive support of Israel Comments expressing
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Ira Sharkansky, USABy James Colbert WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Syrian civil war has passed an inflection point and Washington is running to catch up. While it may be too late for the United States to have a decisive impact on the ground, there is still time to salvage an American role in the end game and, hence, an
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Middle EastBy Cynthia Citron Soft-spoken playwright Horton Foote is to Texas what William Faulkner was to Mississippi: a faithful chronicler of the values and mores of a cultural subset of the American people. A major feature of both their bodies of work is their protagonists’ reaction to specific circumstances, disappointments, and defeat. “How a man reacts
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Cynthia CitronBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Scandals are prominent in Israeli media only two weeks before the national election. Neither is new, and both are being fanned by political activists concerned to use what they can to garner votes for themselves or the party they are supporting, as well by media personalities who know how to recognize
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — I recently and unexpectedly lost a dear friend. Not only was she a wonderful friend, a devoted wife and mother, she was also a “mover & shaker” in the community – in the best possible interpretation of that phrase. Gail Littman was the type of person who could make
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Jewish Religion, Sheryl RowlingBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — In the Glickman-Galinson Sanctuary named for his family and that of his wife Elaine, Murray Galinson was eulogized Monday, Jan. 7, by two rabbis, two friends, and three children during a service that drew a High Holy Day-sized crowd that Congregation Beth Israel’s president Emily Jennewein estimated at
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –What seemed absolutely certain two weeks ago is much less so today: though it’s still likely that Binyamin Netanyahu will head a coalition after the elections on January 22 and thus continue as Prime Minister, other possibilities have now emerged. The leaders of three centrist parties – Sheli Yachimovitch of
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — You died young and troubled, dear father. You had admonished me: “Don’t make me into a grandfather,” and I know that this was part of your struggle with mortality, with losing your vibrant and athletic youth. We, your sons and daughter, were pained by this statement just as
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Travel and FoodHagel, amid controversial record on Israel, to be nominated for defense secretary (JNS.org) President Barack Obama’s defense secretary nominee will be former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel, who has been criticized by Democrats and Republicans alike for his record on Israel, according to media reports that surfaced Sunday. Hagel chairs the Atlantic Council think tank, which
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InternationalBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — In this week’s Torah portion, we read about a strange story that nearly costs Moses his life (Exod. 4:24-27). As he was about to return to Egypt, Moses takes his wife (Tsipporah) and sons and travel toward Egypt. However, along the way, it appears that Moses
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiEditor’s Note: Funeral services will be held on Monday, Jan. 7, for Jewish communal leader Murray Galinson at 1 p.m. at Congregation Beth Israel. By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO –“You should go meet with Murray Galinson.” I can’t really exactly who said that to me in early June 1990. I had just finished working on
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