By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — If we Jews would like to show our appreciation to those countries that sided with Israel on Thursday, Nov. 29, in the United Nations General Assembly vote on extending non-member state status to Palestine, we can do so by adjusting our travel plans. When you are planning a vacation,
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Donald H. HarrisonNetanyahu: Peace through negotiations, not ‘declarations at the UN’ (JNS.org) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the Palestinian bid for United Nations recognition “will not change a thing, and certainly won’t hasten the establishment of a Palestinian state.” “Israel’s hand is perpetually extended toward peace, but no Palestinian state will exist without recognition
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InternationalBy David P. Goldman WASHINGTON, D.C. — How should we understand the apparently erratic behavior of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi? In September, he seemed an unreliable ally, if an ally at all, after his tardy and diffident response to mob attacks on America’s Cairo embassy. Morsi rose sharply in Western esteem after the
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Middle East
By Joel A Moskowitz M D LA JOLLA, California — Claudia Stevens, a multi-talented actress, singer, drummer, and historian brought to life “Madame F” on Monday evening, Nov. 26, at the Recital Hall of Mandeville Auditorium UCSD. Madame F is the abbreviated name for Fanja Fanelson (Goldstein) who was an award winning pianist. While she
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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)–Dual US-Israeli citizens filed a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and the State Department claiming that the US administration provided the Palestinian Authority with billions of dollars in aid money which were used to fund terrorist groups such as Hamas instead of supporting humanitarian causes, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. According to the lawsuit, the
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USAIran simulates nuclear weapon with triple the power of Hiroshima bomb (JNS.org) Computer simultions run by Iranian scientists reveal a nuclear weapon with more than three times the power of the bomb America dropped on Hiroshima during World War II, the Associated Press reported. The AP cited a diagram it obtained from anonymous officials featuring
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International
* _____________________________ For the Record, 2012 Events now gone by: ____________________________ Sunday, Dec. 2 –The 29th Annual Hanukkah Happening, co-sponsored by the Nierman Preschool – Glickman Galinson Education Complex and the JCC Youth Department, will take place at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS on Sunday, December 2, 2012 from 11:00 a.m.
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San Diego County
By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — My mailbox gets its share of emails from people who find Ricky Gervais’s tasteless Anne Frank jokes to be, well, tasteless. I’vewritten about him before and the comments flew left and right, pro and con, and sometimes as many as 100 comments followed a Gervais post here. Recently, I
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Travel and Food
By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Have I Got a Deal for You! Act Now! It’s true that I’ve talked about donor advised funds before… but it’s worth repeating! And, if you act by the end of the year, you can get an extra bonus! A donor advised fund (DAF) is a tax-efficient and convenient
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Sheryl Rowling, Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Palestine is poised to receive recognition as a state by the United Nations General Assembly. Someone has labeled this as its arrival to the level of a “virtual state” without membership in the United Nations or recognition as a state by the two governments most important, i.e., Israel and the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastIslamic Jihad says it leaked IDF soldiers’ personal information (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Islamic Jihad terrorist group in the Gaza Strip claims that it published more than 100 Israeli soldiers’ personal information on the Internet on Monday, according to Palestinian media outlets. The list of documents published online reportedly contains confidential information including the
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International
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Two outstanding vocal talents, Becca Myers, 16, and Celia Tedde, 15, joined forces for the first Musicians in the Making program under the auspices of the J Company. It took place in a packed Rehearsal Room of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus Sunday, November
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Eileen Wingard
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — I went to see The Sessions because it had generated a lot of buzz after winning the Audience Award at this year’s Sun Dance Film Festival. Based on the trailer I had seen, I knew it was about a paralyzed man named Mark O’Brien (John Hawkes) who sought
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Lawrence BaronNasrallah says Hezbollah capable of striking all of Israel (JNS.org) Hezbollah has the capability to hit Israeli targets “from Kiryat Shmona—and let the Israelis listen carefully—from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat,” representing the Jewish state’s northernmost and southernmost points, the Iranian-funded group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah said Sunday, Reuters reported. Nasrallah’s statement came in the wake of
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International