By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Mitt Romney reminds us of a basic political lesson. Politicians should lie. What’s this? An academic with a career in political science at distinguished universities saying that politicians should lie? Yep. If they don’t learn it from me they’d better learn it from someone else. Even when they tell some of
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Ira Sharkansky, USAIsrael’s tops South Africa to open World Baseball Classic (JNS.org) Powered by two home runs from San Diego Padres prospect Nate Freiman, Israel built a 7-0 lead en route to defeating South Africa, 7-3, in the first game of the World Baseball Classic’s (WBC) qualifying round on Wednesday in Jupiter, Fla. Israel will square off next
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International
PETACH TIKVAH, Israel (Press Release)–Six year old Shachar had a dream. He loves music and could often be found with an imitation microphone in his hand, pretending to be a radio singer and singing the latest popular songs. Schachar’s parents also have a dream. More than anything, they want their child to live. You see,
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Science, Medicine, & Education
By Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California–Bernard Slade’s 1975 comedy Same Time Next Year is kind of little sleeper (no pun intended) of a play. It’s a bitter sweet love story about two people, Doris and George who over the course of 25 years meet each other once a year in Mendocino, California, in a comfortable room
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastHAIFA (Press Release) –President Obama’s middle name, Hussein, makes Israelis – both Jewish and Arab – perceive him as less pro-Israeli, reveals a new study conducted by the University of Haifa and the University of Texas. The study has just been published in the journal Political Behavior. “Even though the Israeli public has extensive information
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Middle EastIsraeli center sues Ahmadinejad’s NYC hotel on behalf of Hamas terror victim (JNS.org) An Israeli law center that combats terrorist organizations by seeking compensation for victims is suing the hotel that is hosting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the United Nations General Assembly next week, seeking the president’s room to satisfy a portion of a judgment
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InternationalBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—So far it’s two for two at Diversionary Theatre. This summer Harmony Kansas brought cheers from the community with its excellent staging of the Bill Nelson, Anna K. Jacobs musical about conflicts in the farming community of Kansas when two gay young men join a join a gay men’s chorus. Now
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — From here, it looks like my American friends are facing a choice between Jimmy Carter and Sarah Palin. Barack is Jimmy, nebech in chief with respect to dealing with the important region of the Middle East. Like Jimmy, Barack has a naive hope for democracy among the countries with no
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Ira Sharkansky, USA
By Carol Naiman Waldman SAN DIEGO — It has always been a dream of mine to be an elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention and it turned out that 2012 was my year. I contacted friends and supporters to vote for me at the caucus on a Sunday afternoon in April and was elected
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USABy Yaakov Lappin The IDF is deep in preparations for the next potential round of fighting with the Shi’ite Lebanese terror militia Hezbollah. If one conclusion can be drawn from the intensive military training, it is that the IDF is determined that any future confrontation does not resemble the indecisive outcome of the 2006
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Middle EastPress Notes Southwestern Jewish Press, February 22, 1957, Page 3 The guest columnist this week is Mr. Irving Morton, assist. exec. dir. of the Jewish Community Center. Mrs. Kaufman will resume her column upon her return from Mexico. When Julia asked me to write something humorous I thought it wouldn’t be too difficult, since many
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish History
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — At the beginning of the New Year, most film critics release their top ten list of films from the previous year. Since I’ve only been reviewing films for three months, I’m devoting my Rosh Hashanah column to my favorite American Jewish films. I realize that there are many other
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Lawrence Baron
Mrs. Solomon To Head Women’s Division For Fund Southwestern Jewish Press, February 22, 1957, Page 1 Mrs. Lewis Solomon will lead the Women’s Division for the 1957 Campaign of the United Jewish Fund, it was announced this week. In the next few days, Chairman Solomon will select her four co-chairmen and begin planning the opening
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish History
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California —The streets of Europe and the Middle East are burning as we prepare ourselves for Rosh Hashanah. Life in Israel is making everyone nervous as the President is doing nothing meaningful to prevent Iran from developing the bomb. One gets the impression that Iran will finally “cave
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East