SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Jill Borg Spitzer, chief executive officer of Jewish Family Service, reports that the agency is falling short of its goal of raising sufficient money to distribute 760 special Thanksgiving baskets to the needy. “With times as tough as they are, missing our goal would be devastating for too many people,” she wrote […]
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San Diego CalendarNEW YORK (Press Release)— The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday urged the nation’s highest court to uphold laws prohibiting the supply of material support or resources to foreign terrorist organizations. The League submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Holder, et al. v. Humanitarian Law Project, et al. arguing that all
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USABy Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD – To be an artist is to be an outsider. A loner. A person overwhelmed by his passions. And more than a little insane. That’s the premise of Stacy Sims’ play As White As O, now having its world premiere at the Road Theatre in North Hollywood. In sympathy and fascination
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By Ulla Hadar SHA’AR HANEGEV, Israel–Many ecologically-motivated students from the Sha’ar Hanegev High School demonstrated last week against plans to build an additional coal power station in Ashkelon. The demonstration took place at Sapir College where a conference was going on to examine social relationships in the neighboring city of Sderot. Attending the conference
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–I’m sorry to say I’m not much of a Trekkie so I’m not up on all the Star Trek comings and goings. Armin Shimerman was a regular for seven years on the Television hit show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. According to my findings his fictional character, Quark owned a bar
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday welcomed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s appointment of Hannah Rosenthal to serve as the State Department’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: “This appointment signals the continued seriousness of America’s resolve to
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USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA–With plans to visit two vibrant Jewish communities, I had jarring reminders of the condition of public transit in early November, simultaneously: the week-long strike in Philadelphia and the shocker that Boston is faced with imminent safety hazards which might cost $500 million to repair. Not to mention news elsewhere of
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USAEW YORK (Press Release)–Reacting to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) annual report documenting hate crimes in America, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday called for “a coordinated campaign to prevent, deter, and respond effectively to criminal violence motivated by bigotry and prejudice.” The FBI statistics revealed that reported hate crimes are at their highest
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USATEHRAN (WJC)–Iran began a massive air defense drill on Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from a possible military attack. An Iranian air force commander boasted his country could deter any military strike by Israel. State media reported that the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size and would include
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Middle EastNEW YORK (WJC)–Anti-Israel and pro-Iranian lecturers received hundreds of thousands of dollars from an Islamic charity in New York believed to be a front for the Iranian regime, the ‘New York Post’ reports. The Alavi Foundation reportedly supported Middle Eastern and Persian studies programs of Columbia University in New York and Rutgers University in New
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USACAIRO, Egypt–Hamas may soon agree to release the abducted Israel soldier Gilad Shalit. Israel’s President Shimon Peres told reporters in Cairo that progress had been made toward a prisoner swap with Hamas. “There are negotiations between the two sides. I do not think that I need to elaborate. We all know there is progress. I
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Middle EastRIO DE JANEIRO (WJC)–Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due in Brazil this week for what will be the first state visit by an Iranian head of state. The trip has already generated protests in which thousands of demonstrators, many of them Jews, took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Protests in
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM— One should never say never. However, Probably not is a fair guess. Closest to me is one more round in the endless conversations among officials about peace between Israel and Palestine. The latest we hear is that Israel is willing to stop building settlements, stop taking Palestinian land, and will remove
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Compiled by Gail Umeham ** Double Talk Southwestern Jewish Press December 25, 1953 Page 8 By Janet and Susan Solof Janet and Susan wish you all good things in store. In their Season’s Greetings to you and good wishes for ’54. Vacation has come and brought home many of our “Kollege Kids.” Among them are
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