‘Journalist’ attemps citizen’s arrest of Avigdor Lieberman in Brussels

BRUSSELS (WJC)–David Cronin, a Brussels-based Irish journalist and pro-Palestinian campaigner, has been expelled from the EU Council building after attempting a ‘citizen’s arrest’ of Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. As Lieberman entered the press conference room in the EU Council building in Brussels to give his views on a meeting of the EU-Israel Association Council […]

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Travel and Food

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, November 11, 1955, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff (Editor’s Note: Part 2 for November 11, 1955, consisting of Pages 3 and 4 of the Southwestern Jewish Press, is missing from the archives.) People of the Book (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press, November 11, 1955, Page 5 Jewish Book Month has been observed nationally for the past thirty

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Adventures in SD History, San Diego County

Calcium supplement, modeled on shrimp but kosher, developed

BEER-SHEVA Israel (Press Release)– Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have developed a unique technology that stabilizes an otherwise unstable form of calcium carbonate. This mineral form provides significantly higher biological absorption and retention rates than other sources presently used as dietary calcium supplements. Calcium is considered to be one of the most important

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Arab Knesset member denounces Obama; NPR’s manipulation of news discussions

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel –This is a fascinating and revealing scoop by the Muqata blog. A member of Israel’s parliament attacked President Barack Obama in the nastiest terms: “After the exposure of lies from the US, we must say frankly to Obama: You no longer scare us and you can go to hell. “Obama

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Middle East, USA

Another Jewish license plate

SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin, our Jewish license plate sleuth, has found this alternate spelling of “chutzpah,” a Yiddish word meaning “colossal nerve.”    Eventually, it will be added to our on-line collection of Jewish-interest license plates, but we are having technical difficulties linking this website to that colle tion. * Rubin may be reached at

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Melanie Rubin

History file: The Jewish shepherd of Tijuana

Editor’s Note: From time to time, on request,  we will reprint articles from the that editor Donald H. Harrison compiled has compiled over nearly a half century of reporting.  Carlos Salas-Diaz, subject of this article, still is leading his congregation in Tijuana. Reprinted from the San Diego Jewish Press-Heritage, October 23, 1998 TIJUANA, Mexico (special) — The

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Donald H. Harrison

Why does the West cave in to the lies and demands of Arab leaders?

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — So repressive governments – Arab governments – lie to their people about Israel, politics and the 21st century to maintain the illusion of security and control at home until the dam breaks. But why do governments in the West, knowing better, nevertheless insist that lies and wishful thinking be

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Shoshana Bryen