NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today criticized remarks made by Glenn Beck on his radio program, in which he compared Reform Judaism to radicalized Islam, as “highly offensive and outrageous.” During his February 22 radio show, Beck described Reform rabbis as “generally political in nature. It’s almost like Islam, radicalized Islam […]
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Travel and FoodJERUSALEM (Press Release) — A new Holocaust era restitution project was announced by the Jewish Agency for Israel on Wednesday to identify the victims whose assets were confiscated by the Nazis. An initiative of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), with the support of the Government of Israel, Holocaust Era Asset Restitution Taskforce – Project HEART — aims
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– As popular protests unfold across the Middle East, U.S. international broadcasting faces increased satellite signal interference and a web Domain Name System (DNS) attack. “Our broadcasters are at the forefront of reporting the most tumultuous events we have seen unfold since 1989,” said Walter Isaacson, Chair of the Broadcasting Board of
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)–The joint U.S.-Israel Arrow Weapon System successfully intercepted a ballistic target missile during a flight test conducted Tuesday. This test is part of the Arrow System Improvement Program (ASIP) and was conducted jointly by the Israel Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency at the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center,
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Middle EastMUNICH (WJC) — John (Ivan) Demjanjuk, who is accused of helping to murder tens of thousands of Jews at the Nazi death camp Sobibor in occupied Poland, will go on a hunger strike unless the court allows him to present evidence that could exonerate him, his attorney Ulrich Busch has said. The 90-year-old Demjanjuk is
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Travel and FoodBRUSSELS (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 FoodCHICAGO (WJC)–Rahm Israel Emanuel, US President Barack Obama’s former chief of staff, has been elected as the first Jewish mayor of Chicago in the city’s history. Emanuel, 51, gained 55 percent of the vote in the first round, comfortably beating his five rival candidates. “I want to extend my congratulations to Rahm Emanuel on a
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–There is not much of local importance in the news. Monday night’s prime time headlined the tragedy of a young Israeli traveler in the wrong place at the wrong time in Christchurch, someone yelling “Free Palestine” and “Apartheid” who was hustled from the room where Foreign Minister Lieberman was about to address
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastCompiled 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 CountyBEER-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
By Lloyd Levy LONDON — Events are moving rapidly in the Middle East. Nobody knows what turn of events are around the corner, nor in what direction the region is heading. I am one of those people who believe that “Western” style democracy is not possible in devoutly Muslim countries, but limited democracy may be
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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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By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–One of the most influential members of the Government of Israel is never to be seen around the cabinet table, yet what he thinks and says is of great importance to the decisions. His name is Barack Obama. Prime Minister Netanyahu, anxious to keep his coalition together, often finds himself between
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Middle EastRAMALLAH, Palestine Authority (WJC)–Palestinian Prime Minister Salam al-Fayyad has said he wants to include Hamas members in his new government in order to heal the rift between the rival factions. Fayyad said his plan would permit Hamas to retain security control of the Gaza Strip while receiving certain posts in a reformed Cabinet. The Palestine
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