By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — I merely transcribe the lead paragraph inSaturday’s (May 7) Washington Post: “Syrian troops used heavy machine guns and artillery to quell anti-government demonstrations in the key city of Homs on Friday in a sharp escalation of their crackdown against regime opponents, as tens of thousands of Syrians again defied
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Middle East, USA
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—Okay, the cat’s out of the bag! George Riley, beloved teacher, friend and past lover of beloved friends has only six months to live. How do I know? This is how it all went down: absent-minded Colin (Colin McPhillamy), who is a physician, is perplexed (he’s always in a state of
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu returned from visits with British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarcozy, and claimed victory for his diplomatic mission. He said that both heads of governments had assured him that Hamas must recognize Israel before Palestine becomes a state. Reports from France and Britain are different.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM–In a country of 7 million people, there’s barely anyone not touched in some direct way by one of Israel’s wars or the terror attacks that have plagued Israeli citizens since before the founding of the State. This year’s statistics indicate that 22,867 men and women have been killed defending the
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Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison CARLSBAD, California – Talk about multi-tasking. Ulla Hadar of Kibbutz Ruhama, Israel, “trained” for an upcoming bike ride to raise funds for a rocket-proof high school in Sha’ar Hanegev while paying a nostalgic visit to a tourist attraction here that is based on one built in her native country. Hadar, a
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Donald H. HarrisonCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Passover Greetings Southwestern Jewish Press, March 30, 1956, Page 3 Holiday Greetings: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Apelman and Family. * Passover Greetings: Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Bard and Family. * Holiday Greetings from Mr. and Mrs. M.S. Berlin and Family * Greetings: Mr. and Mrs. Elias Berwin and
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish History
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Washington Post editorialized that in response to the Hamas-Fatah “reconciliation,” the Obama administration “will need a new strategy. Its first priority should be to prevent a renewal of Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed after two years of relative calm. That will mean insisting that West Bank Palestinian security forces continue to
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Holocaust survivor, Dr. Eva Eger, and community arts and education organizer Jackie Gmach have been chosen by KPBS and Union Bank as “local heroes” as part of the two organizations’ observance of May as Jewish American Heritage month. Eger was cited for utilizing her past as a teenager in Auschwitz “as
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San Diego CountyLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–Jewish Federation of San Diego County (Federation), the Agency for Jewish Education (AJE), the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center (JCC) and the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture (CJC), have announced the launch of a new, innovative, collaborative framework for the advancement of Jewish education in San Diego. Beginning July 1, 2011,
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San Diego Calendar
By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — Were Martin Heidegger alive today, would he be granted an honorary degree from the City University of New York (CUNY)? We might consider that question in the matter of whether playwright Tony Kushner should be granted an honorary degree from CUNY. Perhaps so. Honorary degrees are granted for many
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — Anna Deavere Smith’s latest commentary on the status of our health care system is one of the topics covered in her latest set of interviews, or as she calls them, “Assemblage of stories,” in Let Me Down Easy. It is now in a stellar showing at the San Diego Repertory
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–Shortly after the death of Osama Bin Laden by American Special Forces, Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles posted the following comment on his Facebook page: “Yesterday, Yom Hashoah, Bin Laden was killed. The proper reaction is sobriety, not revelry. This is a time to remember those
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Jewish Religion
By Dov Hartuv KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel — This coming week will be one of emotional extremes. It was purposely decided that The Day of Remembrance and Independence Day would be celebrated “back to back”. In the early days of the State there wasn’t a family that was not somehow involved with the losses of
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) — U.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), a Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, have sent a letter to the President asking him to fully implement U.S. sanctions laws targeting Syria and to step up support for democracy promotion
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