NEW YORK (WJC)–The president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), Ronald S. Lauder, has called on courts and authorities in the United States to quickly pave the way for the extradition of the alleged Nazi war criminal Peter Egner, 88, to Serbia, where he is to stand trial on charges of genocide. “The accusations brought against […]
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Travel and FoodTEL AVIV (Press Release)― You know when you’re watching a pirated film downloaded from the Internet ― there’s no mistaking the fuzzy footage, or the guy in the front row getting up for popcorn. Despite the poor quality, pirated video is a serious problem around the world. Criminal copyright infringement occurs on a massive scale
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Travel and Food
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Fifty years ago Adolf Eichmann was on trial in Jerusalem. The proceedings took place in a building which today is the Gerard Behar Center.Monday night several hundred mostly young Israelis came together in the same place, not to commemorate the trial but, as one of the speakers put it dramatically, to
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The San Diego Museum of Man (SDMoM), a cultural and physical anthropology museum in Balboa Park, announced on Monday that it joins 164 cultural institutions as an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. On Friday, January 14, Harold Closter, director of Smithsonian Affiliations, will formally present SDMoM with its Certificate of Affiliation.
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Travel and FoodJERUSALEM – The Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University will inaugurate the Aharon Barak Center for Interdisciplinary Legal Research this week on December 22. The event will be attended by the former President of the Supreme Court, Prof. Aharon Barak, President of the Supreme Court, Justice Dorit Beinisch and Dean of the Faculty of Law
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A Vow Fulfilled by Fran Laufer; Targum Press; 210 pages; $21.99. By Norman Manson SAN DIEGO–The most inspiring aspect of this memoir – in addition to its story of sheer survival – is the way Fran and Simon Laufer created a thriving, prosperous life for themselves and their family in the United States, at the same
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The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life And Our World by John Robbins, Conari Press, 2011, 453 pages including index; ISBN 978-1-57324-487-9; $19.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – We have ways of settling into reading and viewing patterns, paying attention to what is comfortable, and dismissing as “background noise”
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Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– In response to the Senate’s historic vote ending the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, Mark Pelavin, Associate Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement: The Senate vote ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was long overdue: After 17 years of misguided and discriminatory policy, gay and
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USANEW YORK (Press Release)–Masa Israel Journey and the Jewish Education Service of North America (JESNA) on Monday announced the launch of the Lainer-Masa Israel Fellowship, a two-year program for Jewish young adults interested in careers in Jewish education. This joint venture will engage North American Masa Israel undergraduate university participants while in Israel and place them in
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The headline is upbeat: “Palestinian Leader Has 60 Israelis to Lunch.” The picture features Mahmoud Abbas alongside Amram Mitzna, a former head of the Labor Party. Both seem pleased. The article mentions individuals concerned with the Geneva Initiative, “a group of Israeli and Palestinian figures who negotiated an unofficial blueprint
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — The French news agency AFP is reporting that France is giving the Lebanese army 100 anti-tank HOT missiles in February to be used by the military’s Gazelle helicopters. There are no conditions attached to their use. Israel is concerned about the deal. In November, the U.S. government lifted a
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Middle East
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–In one of those form-over-substance moments that produce endless opportunity for mischief, President Obama announced that the United States would affix its signature to the United Nation’s Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. “The aspiration it affirms, including respect for the institutions and rich cultures of native peoples,
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Shoshana BryenTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Your plane has levelled at 30,000 feet. The seatbelt sign is off. Time to relax with onboard entertainment — and now you’ll have even more choices on El Al’s international flights. In a first-of-its-kind agreement, the carrier’s Boeing 777s will offer a menu of short films created by Tel Aviv University’s
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By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM–I was alerted that back in my old hometown of Seattle, KING5 TV broke the news that some group with nothing better to do with its money has paid for ads to run on Seattle buses accusing Israel of “war crimes.” The very fact that this made news would seem to
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