RAMALLAH, 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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Middle EastSUEZ CANAL, Egypt (WJC) — Two Iranian warships entered the Suez Canal on Tuesday morning, according to media reports. The two vessels are on their way to Syria. It is the first time since the 1979 Islamic revolution that Tehran has sent military ships through the waterway, which connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean
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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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By Lynne Thrope SAN DIEGO–El Vitral (The Stained Glass) is aptly named because of its retractable south-facing glass wall with an expansive view of Petco Park as well as for its brightly colored glass signage on J Street. Both speak volumes of the gentrification that is taking place in San Diego’s East Village. But, it
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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
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 BryenAMSTERDAM (WJC)–A bill that would ban kosher slaughter (shechita) in the Netherlands is set to be debated in parliament soon. The European Jewish Congress (EJC) called on Dutch lawmakers to reject the planned ban as it went against the principle of freedom of religion. Shechita was permissible under European law and guaranteed by the EU
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Travel and FoodMONTREAL, Canada (WJC) — A municipal court ruled that a Jewish cab driver must not display religious artifacts and other objects in his taxi. Arieh Perecowicz, 66, lost his when a court upheld several fines against him for having too many personal and religious objects in his car. He was ordered to pay US$ 1,300, half of it
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(column 20, Feb. 21, 2011) Compiled by Donald H. Harrison Jewish Organizations In a “Save the Date” message for June 3-5, Alan Friedman, executive director of Camp Mountain Chai, says a planning committee is at work for the 3rd annual Men’s Getaway Retreat. Dreaming up activities for the weekend themed “Fitness for the Body and
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Yeruchem Eilfort-RabbiCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Bonds Aid Israel in Crises Southwestern Jewish Press, November 11, 1955, Page 1 Murray D. Goodrich has once again accepted the position as chairman for the San Diego Jewish Community to conduct a campaign in behalf of the Bonds of Israel Government. In assuming this responsible position, Mr.
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By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–The heading of a recent article by the British journalist Brendan O’Neill is significant: “Palestine an obsession of the radical West, not Arabs” (www.theaustralian.com.au). He draws our attention to the fact that during the demonstrations in Egypt and elsewhere there were very few pro-Palestinian slogans: “Instead, this revolt was about Egyptian
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Israel is never far from the world’s headlines, but it is enjoying something of a breather. Muslims from Mauritania and Morocco to Pakistan are dealing with issues more pressing than their conventional assertions about Palestine. Palestinians have troubles that, arguably, are greater than Israel. Gazans have a regime that is serious about Islamic law,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–I’m on the mailing list of an American-born Jerusalemite whose blog seems to be dedicated to bashing US President Obama. I stopped reading it regularly a long time ago but I made an exception today in the hope that, after the United States veto of the proposed Palestinian anti-settlement resolution in
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– I have been among those mocking commentators who applaud the signs of democracy in the mass protests of Egyptians that resulted in the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. I am skeptical in the extreme about the chances of democracy taking hold in societies where Islam is the prevailing religion, especially in a
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