WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and twenty-three of her Senate colleagues on Tuesday sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging her to work towards the establishment of an independent human rights monitor on Iran at the United Nations Human Rights Council session beginning March 1. In their letter, led
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)–B’nai B’rith International is troubled by recommended cuts to South Carolina’s Holocaust education program.”Holocaust education teaches valuable lessons about the past that can be applied to the future,” B’nai B’rith International President Dennis W. Glick said. “It is necessary to educate our youth about the atrocities of the Holocaust to ensure such
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USACompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff J.W. V. Post to Mass Colors Southwestern Jewish Press, October 28, 1955, Page 5 San Diego Post 185 and Auxiliary will participate in the massing of colors to take place Sunday November 6th at Balboa Park. The public is cordially invited to witness the ceremonies that will begin
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States provides military assistance to a variety of countries in the Middle East, Africa and Southwest Asia, including Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Jordan, Yemen, Pakistan and Bangladesh. We provide equipment and training for the security forces of the Palestinian Authority. We also provide military aid to
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Buzzing around the San Diego Jewish Film Festival, our inveterate license plate spotter, Melanie Rubin, found one that said, “Zvuv,” in transliterated Hebrew. That means “fly” — as in the insect — but we imagine this particular car is a lot less annoying to those who come near it. Of course, we’ve added
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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — “Sing Out!” A Festival of Jewish Choirs will take place Sunday, April 3 at the Lawrence Family JCC’s Garfield Theater . Cosponsored by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture’s Music Series Committee and the Astor Judaica Library, the concerts will inaugurate the library’s recently organized Jewish
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Eileen WingardCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff As the Psychologist Sees You Southwestern Jewish Press, October 28, 1955, Page 3 By Irving Stone Color Effects – A few weeks ago one of our popular magazines printed an article with vividly Illustrated pictures on the feeling people have to color of their food and the effect
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Adventures in SD History, San Diego CountyBUDAPEST (WJC)—A 97-year-old man was charged by prosecutors on Monday for allegedly committing war crimes during World War II. According to the charge sheet, Sandor Kepiro was complicit in the execution of four innocent civilians in Novi Sad, Serbia, between 21 and 23 January 1942, as the commander of a patrol, according to a spokeswoman for
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Travel and FoodATHENS (WJC)–Police have arrested a Palestinian man who holds a Lebanese passport and is suspected of being a member of the terrorist group Fatah-al-Islam. Ghaleb Taleb was arrested along with another man for being a member of the Lebanese-based organization, following a lengthy surveillance operation. The arrest by anti-terrorism police followed a report in the
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Travel and FoodTEL AVIV (Press Release)— Scientists today agree that there are five molecules that are known to affect or cause Alzheimer’s disease, which plagues an estimated five million Americans. The potency of these molecules is linked to environmental factors such as diet and lifestyle. Prof. Daniel Michaelson of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Neurobiology at the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–My insight of the evening, while enjoying Haydn’s Symphony #96, Bartok’s Concerto #2 for piano and orchestra, and Schubert’s Symphony # 9: This isn’t politics. Zubin Mehta was in control. The Israeli Philharmonic was was in tune and orderly. I did not notice a stray note, protest, or lack of compliance throughout
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Travel and FoodPROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (WJC)–The Palestinian Authority has settled a lawsuit brought in Rhode Island over the killing of an American couple in Israel by Hamas gunmen in 1996. However, the court papers do not reveal the terms of the settlement, and it is unclear how much, if any, money the Palestinian Authority offered to resolve
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USATEHRAN (WJC)–One person was reportedly killed and dozens of opposition supporters arrested on Monday, Feb. 14, while taking part in a banned rally in the capital Tehran in support of the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. The rallies amounted to a test of strength for the reformist opposition, which had not taken to the streets
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Travel and FoodBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO–The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO) devoted its entire February 1 concert to the works of the great French composer, Camille Saint-Saens. According to Gdal Saleski, in his “Famous Musicians of Jewish Origin,” Saint-Saen was born to a Jewish mother and a non-Jewish father who died of consumption two months after
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