Turkey says it would oppose Israeli military action in Lebanon or Gaza

BEIRUT (WJC)–Turkey would not remain silent if Israel attacks Lebanon or Gaza, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said during a visit to the Lebanon. “Does it [Israel] think it can enter Lebanon with the most modern aircraft and tanks to kill women and children, and destroy schools and hospitals, and then expect us […]

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Travel and Food

New Zealand Jews retain right to kosher slaughter of poultry

AUCKLAND (WJC)–In its efforts to overturn a complete ban on shechita (kosher slaughtering practices), New Zealand’s Jewish community has won a victory after the NZ government said it would allow the kosher slaughter of poultry. Lawyers acting for the community were due to begin a legal battle next week against the government’s controversial ban on

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Canada declares it will not participate in Durban commemoration

OTTAWA (WJC)–The government of Canada will not participate in events next year at the United Nations commemorating the controversial 2001 Durban declaration on racism. Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said the “government has lost faith in the Durban process. We will not be part of this event, which commemorates an agenda that promotes racism rather

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, May 27-June 9, 1955, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World Staff JCRC Offers Explanation of Bible Controversy Southwestern Jewish Press, May 27-June 9, 1955, Page 1 Harry Wax, Chairman of the Jewish Community Relations Council, yesterday explained the position of the Council with reference to the distribution of the Bible in the public schools by the Gideon Society, which

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

Outsiders who don’t understand Korea should be similarly modest about Israel

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–There is a lesson for the Middle East in the latest incident on the Korean peninsula. The lesson is indirect, and deals more with general principles than the details of what seems to have happened. I begin with the admission that I am a confused outsider on Korean issues. So–with respect to

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Adventures in San Diego, May 13, 1955, Part 3

  Mormons and Israel Southwestern Jewish Press, May 13, 1955, Page 5 The 125th anniversary of the Mormon Church in America must stir in many Americans of all faiths renewed admiration for the profound sense of religious and civic dedication which has characterized the founders and disciples of the Mormon Church. For American Jews, and

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Adventures in SD History, San Diego County

Why American airport security is really so horrendous

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, ISRAEL — Security checks at American airports have become the most controversial topic in the United States. This debate is so full of mistaken assumptions and misleading ideas that it is hard to know where to start in analyzing it. Let’s consider the terrorist threat within the United States. The opening

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ADL: UN’s decision to commemorate Durban ‘outrageous and shameful’

UNITED NATIONS (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Nov. 24,  expressed disappointment with a United Nations resolution to commemorate the Durban conference, calling it “outrageous and shameful.” On November 23, the United Nations’ Third Committee voted to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the infamous 2001 U.N. World Conference Against Racism, which was marred by

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Campaign to gain clemency for Pollard gains steam

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is one of several Jewish groups that have worked to produce a Congressional letter to President Barack Obama, urging him to exercise clemency and release convicted Israeli spy, Jonathan Pollard. A Congressional letter, initiated by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) written in coordination with a broad array

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USA

Anti-Semitic textbooks used in Muslim schools in Britain

LONDON (WJC)–Textbooks used in several Islamic schools in Britain promote anti-Semitic views, a BBC report has found. On textbook says Jews are cursed by God and “look like monkeys and pigs.” It also asks children to list the “reprehensible” qualities of Jews. The curriculum in several schools contains homophobic views and in a book for

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World Jewish Congress welcomes Muslim center’s desire for inter-religious dialogue

CAIRO (WJC) — Rabbi Marc Schneier, vice-president of the World Jewish Congress and a pioneer in fostering closer Jewish-Muslim relations in North America and Europe, has praised leaders of the Al-Azhar Al-Sharif University in Cairo, the oldest center of Islamic scholarship in the world, for opening up inter-religious dialogue to the Jews. The ‘Banu Ibrahim

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