Canada stands up to Iran on showing of film on Iran’s nuclear threat

{Update of story below:  By Barry Rubin Well, that’s more like it! The Canadian government orders the showing of a film on Iran’s nuclear program previously cancelled due to threats. The Canadian government even sent a diplomatic note to Tehran saying that Canada is a free country and that freedom of expression is a core value

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International, Middle East

Alabama’s new governor manages to offend just minutes into his term

  By Rabbi  Ben Kamin  SAN DIEGO 00 When the newly-inaugurated Alabama Governor Robert Bentley apologized Wednesday  for his extraordinarily ill-advised and spiritually separatist comments made on Monday, it was hard to really believe him.   Bentley declared that he didn’t mean to insult anyone.  But, egregiously, he told a church crowd on Monday that people who

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USA

Former missionary tells of engineering an escape from Taiwan that mystified Nixon and Kissinger

By Dan Bloom TAIPEI — Almost 40 years ago, a young American missionary couple, Milo and Judith Thornberry, were eyewitnesses to history and played an important role in Taiwan’s march towards democracy. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the two Americans met democracy activist Peng Ming-min and played a key role in his secret

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Travel and Food

J Street opposes U.S. veto of U.N. resolution on Israel settlements

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Following the introduction of a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion, J Street released a new policy statement:  J Street shares the growing global frustration at the lack of progress toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and at the Israeli government’s continued expansion of settlements beyond the Green Line.

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Middle East

Alleged Tunisian jihadist arrested in Canada, accused of five U.S. deaths in Iraq

NEW YORK (Press Release)–Faruq Khalil Muhammad ‘Isa, also known as “Faruk Khalil Muhammad ‘Isa,” “Sayfildin Tahir Sharif,” and “Tahir Sharif Sayfildin,” was arrested in Canada on Wednesday pursuant to a U.S. provisional arrest warrant, based on a complaint in the United States charging him with conspiring to kill Americans abroad and with providing material support to that

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Health care controversy continues to rage following House vote for repeal

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The  House of Representatives, under new Republican leadership, voted along party lines to repeal the Health Care law crafted by the last Congress, which was controlled by Democrats. But the repeal will have difficulty in the U.S. Senate, where Democrats still are in control. The repeal prompted criticism from Democrats and also

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USA

Ten supporters for every one of Jewish Federation’s 75 years attend anniversary banquet

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Over 750 members of San Diego’s Jewish community came together last Saturday night at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront to celebrate community, peoplehood and the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County. “Celebrate Seventy-Five” focused on honoring Federation’s past, celebrating the present and strengthening the future. The

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

20 innovative congregations receive grants from Union for Reform Judaism

NEW YORK (Press Release) – Out of nearly 170 applicants, 20 Reform congregations in North America were selected to receive a URJ Incubator Grant of up to $5,000 from the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) to implement new programs to further engage current members and attract new members. The grantees include URJ-member congregations of varied

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