By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There is a big mystery in Sha’ar Hanegev, Israel, that has its ranking officials scratching their heads – with pleasure. Notwithstanding that the municipality is located adjacent to the Gaza Strip, from which Kassam rockets are fired indiscriminately at Israel’s agricultural villages, and despite ever-present rumors that there
BEIRUT (WJC) — Daniel Bellemare, the prosecutor of the UN Special Tribunal investigating the 2005 murder of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, has submitted a confidential indictment reportedly naming senior leaders of Hezbollah and the Iranian regime as masterminds of the assassination. Hariri – the father of the current Lebanese PM Saad Hariri whose
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Travel and Food
By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel (Press Release)–How incredibly bad is media coverage of Israel-Palestinian issues and of the Middle East in general? Here’s an example. CNN has just run a report on how wonderfully moderate the Palestinian Authority (PA) is. They are firing imams of West Bank mosques who are spewing out incitement against
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Middle East, USA
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of State Clinton called for an increase in civic space in the Arab world and an end to the corruption that sucks the economic life even – or especially – out of poor countries with an educated workforce. But when she spoke of America’s commitment to
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Shoshana BryenHOUSTON (Press Release) — In a show of solidarity with the nation of Israel and the Jewish people, Joel and Victoria Osteen will travel to Israel to hold “A Historic Night of Hope” at the Jerusalem Theater on Thursday, February 3, at 7:00 p.m. The event will be broadcast around the world by the Trinity Broadcasting
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Jewish ReligionBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — In a recent column I put tongue in cheek and described Israel as an island of quiet in a region roiled by violence and potentially worse. Now I must take the tongue out of my cheek and ponder the implications of our own roiling. It comes not from the guns of January
Barak maneuverings seen as strengthening Avigdor Lieberman Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastJERUSALEM (Press Release)– WebYeshiva.org, an interactive online Torah studies program, has announced that the “virtual” Yeshiva will become “live” with Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Chaim Brovender, traveling to remote northern Swiecie, Poland to be with one of his online students. WebYeshiva.org will offer a day of free Torah courses on Sunday,m January 23, that will be
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Travel and FoodTEL AVIV (Press Release)—Privacy in the digital age is a sensitive issue for both governments and individuals, as recent news about WikiLeaks and Facebook proved. A new research project at Tel Aviv University may better educate citizens of the virtual world about their privacy ― and even help Facebook users avoid truly embarrassing moments. It’s
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Science, Medicine, & EducationNEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed the vote of the board of directors of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) to permanently “retire” the Helen Thomas Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award will be retired with Thomas’s name attached, meaning no lifetime achievement award will be given in the future, according to the
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Travel and Food
An Italian Renaissance: Choosing Life in Canada by Robert Eli Rubinstein, Urim Publications, Israel, and Lambda Publishers, Brooklyn, 2010, ISBN 978-965-524-044-3, 177 pages including appendices and endnotes. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Perhaps the author and publishers were a bit too clever in titling this family memoir. Although a portion of the action
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO— Candye Kane doesn’t know it but I have a lovely portrait, in oils, of her hanging in my home. Funny thing is, I had never heard her sing until I saw her musical autobiography The Toughest Girl Alive now at Moxie Theatre. It is in a world premiere production and
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBoycott Israel Ad On Palestinian TV Backed By Spain * NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is supporting the call of Israel’s Minister of National Infrastructure, Uzi Landau, for a review of past Israeli agreements signed with Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) as a result of recent PA efforts promoting foreign economic
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Middle East
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — He compared himself to Ben Gurion and Sharon, both of whom left the parties they were in charge of to form new ones, Ben Gurion formed Rafi (of blessed memory) and Sharon created Kadima, which still is the most likely mainstay of a new coalition. Peres and the
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Middle East