'Right' to discriminate on campus is dubious at best

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA– So, a religious group for aspiring attorneys claims the right to discriminate. A law school refuses to accept the organization if it will not accept gays and other so-called heathens. The victims of this group’s discriminatory policies are unlikely to seek membership in this organization. There is a joke in […]

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Travel and Food

Dmitriy Salita weighs his boxing future in Israel

Salita at Ha Kotel _____________________________________________________ JERUSALEM (Press Release)—World renowned Orthodox Jewish American boxer Dmitriy Salita – “the Star of David” – visited Israel for the first time with his wife as a guest of the Aliyah organization Nefesh B’Nefesh. The 27 year old North American Light Welterweight Champion from Brooklyn, NY, has been enjoying his

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Middle East, USA

ADL denounces right-wing Moldovan priest who uprooted Chanukah menorah

NEW YORK (Press Release)—The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on MOnday urged the government of Moldova and the leadership of the Orthodox Church to punish those responsible for uprooting a Hanukkah menorah on a main public square in Moldova’s capital, Chisinau, and replacing it with an Orthodox cross. A video shows an Orthodox priest, identified by the

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Travel and Food

Hebrew Day School students buy Chanukah presents for 10 needy families

SHOPPING SPREE–Students and parents of Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School purchase presents for needy children. _______________________________________________________ SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Ten San Diego needy Jewish families’ Chanukah wish lists were granted on Sunday thanks to the generousity of the students from Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School. Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School wanted to bring

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San Diego Calendar

Level of anti-Semitism in France alarms its interior minister

PARIS (WJC)–In France, which is home to the world’s third largest Jewish community after Israel and the United States, anti-Semitic incidents had reached a worrying level, according to French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux. During the first nine months of 2009, the number of recorded incidents had more than doubled, compared with the same period the

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'The God Virus' analyzes religion from disapproving standpoint

The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture by Darrel W. Ray, Ed.D., IPC Press, Bonner Springs, Kansas, ISBN 978-0-9709505-1-2, $15.95, 234 pages. Reviewed by Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California–In the mid-1970, Richard Dawkins shook up the fields of biology and genetics with his book, The Selfish Gene. In this work, Dawkins argues

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Fred Reiss, EdD

Middle East inertia the product of Palestinian intransigence, U.S. naivete

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–An American friend shows his concern for Palestinians with several  questions that deserve answers: 1. Why is there not much support, or any, for a Palestinian State composed only of territory on the West Bank? Wouldn’t it be better to take that incremental step and deal with Gaza (Hamas) later? 2. The

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA