CAIRO, Egypt–Hamas may soon agree to release the abducted Israel soldier Gilad Shalit. Israel’s President Shimon Peres told reporters in Cairo that progress had been made toward a prisoner swap with Hamas. “There are negotiations between the two sides. I do not think that I need to elaborate. We all know there is progress. I […]
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Middle EastRIO DE JANEIRO (WJC)–Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due in Brazil this week for what will be the first state visit by an Iranian head of state. The trip has already generated protests in which thousands of demonstrators, many of them Jews, took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Protests in
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM— One should never say never. However, Probably not is a fair guess. Closest to me is one more round in the endless conversations among officials about peace between Israel and Palestine. The latest we hear is that Israel is willing to stop building settlements, stop taking Palestinian land, and will remove
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Compiled by Gail Umeham ** Double Talk Southwestern Jewish Press December 25, 1953 Page 8 By Janet and Susan Solof Janet and Susan wish you all good things in store. In their Season’s Greetings to you and good wishes for ’54. Vacation has come and brought home many of our “Kollege Kids.” Among them are
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By Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California–New Village Arts Theatre in Carlsbad is currently mounting Steve Martin’s (yes THAT Steve Martin of Roxanne, Father of the Bride and The Jerk) 1993 intellectual fantasy Picasso At The Lapin Agile about two earthmovers who meet, discuss and predict the future.Just for starters the characters at the center of Martin’s imaginary
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Carol Davis, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & BroadcastTORONTO, Canada (Press Release)–Dr. Michael Dan, president of Toronto-based Regulus Investments Inc. and Gemini Power Corp., human rights and peace activist, received the University of Haifa’s highest accolade, the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa at a “Partners for Peace” Tribute Dinner at the Fairmont Royal York hotel in Toronto last week. The degree
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SDJA Lions —————————————————————————————————————- By Joey Seymour SAN DIEGO–A typical gorgeous San Diego fall afternoon, on the campus of the San Diego Jewish Academy, the Lions football team is going through a few final drills before their game the next evening. At first glance, there is no indication that the game will be the Lions first
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Compiled by Gail Umeham Hebrew Home (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press December 25, 1953 Page 7 “Cast me not off in the time of old age; when my strength faileth, forsake me not.” Thus wrote the second of Israel’s kings in the immortal Psalms of David. The concern men entertain for the problems of the aged
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Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO–Many years ago I had a very ordinary day that changed my life. I was busy in the house, running about with mop and scrub brush cleaning and polishing. My baby son was happily murmuring to himself in his playpen, my husband was at work and the world seemed to be
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San Diego Calendar, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Prosecutors in the Office of Military Commissions announced on Friday they intend to ask the convening authority to refer new charges under the recently-enacted Military Commissions Act of 2009 against Abd al-Rahim Hussein Muhammed Abdu al-Nashiri, in connection with the bombing of the USS Cole in the port of Aden, Yemen, in
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Congressman John Shadegg (Republican, Arizona) issued the following comments on Friday after sending a letter signed by 25 other Members of Congress demanding that FBI Director Robert Mueller provide answers to questions about the halted investigation of Nidal Malik Hasan: “While there are many facts still unfolding about what led Army Maj. Nidal
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USABERLIN (WJC)–The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei, said on Friday that he believed Iran had not totally rejected the IAEA’s nuclear fuel plan, but that time was running out. “The ball is now in Iran’s court. I hope they will not miss this fleeting chance,” ElBaradei told reporters in Berlin.
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USABRUSSELS (WJC)—European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen of Germany has said that the EU should upgrade its political and economic relations with Israel – frozen after the Gaza war – again and grant Israel the same relationship status with Europe as Norway. “We should give Israel a long-term and clear credible European perspective,” Verheugen told a
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Middle EastSANA’A, Yemen (WJC)–Agents in Yemen have reportedly arrested two men who planned to assassinate Rabbi Yahya Yusuf Musa, the head of the small Jewish community in the predominantly Muslim country, after he had criticized Shiite rebels in northern Yemen for fighting against the government in a television interview . Musa told Reuters that he believed
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