StandWithUs calls for June 25 as day of solidarity with Gilad Shalit

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)– Friday, June 25, marks four long years since Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit was abducted by seven Hamas terrorists who entered Israel from a tunnel under the Israel-Gaza border and ambushed an Israeli tank from behind. They launched a rocket-propelled grenade at the vehicle and killed two Israeli soldiers, Staff Sergeant Pavel Slutzker […]

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Middle East

U.S. State Department designates Chechen rebel Umarov as a terrorist

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 23 (Press Release)–The Secretary of State has designated Caucasus Emirates leader Doku Umarov under Presidential Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism. This action will help stem the flow of financial and other assistance to Umarov. The emergence of Umarov as the leader of

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USA

JINSA applauds Supreme Court decision on preventing aid to terrorists

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The Jewish Institute for National Security  Affairs (JINSA) applauds the decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the law that prohibits Americans from providing “material support” to groups designated by the State Department as “foreign terrorist organizations.” The case, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (HLP), was decided in a 6-3 decision

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Travel and Food

AJCongress criticizes UNRWA Commissioner-General for one-sided assessment of Gaza situation

NEW YORK (Press Release)–Accusing him of departing from his role as a neutral civil servant of the international community, AJCongress today criticized UNRWA Commissioner-General Fillipo Grandi for his failure to acknowledge that Israel has legitimate security reasons to restrict the flow of goods and people in Gaza and the West Bank. In an address to

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Middle East

Holocaust anthology provides insight for readers, therapy for writers

Marking Humanity: Stories, Poems & Essays by Holocaust Survivors, Toronto, SoulInscriptionsPress.com, 2010, 312 pages, ISBN 978-0-9864770-0-3. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Canadian journalist Shlomit Kriger has brought together the reflections, stories and poems of nearly 50 Holocaust Survivors in an anthology that covers many aspects—and emotions—of the Shoah.  Marking Humanity could serve as an excellent

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History

Ehrenfeld salutes bill protecting First Amendment rights from overseas libel suits

NEW YORK (Press Release)– Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, author of Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed – and How to Stop It, and founder of the movement against libel tourism, praised Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), its Ranking Member, for introducing the “Securing the Protection of our

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Travel and Food

San Diego’s historic places: Montgomery Field as recalled by aviation pioneer Bill Gibbs

        By Donald H. Harrison   SAN DIEGO—Bill Gibbs has been watching the calendar as closely as he used to monitor the instrument panels of his airplanes.  Come October 6, the San Diego aviation pioneer will turn 100 years old, and Gibbs is counting the days.  He had big celebrations with his aviation

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USA

Suppose Turkey Transfers U.S. Technology and Tactics to Iran and Syria

Ed. Note: Turkish media jumped on a sentence in a recent column in which we worried about the potential compromise of Western military technology by Turkey as it expands its relations with Iran and Syria (and Brazil, Hamas and Hezbollah). We weren’t the only ones worried. A member of our Board of Advisors with long

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

New Iran sanctions will make it more difficult for Iran to obtain missiles, other weapons

 WASHINGTON D.C. (Press Release) — William Burns, the U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs, made the following statement on Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on U.S. policy towards Iran and the rest of the Middle East: Chairman Kerry, Senator Lugar, Members of the Committee: Thank you very much for the opportunity to appear

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Middle East, USA

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, July 9, 1954, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Southwestern Jewish Press, July 9, 1954, Page 1 Her First American Doll First of the five displaced families and individuals slated to come to San Diego in 1954 arrived last week from Sweden. According to Dr. Walter Ornstein, chairman of San Diego’s Émigré committee, the Zajd family consisting

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, June 25, 1954, Part 4

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Bay City B.B. Woman Southwestern Jewish Press, June 25, 1954, page 6 Arrangements for the Annual Paid-Up membership affair have been completed and Mrs. Harold Gavin, chairman, announces that Thursday, July 1, 8:00 p.m. in the lounge of the Tifereth Israel is the date, time and place. All

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