Jewish website to facilitate birthday and Holy Day greetings for Gilad Shalit

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations has launched a national campaign on behalf of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in 2006 and held incommunicado since. A central feature of the mobilization is a new web site, which will provide people across the United States, in Israel […]

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The Obama Administration miscalculates in Lebanon

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C–When Congress withheld U.S. military assistance to the Beirut government after Lebanese Army Forces (LAF) fired into Israel, Iran announced that it would pick up the slack. Tehran already supplies Hezbollah through Syria – a process improved, according to European sources, by a new Iranian agreement with Turkey not to block

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State Department denounces Ovadia Yosef's comments about Palestinian leadership

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Assistant Secretary of State Philip Crowley on Sunday issued a statement condemning remarks by former Chief Sephardic Rabbi Ovadia Yosef that , in essence, called upon God to strike down the Palestinian leadership. “We regret and condemn the inflammatory statements by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef,” Crowley’s statement said.  “We note the Israeli statement that the

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New CD captures cello and piano performance true to Beethoven's genius

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO–Bridge Records, a new  label, has produced some adventurous recordings. In 2007, the company introduced a collection of songs by Sefan Wolpe (1902-1972), an unheralded genius whose lyrics were in German, Yiddish, Hebrew and English. There followed other Wolpe albums such as a children’s puppet show tale, Lazy Andy Ant.  Additional

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Was the Holocaust the legacy of the Church's teachings?

Six Million Crucifixions: How Christians Teachings About Jews Paved the Road to the Holocaust by Gabriel Wilensky, Qwerty Publishers, San Diego, CA. ISBN 978-0-984-33467-4, ©2010, $27.95, p. 309, plus appendices. Available in Kindle edition  By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California–Twenty-two of the highest ranking Nazi Party officials were tried from November 20, 1945 to October 1,

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, February 4, 1955, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff B.B. District Grand Lodge President To Attend Joint Meeting February 4 Southwestern Jewish Press, February 4, 1955, Page 1 San Diego will be honored by a visitation of the District Grand Lodge President of B’nai B’rith, David A. Chertkow of Canada, on Monday, Feb. 14, at 8:15 p.m.,

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Commentary: Transnational loyalties have affected many religious groups

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The issue of Islam touches a problem with ancient lineage that appears in modern societies that pride themselves on diversity, and suffer from conflicts with people who are both outsiders and insiders. Josephus describes the civil war between Judeans who identified with the culture of the Romans, and those who rejected any

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Commentary: Efforts needed to rescue Arabs and Haredim from Israeli poverty

Part two of a series on poverty in Israel; to read part one, click here. Ephraim Guttman illustrates both the face of poverty in Israel and a solution. Dressed in the uniform of the ultra-Orthodox — the requisite black suit and white shirt, which makes no concession to the scorching summer heat — he does

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