Plan for mosque two blocks from Ground Zero advances

NEW YORK (WJC)–The city’s Landmarks Commission has cleared the way for the construction of a controversial US$ 100 million mosque and Islamic center near Ground Zero in Manhattan. The commission voted unanimously to deny landmark status to the building located on the site, clearing the way for the construction project. However, court challenges could still stall […]

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Travel and Food

Geneal who raised flag over Umm Rashrash flies on El Al's inaugural Tel Aviv-Eilat run

EILAT, Israel (Press Release)– EL AL Israel Airlines launched its newest route between Tel Aviv and the popular beach resort of Eilat this week with a historical and heartwarming father/son connection. General Avraham Adan, who was immortalized in the famous 1949 photograph when the Israeli flag was first raised in Umm Rashrash (now known as Eilat, located

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Hand grenade explodes 100 meters from Ahmadinejad car in Hamedan

HAMADAN (WJC)–Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reportedly escaped an assassination attempt in the western Iranian city of Hamadan. Several people were wounded in the blast, said media reports. The Arab news channel ‘al-Arabiya’ said the Iranian presidency had confirmed that Ahmadinejad “escaped an assassination attempt as his procession was targeted by a bomb.” The conservative

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, November 12, 1954, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Welcome to Mexico…The Tourist Wonderland Southwestern Jewish Press, November 12, 1954, Page 5 Ensenada-Tijuana – In the extreme Southwestern portion of the United States, just across the border from San Diego, Calif., is a region of great tourist transformation in recent years to meet the exigencies of the

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Commentary: Unprovoked attack from Lebanon latest by Israel's hostile neighbors

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C.  –It wasn’t Hezbollah; it was the LAF that killed one Israeli officer and seriously wounded another. It wasn’t in Lebanon; it was in Israel that they were attacked.   The IDF had notified the UNIFIL liaison that it would be working on the Israeli side of the Blue Line –

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Commentary: Israelis divided on fate of children of foreign workers

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The New York Times headlines  its article about a recent Israeli government decision dealing with the children of illegal immigrants, “Israelis Divided on Deporting Children.” Its first paragraph claims that “Deep divisions emerged here on Monday over the fate of about 400 children of foreign workers who have no legal status

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Middle East, USA

Peres says remarks critical of British were misunderstood

JERUSALEM (WJC)–Israel’s President Shimon Peres has denied accusations that in a newspaper interview he had labeled Britons as anti-Semitic. Peres said that he believed that “relations between Britain and Israel are of the greatest importance.” The 87-year-old was quoted in an interview with ‘Tablet’ magazine as saying: “in England, there has always been something deeply

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Middle East

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, November 12, 1954, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Southwestern Jewish Press, August 1, 1954, Page 3 Betrothal Announced Mr. and Mrs. Leon Solomon announce the engagement of their daughter, Barbara, to Harold Hoffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hoffer of New York City.  Barbara is a graduate of UCLA and is working at present as

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4 SDJA students bring home water reclamation prize from Israel

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– After winning the national Gildor Family Projects and Inventions Competition in New York last June, San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) students Ari Colton, Matan Kaminski, Noah Sutton-Smolin and Jake Posnock traveled to Israel to represent the United States at the international competition. After nearly seven months of work developing an innovative

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Middle East, USA

Rothman lauds funding for U.S.-Israel anti-missile programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Representative Steve Rothman (D-NJ), a member of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, released the following statement: On July 27, 2010, the Appropriations Defense Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a strong message – to our allies and enemies alike – by appropriating more funds than ever before toward joint

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