NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Thursday applauded Italy for its plan to establish a new state police office to monitor, analyze and counteract hate crimes. The initiative comes in response to recent acts of religious and racial discrimination in Italy. “We strongly support Italy’s effort to improve the safety of its citizens […]
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The ultra-Orthodox (or Haredim=God fearing) promised the “Mother of all demonstrations.” This does not signal the spread of feminism. The expression may have come from Saddam Hussein’s proclamation of the “Mother of all Battles” when the United States invaded Iraq in 1991. The guess is problematic, insofar as the Haredim assert that
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Double Talk Southwestern Jewish Press, June 11, 1954, page 6 By Janet and Susan Solof School is almost over—just feel it all around. Graduation, Confirmation – then all are vacation bound. Walking away with top honors at San Diego High School are Shirley Samuels as A.S.B. Vice
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Adventures in SD HistoryBy David Amos SAN DIEGO–In the 18th and 19th Centuries, people attended music concerts expecting to hear a few old favorites, and at the same time, to sample newly composed music. Many of the most celebrated concerts in history featured nothing but new music. Somehow, starting in the Twentieth Century, we have lost our way.
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Large enough to be seen from vantage points across the border in Mexico, the wing of a World War II era Liberator bomber stands upright on the hill in Otay Mesa where some historians say pioneer aviator John J. Montgomery made the first controlled flight on a glider
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By Carol Davis CORONADO, California–Lamb’s Players Theatre is mounting a charming, sometimes zany but solid production of Mary Chase’s Harvey. You remember Harvey; he’s the invisible six foot three and a half inch tall white rabbit or pooka no on can see except the loveably eccentric Elwood P. Dowd (David Cochran Heath). Dowd’s
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & BroadcastNEW YORK (Press Release)– Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations welcomed the letter to President Obama currently circulating in the House of Representatives supporting the U.S.-Israel relationship and urged members of the House to join the effort led by Representatives Ted Poe (R-TX), Gary Peters (D-MI), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
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Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Agency for Jewish Education continues its summer class offerings with Professor Sanford Lakoff of UCSD. Lakoff will teach a 5 week class beginning on July 8th on “Israel: A condensed history of its origins and challenges.” This course aims to present a concise history of the origins and development of the
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Middle East, San Diego CalendarNEW YORK (Press Release)–Acerbic and hate-filled statements by President Hugo Chavez and other Venezuelan government leaders are once again contributing to a climate of rising anti-Semitism in Venezuela, where extreme criticism of Israel “continues to be used as a political tool.” According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), recent statements from Chavez and others in the
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Through an extensive and comprehensive process undertaken by a committee of the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Board of Directors, the RJC has streamlined its policy platform into a broad and basic statement of the principles that define what the organization stands for. The committee was chaired by Marc Goldman and included
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–The 198-acre Lake Murray reservoir is a magnet for humans, animals and plants of all sorts. With a few notable exceptions, all are welcome, say reservoir keeper Gayle Havens and Friends of Lake Murray founder Barbara Cleves Anderson. Since 1895, when the now-submerged, earthen La Mesa Dam was built
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Donald H. HarrisonHAIFA (Press Release)–“Zionism has one meaning: The establishment of a Jewish state in the Land of Israel, with an emphasis on the establishment of a state,” said renowned Israeli author Prof. A. B. Yehoshua at a conference at the University of Haifa that discussed “What is Zionism in the 21st Century?”. Prof. Yehoshua opened his
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Middle EastHAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Cyclical changes in atmospheric pressure and sea surface temperature in the North Atlantic Ocean affect drought in the Sahel region on the southern Sahara rim. This has been revealed in an international study carried out by researchers from the University of Haifa, the French National Meteorological Service, Columbia University and the University
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Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff To See Or not To See Southwestern Jewish Press, June 11, 1954, page 4 By Berenice Soule This Hurts Me—In the “cultural center” 140 miles to the north, a theatrephile can see this summer: “The Seven Year Itch” with Eddie Bracken; the four prize winner, “Picnic”; Yul Brynner
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