Letter to Editor: Israel unprepared for Gaza flotilla terrorists

Editor, San Diego Jewish World More bad stuff centering on Gaza. Of course it was provocation and the desire for “martyrs” from the beginning. But if everyone else saw this coming, how could Israel have been so unprepared? Israel’s position was simple and clear: namely, that baring preinspection for munitions before sailing, then the ships would […]

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Roll call on Gaza flotilla portrays the values of international community

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Israel was victimized twice this week, first by terrorists hiding yet again among the civilian population (one Turkish-sponsored jihadi boat traveling with five more-or-less civilian boats) and second by a world all too ready to blame Israel for the violence engendered by those who sought a bloody death for

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World gangs up on Israel in row over flotilla and at nuclear conference

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO –On Thursday morning I joined rabbis throughout the United States on a conference call that was arranged by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) concerning the recent attack on Israeli commandos by Muslim extremists and the subsequent firefight. The commandos were charged with enforcing the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of

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Israel’s high-handed Interior Ministry costs the country many friends

By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — The Ministry of Interior of the State of Israel has struck again. It denied entry to Noam Chomsky, the world-famous 81-year-old Professor of Linguistics at MIT, who wanted to enter the West Bank, not Israel, from Jordan, Prof. Chomsky is a Zionist iconoclast and  scholar of Hebrew

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, May 14, 1954, part 3

Compiled by the San Diego Jewish World  Staff ‘Music Hath Charms’ For Juveniles Too Southwestern Jewish Press, May 14, 1954, page 2 As a balance for all the headlines on juvenile delinquents, it is re commended tht you attend some of the S.D. Youth Symphonies.  Conductor Walter Peterson has done a magnificent job in assembling

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San Diego County historic places: La Mesa’s Walkway of the Stars

By Donald H. Harrison LA MESA, California—Between La Mesa Boulevard in the heart of this city’s business district and the Allison Avenue Municipal Parking Lot which serves as a venue for Farmers Markets held on Friday afternoons is an innovative walkway in which murals celebrate volunteerism and stars on the sidewalk honor local volunteers. This

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StandWithUS creates 24-hour online Flotilla Facts website

 LOS ANGLEES (Press Release) – StandWithUs, the international, Israel education organization has mobilized a team of multi-lingual, web-savvy student volunteers around the globe to take Israel’s case to the world, just as they organized a successful Internet response during Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in December 2008.   The portal for this social media battle is http://www.flotillafacts.com/. On

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StandWithUs, other pro-Israel groups demonstrate in Los Angeles against Turkey

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)–Israel supporters demonstrated in large numbers on June 1st to protest Turkey’s support of the flotilla provocation against Israel. A follow up demonstration will be held this coming Sunday, June 6th, at 2 PM in front of the Israeli Consulate on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. The demonstrators protested Turkey’s sinister role

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U.S. should oppose 'diplomatic lynching' of Israel — ADL

NEW YORK (Press Release)– As the international community engages in a biased rush to judgment against Israel in the aftermath of the Gaza flotilla affair, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called on the United States to firmly stand with Israel and to show that it defends Israel’s right to defend its borders and citizens from external

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