‘Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them volley’d and thunder’d; Storm’d at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred.’ – from The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Middle East, USACHICO, California (Press Release) — Scholars for Peace in the Middle East was made aware of the Globes report of August 15, 2010 which indicated that the Harvard Management Company had sold it’s Israel holdings, which immediately made its way to a number of anti-Israel organizations and websites. SPME, in concert with members of its Boycott,
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Congregation Beth Am, a Conservative synagogue located off the 5 and 56 freeways in Carmel Valley, hosts its Annual Labor Day Picnic for current, new & prospective memberson Monday, September 6, from 11:00am to 2:00pm at Ashley Falls Park (on the corner of Del Mar Heights Road and Ashley Falls Drive). Join
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The San Diego Jewish Music Series kicks off it’s 2010-2011 season with a one-night only concert with jazz bassist Avishai Cohen and his band, Monday, October 25th at 7:00pm. The Music Series is part of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus.
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – “From Desert to Desert: Southern California Artists from Israel” will be the subject of an exhibtion from Sept. 15 to Nov. 19 at the Gotthelf Art Gallery, part of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus. Proceeds from the art for sale
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By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO–This Egyptian princess going down to the Nile to bathe saw an infant in a basket. She realized it was most probably the desperate effort of an Israelite woman to save her little son. Her humanity triumphed over the Pharaoh’s edict to slaughter all male infants among the Israelites. She adopted
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (WJC)–US President Barack Obama has defended a controversial plan to build an Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York, saying Muslims had a “right to do so.” Speaking at a Ramadan fast-breaking dinner (iftar) at the White House, Obama said Muslims “have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else
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Travel and FoodANKARA (WJC)–Israel’s envoy to Turkey has not been invited to an ‘iftar’ dinner hosted by PM Erdogan’s party for representatives of the diplomatic corps in Turkey. Ambassador Gabi Levi did not receive an invitation to Ramadan fast-breaking dinner, to which all senior diplomats in Turkey have been invited for the past four years. The dinner is hosted
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Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staffSouthwestern Jewish Press, January 7, 1955, Pages 1,8 Jewish Welfare Agencies Hold First Annual Meeting San Diego’s Jewish Welfare organizations will gather for a joint annual meeting on Wednesday, January 19, 1955 in the Don Room of the El Cortez under the sponsorship of the San Diego Federation of
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Adventures in SD HistoryWASHINGTON, D.C. (WJC)–An opinion poll conducted in several Arab countries has found that 57 per cent of respondents believe Iran wants to acquire nuclear weapons and regard this as a positive outcome for the Middle East. The 2010 Arab Public Opinion Poll was carried by University of Maryland professor Shibley Telhami in conjunction with the
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Psalms, A Memoir by Hirsch Grunstein; Create Space; 403 pages; no price listed. By Norman Manson SAN DIEGO–This is, in a number of ways, a very unusual memoir of Holocaust survival. It is not a story of survival in death camps, nor of life on the run deep in the fields and woods of eastern
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Adventures in SD HistoryWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)— National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) Chairman Marc R. Stanley and President and CEO David A. Harris on Sunday issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s remarks reaffirming our Constitutional right – and the commitment of our country’s founders – to freedom of religion: “On Friday evening, President Obama
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Sara Netanyahu is not one of the most well regarded first ladies of the world. She is known for yelling and throwing things at the household help. She has been the target of civil actions for not paying what is required, and–along with her husband–the subject of police inquiries for fiddling with
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staffSouthwestern Jewish Press, December 24, 1954, Page 9 Lasker Lodge News By Lou Levitt Congratulations to our newly elected officers for the year 1955. They are: President Milton (Mickey) Fredman; 1st v. pres., Dr. Milton Millman; 2nd v. pres., Marshall Zucker; 34d v. pres., Edward Herman; fin. Sec. Joseph
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