Call for nominations for teen super-menschen

PALO ALTO, California (Press Release)–  The Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards recognize young Californians who have distinguished themselves as leaders and have initiated community service projects that impact their communities in meaningful ways.  This is the fourth year for the statewide philanthropic endeavor.  Any teacher, civic leader, or non family member may nominate a young […]

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San Diego Calendar, USA

San Diego Jewish Profile: Bilingualism jumpstarted Loretta H. Adams’ career

Loretta Adams at home __________________________________________________________ By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California—The life and business success of Loretta Hirschfeld Adams illustrate how advantageous a bilingual education can be, especially for those of us who live in the southwestern United States. Adams, who established and later sold a company of nearly 300 employees  specializing in Spanish-language

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

An ode to JINSA

By Jay N. Jacobson BOCA RATON, Florida — Last year I went to Washington for the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) Board of Advisors meeting.  I was so impressed that in early December this year, my wife Lorita and I went back.  It’s an amazing organization.  They have instituted many programs that no

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Middle East, USA

Large grant for memory research goes to University of Haifa

HAIFA (Press Release)—Prof. Kobi Rosenblum, Head of the Department of Neurobiology and Ethology at the University of Haifa, has been awarded a €1.6 million grant from DIP, a German-Israeli Project Cooperation, over a five-year period. This grant will fund Prof. Rosenblum’s international research of the role of protein expression in memory formation and stability. Prof.

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Will new Gaza rocket attacks provoke another big Israeli response?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Ha’aretz headlines an escalation. Some 20 rockets and mortars have been fired toward Israel in recent days, so far with no casualties and minimum property damage. Ten Palestinians have been killed in retaliations by the air force, and there has been damage to structures as well as the tunnels used to smuggle

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Middle East, USA

ADL says Muslim American Society and Islamic Circle promote rather than combat extremist views

NEW YORK (Press Release)–As the number of American Muslim extremists allegedly involved in terror plots in the U.S. and abroad continues to grow, major Muslim-American organizations have publicly acknowledged the existence of a problem in their community and vowed to tackle it head on. But the initial effort to root out radicalization – announced by

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Middle East, USA

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, February 19, 1954, Part III

Compiled by Gail Umeham San Diegans To Hear Dr. Philip L. Seman March 3 Southwestern Jewish Press February 19, 1954 Page 6 San Diego will have the privilege of hearing Dr. Philip L. Seman, who will speak on “300 Years of American Jewish Life” at the Jewish Community Center—3227 El Cajon Blvd., Wednesday evening, March

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Adventures in SD History, Middle East, USA

‘Steel Magnolias’ opens Welk season

By Carol Davis ESCONDIDO, California–The Welk Resorts Theatre, which usually presents musicals throughout the year, opened their season recently with Robert Harling’s ‘comedy drama’, Steel Magnolias. Harling, the story goes, lost his younger sister to diabetes and was having trouble coping. Friends advised that he write about his feelings and use the journaling as a

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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Iranian exile anticipates demise of Ahmadinejad regime by year's end

 HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–An exiled Iranian theater director, Dr. Mahmood Karimi-Hakak has been visiting Israel this week. At a lecture that he gave for the Ezri Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa, he said: “If the situation remains as it is today, by the end of 2010 the regime

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Travel and Food

Sutton-Smolin selected for Hillel trip to bring medicines to Cuba

By Max Sutton-Smolin CHICAGO–This fall, I was selected by the Northwestern University Fielder Hillel Center to travel to the island of Cuba in March 2010.  This is a rare opportunity given the travel restrictions to Cuba however; approximately 30 Northwestern students will participate in this humanitarian aid and cultural exchange program. This will be the

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