By David Amos SAN DIEGO–In the course of my various musical activities, either as a participant or as a member of the audience, I talk to many people, friends, relatives, and strangers. Everyone has a comment about the music, but the core message is simply “I love music.” However, here is where we start seeing
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Travel and FoodNORTHBROOK, Illinois (Press Release) – Congressman and Illinois Senate candidate Mark Kirk on Wednesday, July 28, launched a national online petition drive urging the President to seal off gasoline deliveries to Iran by enforcing a recently enacted Iran sanctions bill. “A nuclear-armed Iran would destabilize the Middle East, weaken America’s national security and pose an existential danger to
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Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) –On the Go, a program of Jewish Senior Services Council delivered by Jewish Family Service, will offer free rides to individuals 60 years of age and older in need of transportation to High Holy Day services at participating synagogues in San Diego. Synagogues include Congregation Beth Am, Congregation Beth El, Congregation Beth
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San Diego CalendarMARSEILLE, France (WJC)–A writers’ conference at a public university in southern France was canceled after some Arab participants refused to attend because of the presence of Israeli author Esther Orner. The meeting at the Université de Provence Aix/Marseille was intended to feature Mediterranean authors. “The story beneath all this – and it’s an enigma – is
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Middle EastANKARA (WJC)–A day after British Prime Minister David Cameron criticized Israel during a visit to Ankara, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle was in Turkey and praised the government of Turkey for mediating in the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program. Speaking after a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul, Westerwelle noted that Iran
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Travel and FoodJERUSALEM (WJC)–Israel has no plans to extend the ten-month building freeze in Israeli settlements in the West Bank after September, the country’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Wednesday. He rejected any link between the moratorium and the start of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Lieberman told a joint news conference with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel
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Middle EastOLNEY, Maryland (WJC)–Swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans including the Nazi slogans “Arbeit macht frei” (Work will set you free) and “Juden raus” (Jews out) were spray-painted on the outside of the B’nai Shalom synagogue in Olney, Maryland, about 20 miles to the north of Washington, DC, shortly before parents arrived to drop their children off at
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Travel and FoodBy Rachel Ehrenfeld NEW YORK–As the founder of the movement against libel tourism, I congratulate Congress foir unanimously passing HR 2765 (as amended by the Leahy-Sessions ‘Speech’ Act) on July 27th. A bipartisan bill, the ‘Speech’ Act is based on New York State’s “Libel Terrorism Protection Act” (also known as “Rachel’s Law”). The ‘Speech’Act marks the culmination
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By Alex Liff SAN DIEGO–Looking across the spectrum of recent news one can’t help but be amazed at the creative ways that in the words of Dennis Miller, “adjacent Jew haters” i.e so called Palestinians and their beloved friends are finding to express their unbridled anti-Semitism. The last month or so has brought a literal treasure
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–One of the consequences of Israel’s demonization is the incidence of young people who participate in demonstrations against one or another of what they perceive as the abominations created by the oppressor of Palestine. Revolution and justice are powerful attractions, but they do not always appear together. Justice is elusive, and likely to be
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By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — Thirty or forty years ago, at a time when women were beginning to break out of the traditional female occupations of teaching and nursing, a book promoter had a cute idea. She would ask a writer to query high school seniors on their career ambitions and publish
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Center Drives for $269,000: Jewish Community Organizes for Building Campaign Led by H. Wax Southwestern Jewish Press, October 29, 1954, Pages 1, 11 “To make a dream come true for you and yours,” the Jewish Community Center will launch a campaign on Nov. 15 for building funds to
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO– “Oh what a night”! The San Diego Repertory Theater has joined forces with San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts and is mounting, as the opening show of its 35th season, the Tony Award winning musical Hairspray. Based on the John Waters 1988 cult film (I happened to
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution (H. Res. 1538) introduced by Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) condemning the World Cup bombings in Kampala, Uganda and recognizing San Diego activist Nate “Oteka” Henn who died in the terrorist attacks. Henn was a volunteer with Invisible Children Inc., a non-profit organization based