By Lloyd Levy LONDON–This week, Britain expelled an Israeli diplomat, because they suspect that Mossad used forged British passports to kill a Hamas terrorist in Dubai. It needs to be pointed out that there is no definite evidence that Israel carried out the attack, and thus the issue was a very public way of attacking […]
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Lloyd Levy, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–A Likud member of the Jerusalem city council said in a TV interview that he was very upset with the news concerning the 20 apartments for Jewish settlers to be built in the midst of an Arab neighborhood in the city. He didn’t think it was wrong – on the contrary
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–This hasn’t been an easy week for J Street, the American-Jewish lobby that claims to be an alternative to the Jewish establishment in the United States. The AIPAC convention with its record attendance, belying the contention by David Remnick I cited the other day that it represented primarily old and rich
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Middle East, USAEAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Press Release) – NETS Basketball will host Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Super League, Israel’s top division, in a 2010 preseason game on Sunday, October 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. The game will mark the first preseason game the NETS will play at the
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Politics moves by symbols and slogans. Policymaking operates under an umbrella of politics, but gives more weight to the details of reality. Examples of the symbols and slogans that have moved American politics are war on drugs, war on terror, and–in the words of a Washington observer with a fancy title– “the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAHAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–What We Know About Emotional Intelligence, a book by Prof. Moshe Zeidner, Director of the Laboratory for Research in Personality, Emotions, and Individual Differences at the University of Haifa, with G. Matthews and R. Roberts, has received the PROSE Award for the most outstanding book in the category of Biomedicine and
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO–It’s available on other websites, but historically it is so significant we thought we’d link to it too. This is a photo copy of the original list of Jews whom Oskar Schindler saved during the Holocaust by saying they were essential for working in his factory. The list became internationally famous with publication of a book
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Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—One thing is clear about the operation of U.S. consulates along the U.S.-Mexico border: There needs to be a full-scale review of how well equipped they are to protect the interests of American citizens and their own employees. This is the clear lesson of two incidents occurring within a few
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Donald H. Harrison, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–San Diego City Councilmember Marti Emerald highlighted false allegations about San Diego’s creditworthiness. After reading an article in a national publication which stated municipal bonds issued by the City of San Diego may not be a good investment, Councilmember Emerald brought the publication and the article to the attention of the full
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Once A Marine by Nick Popaditch (with Mike Steere), Savas Beatie LLC, 2008, ISBN 13 978-1-932713-47-0; 293 pages, $25. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—This book has what might be considered an elliptical title: “Once A Marine…. (Always A Marine.)” And even were this book solely a glimpse into the proud Marine Corps and its
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Margaret “Midge” Costanza, 77, died in San Diego on Tuesday after a battle with cancer. Midge was a tireless advocate and impassioned champion for equality, justice and human rights. She was the first woman to hold the office of Assistant to the President of the United States, when President Jimmy Carter
Editor’s Note: One of the goals of the partnership between the U.S. and Mexico, per below, is to further respect for human rights and the rule of law. Earlier this week we ran the story of what happened to Nigerian-American Okoronkwo Umeham when he crossed the border to Mexico with ingredients for soup and was summarily put
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By Rabbi Philip Graubart LA JOLLA, California — Not long ago a well-known Jewish female singer performed in my synagogue on a Saturday night. She was staying in town over Shabbat. In making the arrangements, she requested that she be put in a hotel in walking distance to an Orthodox synagogue. I was surprised because
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What’s Pushing Your Buttons? ATLANTA, Georgia — What motivates you? That’s the question I’d like to ask in this inaugural column on motivation. Are you motivated by fame, fortune or fear. Or is it something deeper that fans the flames inside of you. Perhaps you are like Jeanne Louise Calment whose burning desire enabled
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