NEW YORK, June 24 (Press Release) — Marking the fourth anniversary of Gilad Shalit’s kidnapping by Hamas, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations has organized a “True Freedom Flotilla” that will sail today from Pier 40 around the tip of Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty and past the United Nations to raise awareness
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Middle EastBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO–One of the greatest musical joys is listening to fine chamber music in the intimate setting of a private home. The living room of Lee and David Amos’ lovely Alvarado Estate provided just such a setting for a recital by violinist Jacques Israelievitch and pianist Kanae Matsumoto. Some forty guests, including
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Eileen WingardCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Post Primary Reflections Southwestern Jewish Press, July 9, 1954, page 5 On reflection, the Primaries, while proving that the Democrats are still alive and kicking, held many disappointments for us. For one thing, the defeat of fluoridation was quite a shock. Even though all the newspapers in the
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Adventures in SD History, Middle EastLOS ANGELES (Press Release)– Friday, June 25, marks four long years since Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit was abducted by seven Hamas terrorists who entered Israel from a tunnel under the Israel-Gaza border and ambushed an Israeli tank from behind. They launched a rocket-propelled grenade at the vehicle and killed two Israeli soldiers, Staff Sergeant Pavel Slutzker
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C., June 23 (Press Release)–The Secretary of State has designated Caucasus Emirates leader Doku Umarov under Presidential Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism. This action will help stem the flow of financial and other assistance to Umarov. The emergence of Umarov as the leader of
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) applauds the decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the law that prohibits Americans from providing “material support” to groups designated by the State Department as “foreign terrorist organizations.” The case, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (HLP), was decided in a 6-3 decision
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)–Accusing him of departing from his role as a neutral civil servant of the international community, AJCongress today criticized UNRWA Commissioner-General Fillipo Grandi for his failure to acknowledge that Israel has legitimate security reasons to restrict the flow of goods and people in Gaza and the West Bank. In an address to
Marking Humanity: Stories, Poems & Essays by Holocaust Survivors, Toronto, SoulInscriptionsPress.com, 2010, 312 pages, ISBN 978-0-9864770-0-3. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Canadian journalist Shlomit Kriger has brought together the reflections, stories and poems of nearly 50 Holocaust Survivors in an anthology that covers many aspects—and emotions—of the Shoah. Marking Humanity could serve as an excellent
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The Journey to the Land of My Soul by Ahuvah Gray. Duelkus Press, 2010, 251pages. By David Strom SAN DIEGO — Ahuvah Gray is an African American woman who converted to Judaism, Orthodox Judaism. She did not convert to Judaism to marry someone Jewish as some do today. No, she became Jewish in her own
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Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Double Talk Southwestern Jewish Press, July 9, 1954, Page 3 By Janet and Susan Solof We hope you are having a wonderful vacation, With fun and parties and plenty of relaxation Yiddish Yak – The kids sure had fun at Roberta Wyloge’s terrific sweet sixteen party. Dancing, refreshments
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)– Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, author of Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed – and How to Stop It, and founder of the movement against libel tourism, praised Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), its Ranking Member, for introducing the “Securing the Protection of our
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Bill Gibbs has been watching the calendar as closely as he used to monitor the instrument panels of his airplanes. Come October 6, the San Diego aviation pioneer will turn 100 years old, and Gibbs is counting the days. He had big celebrations with his aviation
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USAEd. Note: Turkish media jumped on a sentence in a recent column in which we worried about the potential compromise of Western military technology by Turkey as it expands its relations with Iran and Syria (and Brazil, Hamas and Hezbollah). We weren’t the only ones worried. A member of our Board of Advisors with long
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By Cynthia Citron LONG BEACH, California –Is it too soon to pan a play about the Holocaust? Sadly, 65 years after the stories from the death camps shocked and horrified the world, the shock and horror revealed in Barbara Lebow’s 1989 play A Shayna Maidel” (Yiddish for “a pretty girl”) seems somewhat manipulative. The play is
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