ACLU accuses Lieberman, others of wanting to discard Constitution in terror cases

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Criticizing the Obama administration’s decision to charge accused Christmas Day attacker Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in the criminal court system, members of Congress are calling for legislation requiring intelligence officials to be consulted about how to handle terrorism suspects after their capture, arguing that options other than the criminal justice system should […]

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Abdulmutallab belongs in military custody — Senators Lieberman and Collins

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, Independent-Connecticut., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, Republican-Maine., urged the Obama Administration Monday to move Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab from civilian to military custody because he is an enemy combatant and should be detained, interrogated and ultimately charged as such.  Abdulmutallab, who is

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USA

Music and diary revive dark feelings of Shoah

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –No, not the conductor, Otto Klemperer, but his cousin, Viktor, Professor of Romance Languages at Dresden University. Most of Viktor’s extended family had left Germany for the US well before 1939, but Viktor had no children, was married to a non-Jew, had fought in the German army in the

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, USA

Jewish Community Foundation donors send over $100,000 for Haiti relief

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–In the first two weeks following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, nearly 70 individuals and families who partner with the Jewish Community Foundation for their giving immediately stepped up and recommended almost $102,000 in grants to provide immediate assistance to victims. Schools, hospitals and thousands of homes have been destroyed and more

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Middle East, San Diego Calendar

Just how 'enlightened' is Europe?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–One of my internet friends objects to my calling Europe the enlightened continent. “What in the blazes are you talking about.? Europe, the hot-bed of modern antisemitism…enlightened? The Netherlands with a de facto, maybe de jure euthanasia policy! France being so overrun with rebellious Muslims that there are scores of areas throughout the country

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

El Al passenger recovers $50,000 in jewelry

NEW YORK (Press Releazse)– EL AL Israel Airlines turned one New York woman’s panic into relief after a forgotten backpack containing $50,000 worth of jewelry and irreplaceable business documents was discovered and safely returned by EL AL employees.  Upon arrival from Israel into JFK International Airport, the EL AL passenger accidentally left her backpack at

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Middle East, USA

For some animals, almond nectar is poisonous, but pollinating bees love it

 HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Has the almond tree developed a unique way of drawing potential pollinators? A group of researchers at the Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology and the Department of Science Education at the University of Haifa-Oranim speculate that the toxin called amygdalin that is found in almond tree nectar is in fact an

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Middle East, USA

JNF invests $100 million in cutting edge water programs for Israel

JNF DELEGATION–A delegation inspected rainwater harvesting facilities at Kibbutz Shoval in the Negev Desert as part of a Jewish National Fund tour spotlighting Israel’s critical water issues _____________________________________________________ By Ulla Hadar SDEROT, Israel — Almost two years have passed since my second visit to San Diego. At that time, editor Don Harrison of San Diego

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Middle East

From Israel's perspective, a silver lining in anti-Semitism: It increases aliyah

 By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM, Jan. 26–We may be forgiven if, when we read reports about anti-Semitism around the world, we’re tempted to conclude that many Israelis regard it as good news for at least two reasons: a vindication for living in Israel and a promise of continued aliyah, which Israelis love (even when they

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Middle East

Emerging Filmmakers to have their day Feb 15 at S.D. Jewish Film Festival

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The 20th Anniversary San Diego Jewish Film Festival, sponsored by the Mizel Family Foundation, and presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, will run February 10-21, 2010.  Once again the festival will feature the Joyce Forum – A Day

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ZOA says ADL owes Rush Limbaugh an apology for asking for one

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), distinguished author Norman Podhoretz, columnist and foreign policy expert Dr. Michael Ledeen and respected columnist Mark Steyn have all criticized the National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Abraham Foxman, for wrongly attacking radio broadcaster and strong friend of Israel, Rush Limbaugh, for making remarks that

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Middle East, USA

ADL condemns Rabbi Shapira as extremist, urges other Jews to do likewise

  NEW YORK (Press Release) … The arrest of five students from a West Bank yeshiva on charges of torching and vandalizing a mosque in a neighboring Palestinian village, “highlights the danger of the teachings of Yeshiva head Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira,” the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said in calling on responsible Orthodox Jewish leaders to “speak

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