By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Yoav Talmi peppered his talk with humorous anecdotes as he described the development of orchestras in Israel, several coming into being because of the large influx of Russian-born musicians. The January 11 lecture in the JCC’s Garfield Theare drew a large and appreciative audience. When Talmi spoke […]
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) To recognize and encourage residents who provided much needed cash to help aid Haiti in the recovery process, the Legislature is moving a bill (AB 347) to allow a tax deduction for cash contributions made between January 11, 2010 and March 1, 2010 for the rescue and recovery efforts to be
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USAGlobal International Holocaust Remembrance Day speakers warn of Iran’s intentions United States of America Haiti Relief Tax break planned in California for Haiti donors Middle East Israel Now, why would anyone be pessimistic in Israel? by Rabbi Dow Marmur in Jerusalem Europe Jewish cemetery in Strasbourg vandalized German court orders Catholic bishop to face trial for Holocaust denial Arts
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–For a short while I thought that as a result of sober analysis I had finally tamed my natural propensity for pessimism and that my future comments about events in Israel would be cheerful and pleasing. I felt that I had reasons for the change of heart, e.g.: (1) The
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Middle East, USABERLIN (WJC) — Speaking on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israel’s President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder have highlighted the dangers posed by the Iranian regime. “There will be just a few more short years before the living memories become memories,” said Ronald Lauder, president of the
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Middle EastREGENSBURG, Germany (WJC)–A court in Germany has summoned the Catholic Bishop Richard Williamson to attend a trial in April where he is to face charges of incitement for his belittling of the Holocaust, which is a crime in Germany. In comments broadcast on Swedish television in January 2009, Williamson said he believed no more than
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Travel and FoodSTRASBOURG, France (WJC)–A Jewish cemetery in the eastern French city of Strasbourg was vandalized by anti-Semites. The attack occurred on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Over 30 gravestones at the Cronenbourg cemetery were either spray-painted with swastikas and the Nazi slogan “Juden raus!” [Jews out], or toppled, according to the French Jewish community
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Travel and FoodBy Yvonne Greenberg SAN DIEGO–With the subject of relationship violence so much in the news recently, it is certainly timely that Dr. Marni Greenberg, Psy.D., an educator and clinician who is currently working with Project SARAH (Stop Abusive Relationships at Home), the domestic violence program of Jewish Family Service of San Diego, will be making a
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Compiled by Gail Umeham Desert Trip Planned By Zionist Group Southwestern Jewish Press March 19, 1954 Page 6 The spring weather in the offing and the lovely spring flowers it will bring to the desert has led the Ben Zvi Young Adult Branch of the Labor Zionist Organization to plan a trip to the desert,
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_________________________________________ By Lynne Thrope DEL MAR, California–First, there was the book Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the American Meal (2001), then the movie Food, Inc. (2008). With so much attention on diet, chemicals in our food sources, and the hope for healthier alternative food choices, emerges Brandt Beef, the 100% natural beef from
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, 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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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, 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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USABy 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, USASAN 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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