NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Press Release)– Senior Judge Robert L. Echols of the Middle District of Tennessee on Monday sentenced Michael Corey Golden to 14 years and three months in prison and three years of supervised released for vandalizing and burning down the Islamic Center of Columbia, Tenn., the Justice Department announced. Golden pleaded guilty on Nov. […]
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Travel and FoodPHILADELPHIA (Press Release)—Arrests were made Monday in a case involving a conspiracy to procure weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles. A criminal complaint, unsealed Monday, charged Dani Nemr Tarraf with conspiring to acquire anti-aircraft missiles (FIM-92 Stingers) and conspiring to possess machine guns (approximately 10,000 Colt M4 Carbines). In addition, Tarraf and other defendants — including Douri
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USAMOBILE, Alabama (Press Release)–Jacques Monsieur, a Belgian national and resident of France suspected of international arms dealing for decades, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama to conspiracy to illegally export F-5 fighter jet engines and parts from the Untied States to Iran. Monsieur along with Dara Fotouhi, aka
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Nov. 20 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Kuwait for the design and construction of facilities and infrastructure for Al Mubarak Air Base and the Kuwait Air Force Headquarters Complex for an estimated cost of $700 million. The Government of Kuwait has
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COMMERCIAL BREAK—Zeji Ozeri, left, pauses with microphone in hand during filming of a commercial of I-Chamba, owned by Vic and Lea Sefler, seated at right. Telemundo videographer is Nancy Castro ________________________________________________________ By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Zeji Ozeri is a man of three cultures—Mexican, Israeli, and now American—and as a singer, song leader,
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USASAN DIEGO- Assemblymember Marty Block (Democrat, San Diego) announced on Monday that he has been appointed to the Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education. “My appointment allows for San Diego, and Chula Vista in particular, to have a critical voice in how the Master Plan for Higher Education can be improved and
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San Diego CalendarWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)—Senator Barbara Boxer (Democrat-San Diego) is alerting California constituents that the U.S. Senate recently passed the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill, “which includes several of my priority projects for California.” Boxer, a member of the Jewish community, stated that “as part of the bill, I requested funding for the San Diego DA
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San Diego Calendar, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Jill Borg Spitzer, chief executive officer of Jewish Family Service, reports that the agency is falling short of its goal of raising sufficient money to distribute 760 special Thanksgiving baskets to the needy. “With times as tough as they are, missing our goal would be devastating for too many people,” she wrote
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San Diego CalendarNEW YORK (Press Release)— The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday urged the nation’s highest court to uphold laws prohibiting the supply of material support or resources to foreign terrorist organizations. The League submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Holder, et al. v. Humanitarian Law Project, et al. arguing that all
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USABy Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD – To be an artist is to be an outsider. A loner. A person overwhelmed by his passions. And more than a little insane. That’s the premise of Stacy Sims’ play As White As O, now having its world premiere at the Road Theatre in North Hollywood. In sympathy and fascination
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By Ulla Hadar SHA’AR HANEGEV, Israel–Many ecologically-motivated students from the Sha’ar Hanegev High School demonstrated last week against plans to build an additional coal power station in Ashkelon. The demonstration took place at Sapir College where a conference was going on to examine social relationships in the neighboring city of Sderot. Attending the conference
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–I’m sorry to say I’m not much of a Trekkie so I’m not up on all the Star Trek comings and goings. Armin Shimerman was a regular for seven years on the Television hit show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. According to my findings his fictional character, Quark owned a bar
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday welcomed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s appointment of Hannah Rosenthal to serve as the State Department’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: “This appointment signals the continued seriousness of America’s resolve to
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USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA–With plans to visit two vibrant Jewish communities, I had jarring reminders of the condition of public transit in early November, simultaneously: the week-long strike in Philadelphia and the shocker that Boston is faced with imminent safety hazards which might cost $500 million to repair. Not to mention news elsewhere of
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