By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Reports are circulating in the Israeli press of protracted negotiations between former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Attorney General Avichai Mandleblit, concerning Netanyahu’s acceptance of a guilty plea for fraud and breach of trust. According to the reports, there would be no mention of bribery, no jail time, but […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
Heidi Gantwerk, President & CEO of Jewish Federation of San Diego County, and Tammy Gillies, Regional Director of ADL San Diego, issued the following statement on Saturday’s hostage situation involving Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. * Dear Community Member, We have been monitoring what many of you have likely been following today, the horrifying
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San Diego County, USA
Published by Reuters By Shelby Tauber and Daphne Psaledakis COLLEYVILLE, Texas (Reuters) -An FBI Hostage Rescue Team stormed a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas on Saturday night to free three remaining hostages of a gunman who had disrupted a religious service and began a standoff with police more than 10 hours earlier. All the hostages were
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USA
At our last stop, Jewish merchants were our focus. Another reason one can anticipate finding a “Jewish story everywhere” is the nation of Israel. Every other country in the world either enjoys or refuses relations with Israel, but whichever the case, it leads to a Jewish-interest story. On a more personal level, there are relationships between the Jews who live in the Land of Israel and people living in other areas of the world. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and Food
Rabbi Jason Nevarez of Congregation Beth Israel in San Diego attended college with the rabbi who was taken hostage in Colleyville, Texas. After college, they were classmates at the Hebrew Union College seminary in Jerusalem in 2001 during the height of the Intifada. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — On Thursday, Shana Hazan, former public school teacher, parent of an San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) student, and candidate for the SDUSD Board of Education District B, announced the endorsement of three new local Democratic clubs. Hazan unveiled her latest batch of key supporters which includes the San Diego Labor
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) Israel is well-known for being the Mediterranean Silicon Wadi—a hub of high-tech startups that attract mammoth foreign investment—but what is less recognized is the fact that it is also emerging as a new standard-bearer for Automated Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS), such as automated emergency braking, adaptive cruise control and other systems,
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Technology
(JNS) The Islamic States (ISIS) terror organization conducted 2,705 attacks worldwide in 2021, roughly the same number it conducted in 2020 (2,781), according to a new report by an Israeli research center. The Meir Amit Terrorism and Intelligence Information Center said that the role of ISIS in Afghanistan increased substantially in 2021 following America’s withdrawal
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International, Middle East
Published by DPA Half a million Israelis have now received their fourth vaccination against the coronavirus. “Israel’s groundbreaking vaccination campaign has reached another milestone,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was quoted as saying in a statement from his office late on Thursday. Israel began administering a fourth jab two weeks ago to people aged 60 and
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Middle East
Published by BANG Showbiz English John Mayer and Jeff Ross have paid tribute to the late Bob Saget. The 44-year-old singer and the 56-year-old comedian took to Instagram to post a joint video in which they expressed their love for the ‘Full House’ star, who was found dead in a hotel room aged of 65
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Jewish Celebrities, USA
By Jacob Kamaras One of the most important decisions I needed to make upon recently taking ownership of the San Diego Jewish World was, how should we spell antisemitism? The prior sentence should tell you everything you need to know about my decision. Nevertheless, here’s the story behind the style choice. In August 2021, The
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International, Jacob Kamaras, Jewish History
By Natasha Josefowitz, ACSW, Ph.D. I began writing my columns in 1980. It was a weekly then, first for the San Diego Business Journal, followed by the San Diego Daily Transcript, then syndicated with Copley News for several years, then the La Jolla Light. At present, it is a bimonthly column with the La Jolla
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Lifestyles, Natasha Josefowitz
By Raphael Menko SAN DIEGO — For the past month, I’ve been trying to live more intentionally with the character trait called Menuchat HaNefesh — in English, equanimity. I am following a program called Midda a Month put on by the Mussar Institute, which gives readings and meditations to help channel a specific Midda (character
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Jewish Religion, Lifestyles
By Maayan Hoffman (JNS) Israel is preparing to test its novel coronavirus vaccine candidate, BriLife, as a booster dose, NRx Pharmaceuticals reported this week. The American company signed an agreement with the Defense Ministry in July to help fast-track the vaccine, developed by the Israel Institute for Biological Research. NRx, which is traded on Nasdaq,
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education