Jewish Groups Demand Action From Morningstar Following Anti-Israel Bias Accusations

By Mike Wagenheim (JNS) A wide swath of Jewish and pro-Israel organizations sent a letter to Morningstar executive chairman Joseph Mansueto and CEO Kunal Kapoor last week, urging the Chicago-based financial-services company to implement steps to root out anti-Israel bias at one of its subsidiaries. Signatories to the July 15 letter include the Anti-Defamation League; […]

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Middle East, USA

J Street Gets a Z on Credibility

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Jeremy Ben-Ami might best be advised to check Principle #4 of J Street’s mission before he opens his big mouth in the future. Principle #4 of the Israel-centric organization advocates “vibrant but respectful debate about Israel.” Is “respectful” how J Street’s longtime president would characterize his statement in Saturday’s

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Bruce Ticker, Middle East, Opinion, USA

Hounding the Headlines: From January 6 to Supply Chain to Gun Control

By Elona Baron (as barked to Laurie Baron) It has been a long time since I decided to take pen in paw and comment on what’s going on in the world. (Actually, I’m lying. I always have dictated my columns because God forgot to give dogs opposable thumbs. Those primates have all the luck!). January

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Putin Meets Iranian Leader on First Trip Outside Former Soviet Union Since Ukraine War

Published by Reuters UK By Guy Faulconbridge and Parisa Hafezi LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran on Tuesday, the Kremlin leader’s first trip outside the former Soviet Union since Moscow’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. During his visit to Tehran, Putin will also hold

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International

Magen David Adom Awarded for Use of Technology That Helps Make Them Fastest Emergency Responders in Israel

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s paramedic and Red Cross service, was presented with an award last week, for its innovative use of geographic information system (GIS) technology, which MDA uses as the foundation for its world renown computer-assisted ambulance dispatch system. The award was announced by Jack Dangermond, founder and

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Technology

Exiled Tibetans Show Violence in January 6 Insurrection

By Peter Tase MILWAUKEE — The select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has organized various hearings with former high-level officials of the Trump administration among those subpoenaed was the former White House Counsel Pasquale “Pat” Cipollone who deposited on June 29, 2022, a testimony as a part of the

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International, Opinion, USA

Presidential Visit to Israel is Hardly Extraordinary

By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — President Joe Biden’s recent visit here in Israel was hardly extraordinary. President Richard Nixon visited in 1974, the first American sitting president to do so. That was the year after the Yom Kippur War, when Nixon overruled his Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and made sure Israel was

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Middle East, Opinion, Steve Kramer, USA

How a Sightseeing Company Got its Start in San Diego

This chapter is a chance for me to step again from third-person history into first-person history because I was highly involved in the start-up in 1989 of Old Town Trolley Tours of San Diego. It came about because through The Harrison Enterprises, the public relations agency which I owned, I served as the executive director of the San Diego Cruise Industry Consortium. The consortium was created in 1983 under the aegis of Acting Mayor Bill Cleator to attract cruise ships to the Port of San Diego. Previously, I had served as communications director for Cleator during the period he served as a city councilman and acting mayor. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Business & Finance, California, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

Jewish Studies Scholar Richard Freund (1955-2022)

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Dr. Richard A. Freund passed away in Charlottesville, Virginia on July 14, 2022 from complications arising from the rejection of a bone marrow transplant he had received 18 years ago.  He held an MA, PhD, and rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Bertram and Gladys Aaron

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Jewish History, Lawrence Baron, San Diego County, USA