Amnesty’s Report Assures Distortion on Israeli Arabs

By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — On February 1, Amnesty International, claiming to be a movement of 10 million people, published a report headlined, “Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity.” A couple of days before then, Israel managed to obtain a copy, and began a campaign that […]

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Opinion

Loews Coronado Bay Resort: A Tisch Family Outpost

The 440-room Loews Coronado Bay Resort was opened in 1991 on a 15-acre spur of land jutting into San Diego Bay. Like other Loews Properties around the United States, it is owned by the Tisch Family, which operates the hotel business and other subsidiaries through Loews Corporation, a holding company. Tracing the Tisch family’s enterprises is an interesting study in how a family grows its wealth [Donald H. Harrison]

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Business & Finance, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

San Diego Jewish Academy Students Launch Weather Balloon to Highest Attainable Altitude in Earth’s Atmosphere Before Space

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — San Diego Jewish Academy on Friday proudly announced the successful launch of a high-altitude weather balloon by their physics students, which traveled 90,000 feet — the highest attainable altitude in the Earth’s atmosphere before space. From that height, it’s possible to view the whole world. The project, a culmination of

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Investor Sam Zell, Mayor Gloria Celebrate Latest Expansion of Cross Border Xpress

By Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Legendary Jewish real-estate investor Sam Zell joined San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria on Thursday to cut the ribbon inaugurating the latest expansion of the successful Cross Border Xpress bridge to the Tijuana airport. Zell was part of the investment group that financed construction of CBX,

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Chris Jennewein, San Diego County

Dr. Bart Ehrman Lists Many Inconsistencies in the New Testament

By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Many Christians are convinced that God dictated the New Testament, that it has no errors and no contradiction, and that it contains the true facts concerning Jesus and the beginning of Christianity. In contrast, many scholars in America and Europe for at least several hundred years

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr.

Israel to Test for COVID-19 Using Non-Invasive Eye Exam

(JNS) An Israeli hospital has started recruiting volunteers for the world’s largest known study for the detection of COVID-19 within the surface of the eye, announced Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer on Thursday. The hospital will be testing if the Tear Film Imager (TFI) developed by the Israeli company AdOM Advanced Optical Technologies, which

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Whoopi’s Immaculate Misconception

By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel “The View” featured a discussion about a Tennessee School District’s decision to remove a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust from its middle school curriculum. Whoopi Goldberg asserted, “The Holocaust isn’t about race. No, it’s not about race.” Goldberg made a mistake that revealed her ignorance about the

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Holocaust, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Opinion, USA

University of San Diego Professor: Amnesty Sends Message That ‘World’s Largest Jewish Community Should Drop Dead’

By Israel Kasnett (JNS) Amnesty International’s latest controversial report released on Feb. 1 during a press conference in Jerusalem, this time accusing Israel of apartheid, has come under fierce condemnation from the Israeli government and Jewish groups around the world as being “antisemitic.” The Biden administration rejected it as “absurd.” Some U.S. lawmakers denounced it

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International, Middle East, USA