AMMAN, JORDAN (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told media on Monday about their discussions, which in large part dealt with the civil war in Syria, and the situation between the Israelis and the Palestinians. A transcript follows: FOREIGN MINISTER SAFADI: It is a great pleasure […]
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Middle East, USA
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Theatre critics are sometimes called upon to judge talent shows. This year, I was tapped to judge the Student Shakespeare Festival sponsored by the San Diego Shakespeare Society. So last Saturday morning, I played hooky from shul and headed out to Balboa Park. Sorry, Rabbi. The society
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – A trip to the IsraelFest on Sunday led to Camelot. In this case, Camelot was a well-behaved camel, wearing an intricately woven Middle Eastern blanket over his saddle. He posed regally for photographs and graciously tolerated strokes and pats from admiring humans.
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, Shor M. MasoriBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — After several weekends of coping with massed Gazans on or over the edge of violence, the country has been obsessed with the deaths of teenagers, seemingly caused by the negligence of an upper status pre-army program. The disaster also reflected one of the country’s natural attractions: spectacular desert canyons (wadis)
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Here’s yet another finding in the ancient question about how to live longer. Attend synagogue regularly. That’s it. Simple isn’t it? Now before you assume the study backing up this recommendation was funded by a religious organization, think again. After all, this isn’t some medical study backed
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, Travel and FoodJERUSALEM (Press Release) — Following is the text of comments made by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a joint news conference on Sunday, April 29: PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: Good afternoon. Secretary Pompeo, Mike, it’s wonderful to welcome you. This is your first visit to Israel as Secretary
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — When Israelis get fed up with all the parties in the Knesset, they tend to found a new one through which they can express both their disdain for what there is and hope for better things to come. In the 2006 elections it was the Pensioners’ Party that, unexpectedly,
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Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Unable to sleep one night I surfed through the TV channels I sometimes watch and came across a debate about anti-Semitism on France24 (in English, fortunately). The trigger for this was President Macron’s tweet about the existence of an ‘old anti-Semitism’ in France alongside a new form of the
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Yiddish Arts & Academics Association of North America (YAAANA) will celebrate its first anniversary tomorrow evening (Sunday, April 29) from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the clubhouse at 5490 Caminito Hermina, off Soledad Mountain Road. The celebration, priced at $20 general admission, $15 for seniors and students, and
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San Diego CalendarThe Donalogue by President Trump By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — In the prequel to Genesis, or as I call it Genesis Minus 1, which Pious Pence brought to my attention, the Ten Commandments that have guided my life can be found. 1“I am the boss, your President, who drained the swamp leaving only muck.
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –The Jewish Studies Program at San Diego State University has announced that Israeli political scientist, Dr. Luba Levin-Banchik, will be teaching courses in the History and Political Science Departments and will be in residence at SDSU for the 2018/19 academic year. Her residency is supported by a grant from the Murray
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Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations hosted an historic event at the Museum of Jewish Heritage recognizing and commemorating the acts of Muslims who welcomed, hosted and protected Jews during the Holocaust. His Excellency, Dr. Mohammad Ibn Abdulkarim Alissa, Secretary General of the Muslim World League headquartered
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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion
NEW YORK (Press Release) –The American Jewish Committee’s New York’s Latino-Jewish Coalition, in partnership with AJC’s Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs (BILLA), held an advocacy training for leaders of the Puerto Rican and Jewish communities. The event at AJC headquarters addressed ways to work together to aid Puerto Rico’s recovery. Convening six
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USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America – the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization – has joined with other religious organizations in filing a ‘friend of the court’ brief that defends a longstanding tax exemption for housing costs for rabbis, pastors, and other clergy in the face of a lower court ruling finding the allowance unconstitutional. The legal brief, authored by law professor
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Jewish Religion, USA