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| Adler, Michael Aron, Yossi Azevedo, Manuel Bailey, Mo Baltinester, Noam Baron, Laurie Bart, Michael Beckerwerth, Alice Beckman, Tami Ben-David, Laura Berg, Irwin Bielski, Ze'ev Braverman, Yeshia Brennan, James O. Brin, Dan Brooks, Matthew Brooks, Susan Burstain, Gerry Caspi, Tamar Casuto, Morris Chundak, Hunter Cohen, Shomstion Cohn. Guenter Coleman, Relly Colton, Janis Cowen, Amy Dagan, Eyal Danby, Michael David, Jono Dubnov, Shlomo Eisner, Peter Farrauto, Matthew Feldman, Howard Flick, Arnold Forman, Ira Forman, Jack Forman, Robert Frank, Heather Fryer, Bob Gach, Ruth Gilat, Amir |
Glouberman, Daniella Golbai, Aviel Gold, Sara Golden, Sandy Goldstein, Carol Ann Gorfine, Larry Graubart, Jonathan Gutman, Alon Handler, Judd Harris, David A. Hassid, Bracha Hertz, Deborah Herz, Henry Hilantu, Talal Jaschik, Scott Jevotovsky, Ira Kamin, Ben, Rabbi Klein, Morton A. Lantry, Jim Lauder, Ronald Lemish, Leeshai Levy, Yiftach Mallin, Lorne Mandel, Daniel Mann, Norman, Dr. Manson, Israela Mazansky, Hillel McMillin, Lillie Meir, Boaz Meir, Reuven Mendes, Philip, Dr. Miller, Hannah Moore, Susan Moses, Nissim Parker, Ted Phillip, Dale Pialkoff, Gali Poe, Richard Lawrence Primack, Karen Pundak, Ron Rabkin, Jakov Recknagel, Charles Rowland, David J. Samuels, Sammy |
Schaffer, Dan Schaffer, Jane Schiff, Jairn Schuster, Alon Searle, John Seible, Betty Seidle, Charlene Sendowski, Linda Capoleto Shahzada, Kashif Shaldova, Victoria Shaw, Gary Sheck, Sue Ann Sheridan, Greg Sherman, Brad, Congressman Simmons, Shraga, Rabbi Singer, Soni Sloan, Dolores Snyder, Sonia Springer, Karen C. Spyer, Jonathan Stanley, Marc R Starr, Jennie Stern, Michoel Stern, Norton Stone, Deborah Surbeck, J.J. Sutton, Marsha Tarlow, Peter, Rabbi Telser, Phoebe Steele Thaler, Gert Ticker, Bruce S, Tobin, Diane Waks, Manny Wang, Mark Weisfield, Cynthia Weiss, Max Weller, Y. Wetzler, Laura Wimpfheimer, Jeremy Winn, Geoffrey Wohlberg, Mitchell, Rabbi Wollner, Marcia Tatz Wright, Joanna Yavitch, Esther Yoffie, Eric, Rabbi Zeiden, Heather |
January 2010
January 5, 2010
A concise and relevant Holocaust compendium for classrooms ... Book review by Marcia Tatz Wollner
December 2009
December 31, 2009-January 2, 2010
Sunday-Monday, December 27-28, 2009
December 24-26, 2009
organizations
December 22-23, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 207)
Black Jews seek unity, acceptance in France ... by Cynthia Weisfield in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ... Read more
Mirik Snir, Israeli children's author, guest teaches in San Diego ... by Jennie Starr ... Read more
Thursday-Saturday, November 12-14 (Vol. 3, No. 206)
Which was more important to Jewish history—Holocaust or creation of Israel? ... by Arnold Flick in La Jolla, California ... Read more
Sunday-Monday, November 1-2, 2009 (No. 201)
Breaking bagels with a business entrepreneur ... book review by Gary Shaw in San Diego ... Read more
Why bother? To avoid repeating history ... book review by Gary Shaw in San Diego ... Read more
October
Thursday-Sunday, October 29-31, 2009 (No. 200)
U.N. looks other way as Hezbollah prepares for a new war ... by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya, Israel .... Read more
Tuesday-Wednesday, October 27-28, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 199)
Top Israeli teacher demonstrates winning style in S.D. ... by Marcia Tatz Wollner in San Diego ... Read more
A Serious Man is a cinematic encomium to being Jewish ... by Arnold Flick in La Jolla, California.... Read more
Thursday-Saturday, October 22-24, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 197)
Congress discriminated against Buddhists in Mojave case ... by Bruce Ticker in Philadelphia ... Read more
Tuesday-Wednesday, October 20-21, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 198)
Saudi overtures to Syria unlikely to harvest much ... by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya, Israel ... Read more
Sunday-Monday, October 18-19, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 195)
Founder describes Book-for-Zimbabwe project ... by Relly Coleman in Westport, Connecticut .... Read more
Tuesday-Wednesday, October 13-14 (Vol. 3, No. 193)
Israel consul calls education "oil well of Israel" ... by Marcia Tatz Wollner in San Diego ... Read more
Kulanu, monitor of far-flung Jewish communities, arranges a shidduch between USAID, Uganda coffee ... by Ben Corey-Moran in Ft. Bragg, California ... Read more
Sunday-Monday, October 11-12 (Vol. 3, No. 192)
El Paso rabbi calls for Tisha B'Av commemorations of the Spanish expulsion and the return of the Anousim ... from Karen Primack in Silver Spring, Maryland ... Read more
Jewish journey in Spain led author to write a history ... by Dolores Sloan in Santa Monica, California .... Read more
Israeli reservists share life stories with StandWithUs ... by Sue Ann Sheck in Rancho Santa Fe, California ... Read more
September
Thursday-Saturday, October 8-10, 2009 (Vol 3, No. 191)
Scorecard shows U.S. actions have favored Arabs, not Israel ... by Arnold Flick, M.D. in San Diego ... Read more
Thursday-Saturday, October 1-3, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 188)
Ponzi allegations tarnish Hizbullah claims of purity ... by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya, Israel ... Read more
Tuesday-Wednesday, September 29-30, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 187)
Why an Israeli Attack on Iran is Nearly Inevitable ... by Henry Herz in San Diego... Read more
Other nations enable addiction of Palestinian nationalism ... by J.J. Surbeck in Encinitas, California .... Read more
Thursday-Monday, September 24-28, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 186)
S.D. man creating online audio archive for Jewish interviews and story telling ... by Judd Handler... Read more
What should the world do about Iran? ... by Rabbi David M. Frank in Cardiff by the Sea, California .... Read more
Thursday-Monday, September 17-21, 2009 (Vol.3, No. 184)
Strom and Ahmad wow U.N. audience in concert ... by Janet Tiger in San Diego ... Read more
Tuesday-Wednesday, September 15-16, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 183)
Why Reform rabbis shun Christians United for Israel ... by Rabbi Eric Yoffie in Cincinnati, Ohio (Speech to CCAR) ... Read more
Sunday-Monday, September 13-14, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 182)
European liberals adopting crass, crude anti-Semitism ... by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya, Israel ... Read more
Wednesday-Saturday, September 9-12, 2009 (Vol 3, No. 181)
Changing rabbinic role leading to new halakhic interpretations ... by Yossi Aron ... Read more
Syrian Baathists brew trouble for the Middle East ... by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya Israel... Read more
Sunday-Monday, September 6-7, 2009 (Vol. 3, no. 180)
USD's Kroc Institute for Peace now seems more willing to program talks by both sides in Arab-Israeli conflict ... by J.J. Surbeck in San Diego ... Read more
A spicy holiday turkey--Bene Israel style ... by Nissim Moses in Petach Tikvah, Israel ... Read more
Thursday-Saturday, September 3-5, 2009 (Vol. 3, No 179)
Israeli cancer patient recounts joyful group trip to London ... by Gali Pialkoff in Tel Hashomer, Israel ... Read more
Tour packager offering kosher Sukkot at Disneyland ... by Sara Gold of The Jewish Press .... Read more
August
Sunday-Monday, August 30-31, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 177)
Woodrow Wilson scholar anaalyzes IAEA report on Iran ... by Michael Adler ... Read more
Thursday-Saturday, August 27-29, 2009 (Vol 3, No. 176)
Deadly rivalry in Gaza between Hamas and Al Qaeda ... by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya ... Read more
West Bank Palestinians still plot terrorism against Israel ...by Morton A. Klein in New York ... Read more
Sunday-Monday, August 23-24, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 174)
Sunni, Shi'ite cells hate each other, but hate Israel more ...by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya, Israel ... Read more
Tuesday-Wednesday, August 18-19, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 172)
Australia's semantic battle over terror correctness ... by John Searle in Melbourne ... Read more
Sunday-Monday, August 16-17, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 171)
How Iran lost its regional luster... by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya, Israel... Read more
Thursday-Saturday, August 13-15, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 170)
Lauder offers Obama some Middle East peace advice ... reprint of column by Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress ... Read more
Tuesday-Wednesday, August 11-12, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 169)
No one, except U.S., believes Mideast peace is likely ... by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya, Israel.... Read more
Sunday-Monday, August 9-10, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 168)
Obama aide describes U.S. goals in fight against terrorists ... speech by James O. Brennan .. Read more
Thursday-Saturday, August 6-8, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 167)
Jewish Right trying to stir up paranoia about Obama ... by Marc R. Stanley in Washington, D.C. .... Read more
TICO season ends with crashing, clashing ... by Robert Forman, PhD in San Diego.... Read more
Tuesday-Wednesday, August 4-5, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 166)
In the afterglow of the 18th Maccabiah Games .... by Karen Springer in Ramat Gan, Israel ... Read more
July
Sunday-Monday, July 26-27, 2009
Israelis would accept settlement freeze on both Israelis and Palestinians; prefer Palestinian autonomy to sovereignty ... by Dr. Aaron Lerner in Kfar Sava, Israel ... Read more
Lebanese worry more about stray Israeli cows than about illegal Hizbullah presence along the border ... by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya, Israel ... Read more
Reconstructionist Judaism guides TV producer ... by Douglas J. Gladstone in Pacific Palisades, California ... Read more
Thursday-Saturday, July 23-25, 2009
Western States Jewish History: Julius Wangenheim, a multifaceted San Diego civic leader... by Norton B. Stern ... Read more
Tuesday-Wednesday, July 21-22, 2009
Sol Stone interviewed on the same day he died ... by Norton B. Stern ... Read more
Sunday-Monday, July 19-20, 2009
Historian's notes on Simon Levi and family ... by Norton B. Stern ... Read more
Friday-Saturday, July 17-18, 2009
Three years after Lebanon II, little is resolved ... by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya, Israel ... Read more
Wednesday-Thursday, July 15-16, 2009
Australian parliamentarian Danby dissects left-wing, web-based anti-Semitism ... Read more
Western States Jewish History: Abraham Klauber & Family: Report of an Interview With Mr. Laurence M. Klauber (1967)... by Dr. Norton B. Stern ... Read more
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
A historian's notes on San Diego's pioneer dentist ... the research of Norton B. Stern ... Read more
Sunday, July 12, 2009
A Jewish historian's initial San Diego survey ... the 1967 research notes of the late Norton B. Stern ... Read more
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Peres frustrates Iran in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan ... by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya, Israel ... Read more
Photographer Jono David's portraits of Jewish facilities are so good that some see them not as art, but as security risk ... read more
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Is newmatilda.com a legitimate news outlet or simply a Palestinian propaganda sheet? ... by Deborah Stone in Melbourne, Australia ... Read more
Friday, July 3, 2009
U.S. Syrian initiative seeks to woo Syria from Iran, stop its interference in Iraq, and promote Fatah-Hamas accord ... by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya, Israel READ MORE
June
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Iran engages in Cold War style effort to block U.S. broadcasts ... by Charles Recknagel in Prague, Czech Republic READ MORE
Letter: Story on ballet in public school wins praise from the principal READ MORE ... from Lillie K. McMillan
Letter: Pioneering series on anti-Semitism in La Jolla found for writer's kin READ MORE ... from Alice Beckerwerth
Sunday-Monday June 28-29, 2009
UC Santa Barbara ends inquiry into professor who compared Israel to Nazis in email to his students ... by Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed READ MORE
MYD Chai deciphered? ... from Susan Brooks in San Diego READ MORE
Thursday, June 25, 2009
The overlooked Beit Avraham of the Ethiopian highlands ... by Amy Cowen in Kachene, Ethiopia READ MORE
For Lowitt, shtick—writing it, producing it—is a Daly job ... by Max Weiss and Bob Fryer in Largo, Florida READ MORE
There were some things that fire could not consume ... by Josefa Corpuz in Los Angeles READ MORE
Abraham's Oasis in Iraq (Photos from Talal S. Hilantu) SEE IMAGE
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
IDF training stresses teamwork, 'klal Yisroel' ... by Yeshia Braverman in Santa Monica, California READ MORE
Tour organizing to meet Uganda's Jews, go on safari ... by Laura Wetzler in Cummington, Massachusetts READ MORE
From within The Jews Down Under by Garry Fabian:
Fix This Mess ... by Yossi Aron READ MORE
A Better Way Than Slogans .... By Geoffrey Winn and Manny Waks
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Texas A&M Hillel establishes Huánuco, Jewish community ... by Rabbi Peter Tarlow in College Station, Texas READ MORE
Ahmadinejad vs. Moussavi: tweedledee vs. tweedledum ... by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya, Israel READ MOREIn Berlin synagogue, Yom Kippur is a day of 'atunement' ... by Joanna Wright in Seattle, Washington READ MORE
Sunday, June 21, 2009
History and legends of the Anousim in Chihuahua, Mexico ...by Edward Rensin in Stamford, Connecticut READ MORE
Student poet tells of what came of Abraham's curiosity ... by Chaya Gerson in Chicago READ MORE
Friday, June 19, 2009
Live and Become: a five-star movie, for sure ... by Karen Primack in Silver Spring, Maryland READ MORE
Student poet ponders meaning of being proud to be Jewish ... by Esther Yavitch in San Diego READ MORE
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Gas Station Bar-Mitzvah ... by Aviel Golbai in Beverly Hills, California READ MORE
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Local pro-Israel activist tells of his challenge to U.N.'s Richard Falk at forum sponsored by AlternateFocus ...by J.J. Surbeck in San Diego READ MORE
Like a sensible diet, G-d's rules are for our own good ... by Bracha Hassid in Los Angeles READ MORE
Sunday-Monday, June 14-15, 2009
Israel has a unique outreach center in Balboa Park... by Arnold Flick in San Diego
'Be Proud, Be True, Be Jewish' ... by Daniella Glouberman in Los Angeles
In Memoriam: Nechemia Meyers, veteran Israel columnist. ... by Dan Brin in West Hills,California
Thursday, June 11, 2009 --
Letter to the Editor: Maybe Obama's new friends will help the U.S. in Afghanistan? from Norman Mann in San Diego
Jewish Cyber-referral from Dan Schaffer in San Diego
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 133)
Remembering Hal Wingard, who was the definition of a mensch ... from Mo Bailey in San Diego
Jewish Cyber-Referrals ... from Gerry Burstain in Escondido and Dan Schaffer in San Diego
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 132)
Sotomayor is a strong choice for U.S. Supreme Court .. by Ira N. Forman in Washington, D.C.
Friday, June 5, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 130)
Is Hillary Clinton changing from Israel's friend to a foe? ... by Morton Klein in New York
Cello performance by Julian Schwartz masterful at TICO ... by Robert Forman, PhD in San Diego
Author creates own country; readers will want to go there ... by Israela Manson in San Diego
Thursday, June 4, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 129)
Canadian academic wants Israelis to apologize to Palestinians ... by Jacov Rabkin in Bundoora
May
Sunday, May 31, 2009 ( Vol 3, No. 126)
Bereshit, a poem by Sandy Gach, printed in story by Sandy Golden
Friday, May 29, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 125)
Some background and some customs of Shavuot ... by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
Wednesday May 27, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 123)
A Chinese trek from Israel to California Center for the Arts
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 122)
Syria finds friendship with Iran more useful than with U.S ... by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya
Sunday, May 17, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 115)
U.S. junior soccer players who'll compete in Maccabiah connected by Internet but distances prevent practices ... by Noam Baltinester in San Diego
Thursday, May 14, 2009 (Vol. 3, No 113)
America's troubles in Afghanistan are Iran's opportunities ... by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya, Israel
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 106)
Australia's decision to boycott Durban II vindicated ... by Greg Sheridan in Canberra, Australia
April
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 100)
EU-financed lobby for Hamas sets sights on U.K., then U.S. ... by Jonathan Spyer in Herzliya, Israel
Block recalls Skokie's neo-Nazi travail to Legislature ... by Jim Lantry in Sacramento, California
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 99)
Debating President Obama's first 100 days:
NJDC leader praises President Obama’s First 100 Days ... by Marc R. Stanley in Washington, D.C.
RJC leader says Obama's 100 days 'cause for concern'... by Matthew Brooks in Washington, D.C.
Monday, April 27, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 98)
Former South African starts up SAJACsingles in San Diego ,,,by Dale Phillips
Wednesday, April 22,2009 (Vol. 3, No. 94)
March of the Living leads thousands in memorial at Auschwitz and Birkenau and in protest against Durban 2 ... by Jeremy Wimpfheimer at Auschwitz, Poland
Monday, April 13, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 86)
Tarbuton founder tells start of Hebrew language academy ... by Jennie Starr in San Diego
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 82)
Jordan Valley sites testify to Israel's biblical footing ... by Amir Gilat, PhD in Haifa
Sonia Snyder's tale brings back old San Diego memories ... from Gert Thaler in La Jolla, California
March
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 76)
Remember, Honor, and Teach: San Diego County Holocaust Commemoration to be held April 19th ... by Michael Bart in San Diego
Monday, March 30, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 75)
Sha'ar Hanegev teacher lectures U.N. on human rights ... by Shomtsion Cohen in Geneva, Switzerland
Matzah, Matzah, Matzah ... a children's story for Pesach by Sonia Snyder in San Diego
Perfecting the world by perfecting oneself ... by Michoel Stern in South Fallsburg, New York
Thursday, March 26, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 72)
Author believes social reformer and pioneer feminist Ernestine Rose's achievements under-appreciated ... by Phoebe Steele Telser in Carlsbad, California
Monday, March 23, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 69)
Western States: A story of Sen. Barry Goldwater's Jewish family... by Dr. Norton B. Stern
Thursday, March 19, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 66)
A Bene Israel Fish Recipe for Passover ... by Nissim Moses in Petah Tiqwa, Israel
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 64)
Attorney demands Sweden return Nazi-looted art ... by David J. Rowland in New York
Sunday, March 15, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 62)
Lake Murray photo now provides background for desktop computer ... from Tami Beckman
Demonstration of Israeli ingenuity ... from Larry Gorfine
Friday, March 13, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 61)
Ibim Student Village retools for a vocational program ... by Soni Singer in Ibim, Israel
Thursday, March 12, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 60)
Carção explores history of hidden Portuguese Jews ... by Manuel Azevedo in Carção, Portugal
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 59)
Who are the Donmeh: true believers, Jewish heretics or untrustworthy Moslem converts? ... by Irwin Berg in Istanbul, Turkey
San Diegan dies of cancer on her 9th wedding anniversary ... from Mark Wang in Taipei, Taiwan
Seeking families of Latvian Jews ... from Victoria Shaldova in Riga, Latvia
Writer takes issue with NYT's Roger Cohen on Middle East ... from Dr. Norman Mann in San Diego
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 58)
Escape: new novel about Elizabethan Crypto-Jews ... by Karen Primack in Silver Spring, Maryland
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 52)
Kibbutz Kfar Aza resident faces lung transplant operation ... by Alon Gutman in Kibbutz Kfar Aza,Israel
Prehistoric Middle Easterners used 'desert kites' for hunting ... by Amir Gilat in Haifa, Israel
Monday, March 2, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 51)
While soldier fought, his marrow was needed for transplant ... by Hannah Miller in New York
Thursday, February 19, 2009 (Vol. 3, Issue 43)
ARTS
Waltz With Bashir is stunning visual art form, but will it give viewers a biased view of the Arab-Israeli conflict? ... by Heather L. Zeiden in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 42)
UCSD invites community to Holocaust workshop ... from Deborah Hertz in La Jolla, California
Directly confronting anti-Semites not always best strategy ... from Morris Casuto and Heather Frank in San Diego
Kudos for Sheila Orysiek ... from Jane Schaffer by San Diego
Sunday, February 15, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 39)
The Last Train and One of the Last Witnesses .... by Laurie Baron in San Diego
Friday-Saturday, February 13-14, 2008 (Vol. 3, No. 38)
Confronting anti-Semitism; what would you have done? ... from Ira Jevotovsky in Pittsford, New York
A story for Valentine's Day of a lasting love ... by Dan Schaffer in San Diego
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 36)
You see almost everyone in Inauguration photo by Bergman ... from Larry Gorfine in San Diego
Monday, February 9, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 34)
American Jewish University professor's lecture on Islam was positive .. from Carol Ann Goldstein in San Diego
Turkey: 'Do as I say, not as I do'... by David A. Harris in New York
San Diego’s New Vision: The Jewish Education Commission in 1948 ... by Hunter Chundak
Oscar Schindler, Reluctant Savior... by Jairn Schiff in Cayucos, California
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 24)
Literary tutors provide valuable public service ... from Susan Moore in San Diego
More tutors needed ... from Betsy Seible in Encinitas, California
Monday, January 26, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 22)
Hamas violations do not give Israel carte blanche to fire away in Gaza... from Jonathan Graubart in San Diego
Israelis unify 'one drop at a time' to save life of little Amit Kadosh ... by Laura Ben-David in Jerusalem
Thursday, January 22, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 19)
Blurring distinction between school, family ... by Marsha Sutton in San Diego
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 18}
Comanche composer empathizes with Jews; Yeagley work to be performed January 25 & 27 in San Diego County .... by Richard Lawrence Poe in New York
Michelle Obama's rabbi cousin among racially diverse Jews at Inauguration... from Diane Tobin in San Francisco
Pro-Israel rally conducted in Balboa Park ... by Sandy Golden in San Diego
Gaza 'teach-in' an absolute farce ... by J.J. Surbeck in Encinitas
U.S. pact with U.A.E may help Iran go nuclear ... by Congressman Brad Sherman in Washington, D.C.
Sunday, January 11, 2009 (Vol. 3, No. 9)
Israel's goal should be Hamas defeat... by Morton A. Klein and Dr. Daniel Mandel
Peres Peace Center's efforts continue, even in wartime ... from Ron Pundak in Tel Aviv
Bias against Israel, not international law, basis of latest Union-Tribune Op-Ed attack ... by J.J. Surbeck in Encinitas, California
The many ways the Jewish Agency helps the residents of embattled southern Israel ... by Meir Boaz in Los Angeles
GAZA-ISRAEL WAR
Ibim Student Village professionals keep working, even under fire, to help new olim ... by Soni Singer in Ibim, Israel
Moral clarity in Gaza ... from Shlomo Dubnov in San Diego
Our job is to help the IDF ... from Howard Feldman in San Diego
Our soldiers continue to clean up Gaza ...'from Reuven Meir in Tel Aviv
Readers recommend Internet flicks on Middle East ... from Eyal Dagan and Hillel Mazansky in San Diego
Historic Bible for Swearing In ... from Matthew Farrauto in Washington, D.C.
Sha'ar Hanegev mayor praises wartime actions of Army, Israeli citizens and friends ... by Mayor Alon Schuster in Sha'ar Hanegev
Miko Peled column on Gaza situation in San Diego Union-Tribune draws rebuttals ... from Gerry Burstain in Escondido and J.J. Surbeck in Encinitas
Aliyah continues despite Gaza War ... by Ze'ev Bielski in Jerusalem
San Diegan finds Israel calm in wartime... from Guenter Cohn in Ramat Bet Shemesh