President Obama said the special Israel-U.S. relationship \”will only be strengthened in the months and years to come\” in an Israel Independence Day statement.
Sol Rubinstein died April 14 at the age of 94.
Rachel Werba, who taught first grade at Yavneh Hebrew Academy for nearly 30 years and substituted at the school for many years, died March 27 at the age of 86. Yavneh is an Orthodox day school in Hancock Park.
Standing With UCI’s Jewish Students \n\nWe applaud UC Irvine Jewish students who are effectively countering the Muslim Student Union’s [MSU] bigoted and divisive campaigns, and urge Jewish students to attend UCI in ever-larger numbers (“Is UC Irvine Safe for Jews?” April 16). We have worked closely with UCI students since 2001, supporting them in every way, from funding speakers and events to brainstorming and guiding them about organizing responses and proactive events, supplying materials on controversial topics, funding and participating in their retreats and advocacy training with Hillel, among other efforts. Our YouTube video of [Israel’s U.S.] Ambassador Michael Oren’s UCI talk on Feb. 8 exposed the MSU’s bullying tactics to over 700,000 viewers.
When President Obama took office last year, our country seemed to be teetering. Eight years of war, monstrous deficit spending, a breakdown of diplomacy, and a disdain for science and civil liberties welcomed the new president into office.
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