Dorian ‘Doc’ Paskowitz, surfing pioneer, 93
Jewish Journal
November 11, 2014
Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, the Jewish, Stanford-educated surfing pioneer, died on Monday in Newport Beach, California at age 93.
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November 11, 2014
U.S. senator sees Alan Gross as ‘closer’ to release
Jewish Journal
November 11, 2014
Alan Gross, an American government contractor jailed in Cuba for crimes against the state may be closer to returning home, in part because he has threatened to end his life if he is not released, a U.S. senator said on Tuesday.
At D.C. confabs, U.S. and Israel present a united front
Jewish Journal
November 11, 2014
Joe and Bibi? Still buddies. U.S. and Israel? Still allies. Agreement on Iran and the Palestinians?
Netanyahu: Iran is U.S. enemy, not partner
Jewish Journal
November 11, 2014
The United States should treat Iran as an enemy and not as a partner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Jewish leaders.\n
Israeli-American Council jumps onto national stage with a splash
Jared Sichel
November 11, 2014
At the Israeli-American Council’s (IAC) three-day inaugural conference in Washington, D.C., last weekend, nearly 800 attendees and Washington journalists witnessed the high-profile entrance on to the public stage of what was, until recently, a quietly expanding and well-funded Los Angeles group created with the comparably modest vision of providing educational, cultural and religious resources for Southern California’s large Israeli-American community.
New York’s and Israel’s grape expectations
Jewish Journal
November 11, 2014
It’s not exactly a case of sour grapes. In fact, it’s too many cases of sweet grapes.
At G.A., Jewish federations see future in more collaboration
Jewish Journal
November 11, 2014
There was the vice president of the United States, two Supreme Court justices and an Academy Award-winning actress with a compelling Jewish story.
Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick breathing on own after shooting
Jewish Journal
November 11, 2014
Yehuda Glick, the Temple Mount activist shot in a failed assassination attempt, is communicating and breathing on his own.
Israelis in the U.S.A.
David Suissa
November 11, 2014
When your ancestors yearned for 19 centuries to return to their homeland of Israel, and you were fortunate enough to be born there but still decide to move to America, it’s natural that somewhere deep inside, you might feel a little guilty.
3 slain civil rights workers to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Jewish Journal
November 11, 2014
Three civil rights workers killed in Mississippi in 1964 while registering black voters will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom 50 years after their deaths.
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