November 11, 2014

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.

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.