May 2010

Real estate developer Paul Amir to receive honorary doctorate from University of Haifa

HAIFA (Press Release)–The University of Haifa will award the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa, to Paul Amir, businessman, philanthropist, and a leading figure in the Jewish community of Los Angeles, during the University’s 38th Meeting of the Board of Governors, which will take place on June 1-3. The honorary doctorate will be conferred […]

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Middle East, USA

Old Louis Rose might have kvelled over National City Marine Terminal

By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL CITY, California – Observing the National City Marine Terminal from the top deck of M.V. Jean Anne, a 13,000-metric ton ship that transports automobiles and other cargo between San Diego County and the Hawaiian Islands, I could imagine four 19th Century San Diego pioneers standing there with me and nudging each

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History

Ravages of Korean War told in new Chang Rae Lee novel

 The Surrendered by Chang Rae Lee, Riverhead Books ( a division of Putnam), New York 2010, 469 pages, ISBN 978-1-59448-976-1, $26.95. By Gail Feinstein Forman SAN DIEGO–The Surrendered is award-winning author Chang Rae Lee’s newest novel. It’s a sensitively rendered epic reminiscent of Greek tragedies. Characters are at once swept away by life or passionately

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Travel and Food

A vision in a California olive grove of Mideast peace

    By Donald H. Harrison   AGUANGA, California—The olive groves in this rural Riverside County community about 20 miles east of Temecula may become one of the growing grounds for Middle Eastern peace if Israeli, Palestinian and American visionaries are successful in promulgating the idea that entrepreneurship and business cooperation between the Middle Eastern neighbors

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USA

San Diego organizes to help Russian immigrée cancer patient

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Tatyana Chernyachovskaya, an immigrant from Russia,  had been building a new life for herself and her family.  She had a good job in the biology depeartment at Mesa College.  Her children are enrolled at Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School.  And then a rare form of cancer struck. Now, friends in and out

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Travel and Food

White House aides win favor with visiting rabbis

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–It is worth reading this item from the Jerusalem Post. http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=175654 Senior Jewish advisors of the President, meeting with a selected group of American rabbis, said that the White House erred in its messages about Israel. Not only do they reiterate American support for Israel in general terms, but they express reasoning

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Middle East, USA

Megan Spector, 10, proves a strong ‘Annie’ in Pickwick Players production

  By Donald H. Harrison   SAN DIEGO – In the current Pickwick Players production of Annie, Megan Spector, 10, a fourth grade student at Solana Highlands Elementary School is a stand-out in the title role at the Moxie Theatre on El Cajon Boulevard.  Come fall, she plans to try out for the play Snoopy

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Travel and Food

San Diego’s Historic Places: Miramar National Cemetery

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Miramar National Cemetery was dedicated Saturday, January 30,  2010, by two members of Congress and ranking officials of the military and Veterans Administration with promises that San Diego will once again be able to bury the bodies of its veterans—and not only their ashes—before the end of the year.

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Donald H. Harrison

Women's History Museum sponsor June 4 wine, cheese and chocolate festival

 SAN DIEGO (Press Release)- The San Diego Women’s History Museum will sponsor a wine, cheese and chocolate festival from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, June 4, in the Spanish Village section of Balboa Park, with  commemorative wine glasses to be awarded to the first 500 attendees. Dozens of well-known chocolatiers, wine and cheese

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San Diego Calendar

Millionaire American filmed Israel's history in color

Staff Report SAN DIEGO–Our correspondent in Sha’ar Hanegev, Israel, Ulla Hadar, sent along to us video footage of a television newscast devoted to the discovery of American millionaire Fred  Monosson’s color movie footage of pre-state and early Israel.   The video literally has bounced and forth across the world, as she  received it from Michael Rassler, executive

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Middle East

San Diego Air & Space puts digital collection of airplane images online

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)- The San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) is proud to announce the launch of possibly the largest online collection of aviation images in the world. By using Flickr.com, the entire SDASM Library & Archives digitized photo collection will eventually be viewable via the internet anywhere in the world. To date,

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