By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In CJ, the quarterly magazine of Conservative Judaism, two rabbis – Aaron Alexander and Daniel Greyber – have authored an article entitled, “Tefillin On A Plane.” It recalls the time when an Alaska Airlines Flight was boarded by FBI agents in Los Angeles investigating some Orthodox men who […]
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Donald H. HarrisonWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Friday met with Jewish community leaders from across the nation at the White House to underscore the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) commitment to partnering with faith-based communities to prevent, prepare for and respond to threats and announce the expansion of DHS’ “If You See Something, Say
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USA
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C — In honor of Russia’s National Day on Sunday, Russia House took out a full-page ad in a Washington newspaper. The first text line reads, “Twenty years ago, Russia completed the process of liberating about two dozen nations, itself included, from communist rule.” Funny, the Poles, Czechs, Estonians and
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International, Shoshana BryenBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –The United States has added another Muslim country to the list where its soldiers are fighting. The administration that is dead set against condemning Islam is now active in Yemen as well as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Somalia, and Libya. Some are major battlegrounds, others provide occasional activity against targets of
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Ira Sharkansky, USA
By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES –Her email address begins with “nifttt”, which she says stands for “nothing is funnier than the truth.” (It could also stand for “nifty,” which she most certainly is.) For actor/director Jenny O’Hara, it’s a serious mantra. As it is for her hilariously entertaining husband, actor Nick Ullett. Los Angeles
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Cynthia CitronBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Ever since 1852, the year Lewis Franklin was appointed foreman of the county Grand Jury and Louis Rose was elected as a member of the city Board of Trustees, Jews have played leadership roles in the affairs of the City of San Diego. So it’s not surprising that
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Sometime before the Bill Clinton impeachment trial, the nation decided that a politician’s sexual conduct—in or out of marriage—wasn’t of our concern. Even the Republicans who were leading the charge to force Clinton out of the White House weren’t saying that it was because he had sex with
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Donald H. HarrisonCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Met Forum Asks About Sewer Crisis Southwestern Jewish Press, May 25, 1956, Page 5 The San Diego Metropolitan Forum will discuss the problem of the sewer crisis at the House of Hospitality, Monday, May 28, at 8 p.m. Dr. J.B. Askew, head of the City-County Health Department, will
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistorySAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Mayor Jerry Sanders on Tuesday formally endorsed Bonnie Dumanis for the next Mayor of the City of San Diego saying she is “the best choice to make sure efforts to reform city government continue to move forward.” In a letter to supporters, Sanders cited Dumanis’s “proven leadership, chief executive experience and strength as
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San Diego CountyBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Go to war. Then think about it. It’s the story of Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Libya. The New York Times reported: “As NATO airplanes and attack helicopters struck fresh targets in Tripoli and the oil port of Brega on Sunday, senior British and American officials said there was no
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Daniel Vahab NEW YORK– For more than I year and half now, I have been writing a book on antisemitism. To further my research, I developed a survey on the subject. . The short, anonymous survey, open to all, explores how Jews and antisemitism are perceived, as well as the thin line between a
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Jewish Religion
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — Crowds rushing another nation’s borders with malicious intent and with screams of “Death to the Jews!” are not an echo of the Gandhi-inspired US Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Firing missiles ceaselessly into Israeli towns and schoolyards from Gaza while swearing the bloody destruction of
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — San Diego City Council President Pro Tem Kevin Faulconer Tuesday formally endorsed Bonnie Dumanis for Mayor of San Diego, saying she “is the candidate who can best move San Diego forward.” Faulconer cited Dumanis’ proven leadership, chief executive experience and strength as a consensus-builder as examples of why he strongly supports her to
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San Diego CountyBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Up in San Francisco, a measure headed for the Nov. 8 ballot asks city voters to ban male circumcision inside the city limits. Some see it as a thinly veiled attack on Jews and our religious beliefs. Others accept take proponents at their word that they are just
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