June 2012

Ellis reaches out to Jewish voters in 1st Council District contest

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — At least four Democrats  and four Republicans will serve on the San Diego City Council, with the swing-vote contest being in the 1st Councilmanic district between Democratic incumbent Sherri Lightner and Republican challenger Ray Ellis.  There is a heavy concentration of Jews in the district, and the election […]

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Donald H. Harrison

Islamists stir the pot in Sinai

By Yaakov Lappin     WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recent developments on Israel’s southern borders have illustrated the direct relationship between the changes sweeping Arab lands and mounting threats to Israel’s national security. This past weekend, as Egyptians went to the polls, terrorists operating in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula fired two Grad rockets into southern Israel. The projectiles

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Jan 11, 1957, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Press Notes Southwestern Jewish Press, January 11, 1957, Page 3 By Julia Kaufman London-U.S.A. A friend of mine occasionally shares London newspapers with me.  Last week I gave their “Sunday Times” a thorough going-over. I noted that out of twenty-five cinemas listed in the amusement section, twenty-two had

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‘No Way But Through’ an endless exercise in psycho-babble

By Cynthia Citron BURBANK, California —   No matter how intently you pay attention, No Way Around But Through doesn’t make a lot of sense. Billed as a “dark romantic comedy,” this new play by actor/playwright Scott Caan is intermittently comic but persistently cranky rather than dark.  As for romance, Caan, who plays Dano on

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Cynthia Citron

Terror incident near Israel-Egypt border

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel –Awell-organized, well-equipped group of terrorists has attacked Israel from Egyptian territory Monday morning, possibly the second such Egyptian-assisted assault in a week. An armed squad of two men—said to be Hamas, though this is not confirmed—crossed the border after travelling 30 miles from the Gaza Strip through Egyptian territory. They

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Jan. 11, 1957, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Wedding Told Southwestern Jewish Press, January 11, 1957, Page 2 Donna Gail Godes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Ivan Godes, became the bride of Harvey Lewis Cohen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cohen, on December 23 at Temple Beth Israel.  Rabbi Morton J. Cohn officiated. A

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Being ‘left out’ prompted Tarbuton Hebrew-language program

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Perhaps county residents who want their children to become proficient in modern Hebrew should be thankful that young Jennie Lipowich  used to feel left out when her family traveled from Chicago to Israel to see her father’s family.   Her father and all her relatives would chatter away a mile a

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Donald H. Harrison, Marcia Tatz Wollner

What does Judaism say about leaking confidential information?

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California–Recently someone asked me, “Does Judaism have any thoughts on the Wikileaks fiasco? Where does freedom of the press and the public’s right to know become a security threat, or worse, in Jewish thought?” This issue is not only concerned with the arrest and trial of Julian Asange;

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi