July 2012

The Haunting of Greystone Mansion

By Cynthia Citron BEVERLY HILLS, California–Two men in love with the same woman.  And, according to some reports, with each other as well.  All living together in a 55-room mansion in the hills.  What could possibly go wrong? Everything, as Kathrine Bates’ gripping drama The Manor so skillfully reveals. Set in Beverly Hills’ majestic Greystone Mansion, where many of the events actually unfolded, the play chronicles the […]

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Cynthia Citron

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Jan. 11, 1957, Part 4

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Jewish Social Service Agency Slates Panel Speakers at Annual Meeting Southwestern Jewish Press, January 11, 1957, Page 4 Dr. Walter Ornstein, President of the Jewish Social Service, a Red Feather Agency, is inviting all persons interested to the annual dinner meeting which will take place Wednesday, January 16,

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Adventures in SD History

Money Maven: Socially Responsible Investing

By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Many people are interested in socially responsible investing.  After all, aren’t we supposed to take part in tikkun olam?  But, most people – and their advisors – don’t really know how to define or implement or socially responsible investing!   “Socially responsible investing” (SRI) means investing based on personal

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Sheryl Rowling, Travel and Food

Food for hunger programs, Holy Land garden planned by Leichtag Foundation on recently purchased Ecke Ranch

Story by  Donald H. Harrison; photos by Herb Targum ENCINITAS, California — Plans are emerging for how the Leichtag Foundation will use its recently purchased  67 1/2-acre Ecke Ranch  at 441 Saxony Road for public benefit.  The foundation, named for the late philanthropists Toni and Lee Leichtag, announced last April the purchase of the Ecke Family-owned

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Donald H. Harrison

How violent gangs have flourished through the centuries

Sicarii by Laurence Brown;  2012; ISBN 978-1475085402; 364 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Australian novelist Laurence Brown tells three stories in this novel about murder and violence in ancient Israel, modern-day Colombia, and modern-day Israel.  The ancient and modern Israeli stories revolve around religious fanaticism, whereas the Colombian story focuses on illicit

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Donald H. Harrison

‘Swingers’ raise $150,000 for Seacrest Village

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release)–Guardians of San Diego, led by planning committee co-chairs James Haimsohn and John Kassar raised over $150,000 for Seacrest Village Retirement Communities at the 21st Annual Golf & Tennis Tournament “Take a Swing for Seacrest” held July 16 at the exclusive Del Mar Country Club. Guardians of San Diego hosted over 115

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San Diego County

Burgas and Aurora: Different causes but similar results

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Coming only a day apart, the tragedies of Burgas and Aurora point to the different vulnerabilities of Israel and the United States. With all its goods and not-so-goods, one feature of the United States that keeps it from full membership among civilized countries is the rampant freedom of acquiring weapons. The

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East