Donald H. Harrison

Obama to visit Dallas next week in wake of police ambush, cuts short Spain trip

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will fly to Dallas “early next week,” aides said late Friday — cutting short a visit to Spain, and adding the police ambush to a litany of tragedies that have merited his attention. “The president has accepted an invitation from Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest […]

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USA

Clinton Backers Beat Back Sanders Supporters on Trade

Bernie Sanders’ attempts to progressively influence the Democratic Party’s 2016 platform suffered a blow Saturday when his supporters failed to add specific opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal to the party’s planks. Sanders’ supporters shouted insults at Hillary Clinton loyalists and vowed to force a vote on the party’s stance on the 12-nation

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International, USA

Obama says motives of Dallas cop killer Micah Xavier Johnson ‘hard to untangle’

President Obama said Saturday it’s hard to “untangle the motives” of the shooterwho killed five Dallas police officers, despite the gunman telling police he wanted to kill white police officers. Mr. Obama made the comment at a press conference in Warsaw, Poland, where he also issued another call for gun control in the wake of

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USA

‘Days of Awe’ tells of recovery from a close friend’s death

Days of Awe by Lauren Fox; Penguin Random House Vantage Books: © 2015; ISBN 978030-7388278; 256 pages; $16 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Isabelle’s life is ruined after her best friend and fellow school teacher, Josie, died when her car plunged off an icy road.  She was so devastated by the loss that her marriage

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison

George Bush ‘heartbroken’ by Dallas cop killings: ‘Murdering the innocent is always evil’

Former President George W. Bush said Friday that his family is “heartbroken” by the killing of five police officers at a Black Lives Matter rally in Dallas, where he and his wife Laura reside. “Laura and I are heartbroken by the heinous acts of violence in our city last night,” Mr. Bush said in a

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USA

Romania hosts AJC delegation

BUCHAREST, Romania (Press Release) — An American Jewish Committee (AJC) delegation just completed a two-day trip to Romania. The group, led by AJC Chief Executive Officer David Harris, had in-depth meetings with President Klaus Iohannis, Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos, Foreign Minister Lazar Comănescu, and the U.S. and Israeli Ambassadors. The delegation also visited the foreign and

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International, Middle East, USA

George Takei says the decision to make Sulu gay is ‘really unfortunate’

George Takei did not want “Star Trek Beyond’s” Sulu to be gay? Oh my. While news broke that “Star Trek Beyond” will feature an openly gay Hikaru Sulu in a nod to original Sulu actor George Takei, it turns out Takei was never actually on board with this development. To be clear, the long-time LGBT

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Noah’s Ark, splitting of Red Sea appear in newfound mosaic at ancient synagogue

Excavations at a late-Roman era synagogue in the Galilee have unearthed more staggering mosaics depicting biblical scenes, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced this week. The ongoing dig at the 5th-century CE Huqoq Synagogue has previously uncovered brilliant floors featuring people, beasts and heroes from antiquity never before seen in ancient Jewish

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Dallas police chief lost son, brother and partner to violence

Dallas Police Chief David Brown stood before the television cameras Friday morning, hours after a gunman fatally shot five officers, and made one thing clear: His department was hurting. “We don’t feel much support on most days,” Brown said. “Let’s not make today most days.” He had spent a long night consoling the victims’ families,

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USA

Netanyahu’s Ethiopia Visit ‘Disappointing’: Israeli MP

The sole Ethiopia-born member of Israel’s parliament has said he was left “disappointed” by Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the Horn of Africa country, after the Israeli prime minister failed to solidify plans to reunite 9,000 Ethiopian Jews with their families in Israel. Avraham Neguise, a member of the Israeli Knesset from Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party,

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International, Middle East