By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Donald Trump’s convention manager Paul Manafort accused Ted Cruz of employing “Gestapo tactics” to recruit delegates to vote for him. Either Manafort doesn’t know anything about the Gestapo or he doesn’t know anything about the Republican Party’s rules regarding the delegate selection process. * Rabbis in Scotland have approved of […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireLA JOLLA, California (SDJW)–The Holocaust Living History Workshop of UCSD will present the life and works of Chava Rosenfarb, described as “one of the great Yiddish writers of the second half of the 20th century” in a two-part, free program Wednesday, May 4, at the UCSD Geisel Library (Seuss Room). At 3 p.m., the workshop
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, San Diego CalendarIsraeli Jordan Valley farmers to EU leaders: we will not label products (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli Jordan Valley farmers told European parliamentarians on Wednesday that they would not label their products as coming from the occupied territories, despite European Union guidelines that may require them to do so. A conference held Wednesday in
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-52nd in a Series – Exit 19, Second Street, El Cajon ~ Jack in the Box By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – There are numerous Jack in the Box restaurants, and nothing other than convenience made me pick the one at 495 N. Second Street over any of the others to tell the story
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Israel’s former consul for media affairs in New York City, Shahar Azani, is now the director for the northeastern United States for StandWithUs, meaning his responsibility is to bring a proactive, pro-Israel message to the colleges and high schools of New York, New Jersey, and the New England
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Carlisle
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Travel and FoodIsraeli achievements you cannot Pass Over By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — The Hebrew nation has come a long way since escaping Egyptian slavery. Today’s oppression comes from those, such as in the BDS movement, who are still in “de-Nile” about this amazing people. Here are some phenomenal examples from the last two weeks, that
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Eric George Tauber LA JOLLA, California — In the days before television, families huddled around their radios listening to the comedy of Jack Benny, mysteries of The Shadow and the surreal science fiction of X-1. There were no sets or costumes, just the voices of actors paired with the imaginations of their listeners made
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By Judy Friedel SAN DIEGO — San Diego Jewish World editor and publisher Donald H. Harrison (H. stands for Henry), was born in New Rochelle, New York on August 7, 1945, the day between the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. His mother would say that Don’s arrival was the explosion in between. For Don, a
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Donald H. HarrisonDemocratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton told The Jewish Week in an interview on Tuesday that “it is unfair to put the onus on Israel” for the lack of progress on the Middle East peace front. In a signal to Jewish voters she would be more openly supportive of Israel and tougher on Iran than President
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By Ezra Friedlander BROOKLYN, New York — A regular Tuesday turned into an exciting day for the children and staff of Shema Kolainu (Hear Our Voices) School & Center for Children with Autism, as Dr. Joshua Weinstein, CEO & Founder, welcomed and led Governor and Presidential candidate, John Kasich on a tour of the school! During Governor Kasich’s visit, he
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A poster from the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website, made the rounds on U.S. campuses recently. It reads: “White man: are you sick and tired of the Jews destroying your country through mass immigration and degeneracy? Join us in the struggle for global white supremacy at the Daily Stormer.” If I had seen that poster
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International, Middle EastIsrael urges Passover travelers to avoid Turkey, crowded places in Europe (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Ahead of the Passover holiday, with more than 1 million Israelis preparing to jet off for vacations abroad, the Counterterrorism Bureau in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office updated its semiannual travel warnings to include 34 countries and 10 regions. Given
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is the leader of Israel’s Likud party. Currently, Heinz-Christian Strache, the head of Austria’s notoriously anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic Freedom Party, is visiting Israel as the invited guest of Likud. The prime minister is also the acting foreign minister. That ministry strongly objects to Strache’s visit and
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