Donald H. Harrison

The spy Ashraf Marwan and the Yom Kippur War

The Spy Who Fell To Earth: My Relationship with the Secret Agent Who Rocked the Middle East by Ahron Bregman; CreateSpace; © 2016; ISBN 13: 9781523339970; 120 pages including appendices. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Having read the San Diego Jewish World article by Joe Spier about the master spy Ashraf Marwan, historian Ahron […]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East

JFS receives grant for rides for breast cancer patients

SAN DIEGO (April 8, 2016) – Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) has been awarded a $5,000 grant to support breast cancer patients in need by the San Diego Professionals Against Cancer (SDPAC), a group of volunteers dedicated to raising money to support local nonprofits fighting against cancer. Through its partnership with Susan G.

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

For sale: Einstein letter on U.S. policy toward Nazis

A letter in which world-celebrated Jewish physicist Albert Einstein criticized insufficient action by the US to halt the actions of Nazi Germany will go under the hammer on April 18. In the September 3, 1942, letter, Einstein shared his concerns over US policy with his colleague Princeton University President Dr. Frank Kingdon, and used particularly

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International, Jewish History, USA

Turkey- Israel amity pact nears

Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday said “progress” had been made in the reconciliation talks with Israel and maintained that a deal to restore diplomatic relations between the two countries would be finalized “very soon.” Turkey and Israel held a fresh round of talks Thursday in London in an effort to normalize ties after

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Middle East

Middle East Roundup: April 8, 2016

  Zionist Union MK under fire for saying Palestinian stabber ‘not a terrorist’ (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Member of Knesset (MK) Zouheir Bahloul (Zionist Union) drew sharp criticism, including from his own party, for saying Thursday that a Palestinian who recently launched a stabbing attack against Israel Defense Forces soldiers in Hebron was “not a

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Middle East

A post- Holocaust tale of ill-gotten diamonds

Max’s Diamonds by Jay Greenfield; © 2016; Chickadee Prince Books; 385 pages; ISBN 978-0-9913274-2-3;  $15.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Paul Hartman is incredibly bright, extraordinarily calculating, and horribly conflicted about the diamonds that his cousin, Max, a survivor of Auschwitz, conferred upon his family before he committed suicide.  Even as a boy, Paul

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison