By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Spending a few days in a luxurious hotel by the Dead Sea induces a sense of well-being, of physical and mental peace. The air is still pleasantly warm, and has not yet reached the burning heat of summer. The décor of the hotel is aesthetic and comfortable, and […]
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As Thursday, March 10, dawned there were 39 would-be candidates for seven municipal offices in San Diego, including the offices of mayor, city attorney, and five city council positions. At the end of the business day, 36 candidates were left. The other three failed to return their nominating
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Congregation Beth Israel will host its annual Spring Gala that features a 1920’s “Let’s Play” theme and includes an evening of play and entertainment by actress Debra Wanger. Dan Cohen, the Emmy Award winning co-anchor of CBS News This Morning, will emcee the event. The gala begins at 5:30 p.m., Sunday,
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In my mail came a book of poetry for review, unbidden, a gift from its author, a stranger to me. Titled Above History, Behind Time, it contained the thoughts of Nathan Carliner Goldman, PhD, who is a professor of government at the College of the Mainland in Texas
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Kami%C5%84ska Kaminska portrays Fanny Mishkin.
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Travel and FoodBy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — An AJC senior leadership delegation concluded a four-day visit to Portugal and Spain. In Lisbon, the group met with officials of the newly installed Portuguese government, including Foreign Affairs Minister Augusto Santos Silva and his chief advisors; members of Prime Minister Antonio Costa’s cabinet led by Chief of Staff
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International, USABy Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The persistent effort to groom himself as the next prime minister by Yair Lapid, the leader of the center-right Yesh Atid party, is paying off. According to a poll conducted on behalf of Israel Television’s Channel One, had elections been held in Israel today, he would have gained many more Knesset
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Middle EastRussian victim of Jaffa terror attack praises care he has received in Israel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Yevgeny and Irina Tsiplin, a Russian couple wounded in Tuesday’s Palestinian stabbing spree in Jaffa, say they are grateful for the medical care they received and continue to receive following the incident. Tsiplin was treated for mild
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-47th in a Series – Exit 16, Main Street, El Cajon — California Metals By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – Like peddling, the “junk business” was especially attractive to entrepreneurs because they didn’t need a lot of capital to get started. Many Jews, among other groups of immigrants, began their business careers this way. Jerry
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — If radical Islam truly is the greatest threat faced by civilized people, then all should join in opposing it with all the means at our disposal. However, it is Muslims that are the major targets of radical Islam, and westerners have a poor record in pacifying the Middle East. Muslims are
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Cynthia Citron STUDIO CITY, California–He is a non-observant Jew, she is an ardent Catholic, and they meet cute. He sees her through the front window of an art gallery in Soho and jumps out of his Uber to meet her. He bumbles awkwardly through an introduction and she, for some inexplicable reason, is charmed.Thus begins writer/director Dan Frischman’s
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcasthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Jaffe In The Asphalt Jungle, he plays Doc Erwin Riedenschneider, the burglar with an accent.
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Jewish community leader killed in Uruguay stabbing attack PAYSANDU, Uruguay (WJC) –A Jewish businessman and local community leader died in hospital following a stabbing attack on Tuesday in Paysandú, Uruguay, in what many consider an anti-Semitic attack. The attacker reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” (‘God is great’ in Arabic) when killing 55-year-old David Fremd, of
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International, USANetanyahu to Biden: Israel’s ties with Arab states ‘solid base’ for peace, stability (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) In a joint press conference with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s failure to condemn Tuesday’s Palestinian terrorist attacks in Israel. Speaking of
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