Donald H. Harrison

Garin, Heller, Rainbeau- Heart to recite their works

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Three outstanding local poets will be featured on Tuesday evening, March 22, at 7 p.m. at the next Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices evening in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center. Nina Garin is a San Diego native who serves as an arts journalist for the […]

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Eileen Wingard, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

American Jewish Report: March 8, 2016

Bernie Sanders mental health joke slammed by Jewish disability rights group (JNS.org) The Ruderman Family Foundation, a Jewish organization that prioritizes disability rights and inclusion, called on Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to apologize for a joke directed at Republican candidates that questioned their mental health. During Sunday’s Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.,

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USA

Madrid mayor takes stand against anti- Semitism

By Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK  – Madrid Mayor Manuela Carmena on Monday, March 7, signed on to Mayors United Against Anti-Semitism, an American Jewish Committee (AJC) initiative calling on municipal leaders across the United States and Europe to publicly address and take concrete actions against rising anti-Semitism. “Anti-Semitism is unacceptable,” declared Mayor Carmena. Carmena is the first

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International, USA

Middle East Roundup: March 7, 2016

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah claims Israel assassinated Palestinian fugitive in Bulgaria (JNS.org) Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah, on Sunday accused Israel and its foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad, of killing fugitive terrorist Omar Nayef Zayed in the Palestinian embassy in Bulgaria last month. “The Mossad assassinated him and the Arab regimes don’t raise

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Middle East

Germany puts judge who helped Survivors on trial

  JERUSALEM (WJC) — Colette Avital, chairwoman of the Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel, has launched a petition to Germany over the treatment of a German judge who has helped many survivors in Israel. Writing to Germany’s ambassador to Israel, Clemens von Goetze, Avital – a retired Israeli diplomat and former member

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International, Jewish History