Donald H. Harrison

Never Again: Holocaust News for Nov. 20, 2015

New resources for teaching about the Holocaust unveiled NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2015 — The Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education (CIJE) and USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education on Nov. 16 launched the IWitness-CIJE Jewish Day School initiative. Held at Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway, New York, the

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

SJP trumpets ‘free speech’ for itself, not others

By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD  BOSTON — Of the many intellectual perversions currently taking root on college campuses, perhaps none is more contradictory to what should be one of higher education’s core values than the suppression of free speech. With alarming regularity, speakers are shouted down, booed, jeered, and barraged with vitriol, all at the

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Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

European Jewish News: November 20, 2015

British MP bombarded by anti-Semitic tweets, says Twitter slow to respond (JNS.org) British Jewish lawmaker Luciana Berger criticized Twitter’s slow response to the tweet campaign of abusive and threatening anti-Semitic messages leveled against her. Berger spoke at a British Parliament meeting about the threat of digital crime. She said the tweets targeting her “were incredibly

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International

‘Jerusalem’ explores holy sites of 3 religions

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO —  Is there another city in the world that draws as much controversy as Jerusalem? I-max film director Daniel Ferguson spent five years making  Jerusalem and “nothing came easily.” The first challenge was to get their mixed crew of Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians to work through their distrust of one another

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Eric George Tauber, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

U.N. adopts resolution on Iran’s human rights abuses

By Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK– The American Jewish Committee (AJC) applauded a United Nations committee’s adoption of a resolution expressing serious concern about persistent human rights violations in Iran. The UN General Assembly’s Third Committee resolution was adopted by a vote of 76  to 35, with 68 abstentions. It is expected to be adopted by

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International

I-8 Jewish Travel: SDSU’s modern Hillel Center

–31st in a Series– Exit 10, College Avenue, San Diego ~ Melvin Garb Hillel Center By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –The Melvin Garb Hillel Center, dedicated in October 2014,  is a place for Jewish students to hang out, socialize, and make Jewish connections. Here, says Hillel’s SDSU’s campus director, Jackie Tolley, the students “engage in programs

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

People often jump to wrong conclusions during crises

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Just as a plane had left the gate at the Baltimore Airport for a flight to Chicago, one passenger saw a “Middle Eastern looking” woman looking at a video that appeared to be associated with the Islamic State. The alert passenger told an attendant, the plane returned to the gate,

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Diplomats pay tribute to French terror victims

By Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK —  Diplomats, elected officials, interfaith and intergroup partners, and American Jewish Committee (AJC) leaders gathered at AJC headquarters Wednesday evening, Nov. 18, to pay tribute to the victims of last Friday’s ISIS terror attacks in Paris, to express solidarity with France, to recommit to the shared values of democracy and freedom, and to

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International, Middle East, USA