Donald H. Harrison

Hadassah learns about heart healthy lifestyles

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Hadassah’s heart-health event on October 18th began with a brisk walk, led by Suki Lurie, along a canyon across from the Prybs Cardiovascular Center, near where “Girlfriends Take Heart!’ took place.   The walkers returned to enjoy a heart- healthy breakfast, catered by Felicia G. This was followed by welcoming

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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Children’s story prepares them for December dilemma

Dear Santa, Love, Rachel Rosenstein by Amanda Peet and Andrea Troyer, illustrated by Christine Davenier, Doubleday, © 2015, 32 pages of text; ISBN 978-0-553-51061-4; $17.99/ By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – It’s coming b-a-a-a-ck. The December dilemma. That’s when American Jewish kids want to be like the other kids and celebrate Christmas. In this

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, USA

Middle East Roundup: October 23, 2015

Mahmoud Abbas’s brother-in-law undergoes life-saving surgery in Israel (JNS.org) Amid ongoing tensions between Israel and the Palestinians, a brother-in-law of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas underwent life-saving cardiac surgery at the Assuta Medical Center in Tel Aviv on Thursday, Israel Hayom reported. The Palestinian leader’s relative is still hospitalized and is under heavy guard. An

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Middle East

Challah making draws hundreds for Shabbat San Diego

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – No doubt about it, the Jewish community of San Diego made a lot of dough Thursday night, Oct. 22. And community members will bake it into challot (challahs) in time to serve them with Friday night Shabbat dinners throughout the county. It was all part of the Shabbat

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, San Diego County

Never Again: Holocaust news for October 22, 2015

JERUSALEM (WJC) — A delegation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR) met with Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė in Tel Aviv on Wednesday morning, Oct. 21,  to discuss a number of issues. The meeting was also attended by the Baltic country’s foreign minister, Linas Linkevičius. Grybauskaitė told the WJC-ICFR

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Mahler’s love of nature inspires Jerusalem Symphony

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — No end of composers have been inspired by nature, and have gone on to inspire countless audiences in turn. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, and the French nineteenth century composers are just a few examples of this. But the composer whose music is above all the embodiment of

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

I-8 Jewish travel: Center keeps minds, bodies alert

-27th in a Series– Exit 10, College Avenue, JFS College Avenue Older Adult Center By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Older adults who seek a low-cost meal plus both intellectual and physical stimulation often drop by the College Avenue Older Adult Center operated by Jewish Family Service in space rented from Temple Emanu-El at 6299 Capri

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