Donald H. Harrison

I-8 Jewish Travel: A world champion’s tennis club

September 17, 2015

–23rd in a Series– Exit 9, Waring Road, San Diego ~ Lake Murray Tennis Club By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Soft-spoken, easy-going Saul Snyder is easy to underestimate. An opponent once told him, “you look like my accountant,” but that was before he faced Snyder across the tennis net, and lost. He learned, as many

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FBI’s special agent in charge speaks at Tifereth Israel

September 16, 2015

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The Brotherhood of Tifereth Israel Synagogue will host the FBI’s Special Agent in Charge of the San Diego Division, Eric Birnbaum, Ph.D, at a kosher deli dinner open to both men and women beginning at 6:15 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12, at the synagogue, 6660 Cowles Mountain Blvd. Birnbaum, whose PhD in

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San Diego Calendar

Football bowl specialist addresses CBI Men

September 16, 2015

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego hosts Mark Neville as its featured speaker at the October 21 Dinner Forum. Neville will provide an inside look at San Diego’s two season-ending College Football Bowl Games. He will discuss the pageantry and excitement the games bring to the

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San Diego County, Sports & Competitions

Iran issue points again to need to end filibusters

September 16, 2015

‘You won’t let us have a vote. You won’t let us have a debate.’ – Sen. Lindsey Graham (R- South Carolina) By Bruce S. Ticker　 PHILADELPHIA –Republicans could have done more to save Israel from presumed destruction, after all. His protestations to the contrary, Lindsey Graham and his 53 fellow Republicans could have easily launched

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Middle East, USA

New book offers kabalistic view of the Torah

September 16, 2015

The Aura of Torah: A Kabbalistic-Hasidic Commentary to the Weekly Readings by Rabbi Larry Tabick, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia; ISBN 978-0-8276-0948-8 ©2014, $24.95, p. 291, plus appendices By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Traditionally, Kabbalah is the secret knowledge in the Torah given to Moses on Mt. Sinai, passed down orally through the ages,

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

The Jewish singers: Steve Lawrence

September 16, 2015

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Travel and Food

Middle East Roundup: September 16, 2015

September 16, 2015

Netanyahu vows to stem terror wave after fatal Rosh Hashanah attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened an emergency meeting in Jerusalem on Tuesday night to discuss ways to stem the recent surge of rock-throwing and firebombing attacks in Israel’s capital, including the killing of 64-year-old Jerusalem resident Alexander Levlovich in

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International, Middle East, USA

Uncertainty, incremental change staples of government

September 15, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — One of the principal lessons that should be taught in courses dealing with politics and public policy is the persistence of uncertainty. People who insist on telling us what will be, or what will not be, have a lot to learn. Many who claim to be predicting are telling us what

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Star- studded life in Beverly Hills in the 1940s

September 15, 2015

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California–Looking back at the 1940s in Beverly Hills, it seems extraordinary now. Everyone seemed to know movie stars, they were not such a big deal. June Haver was in my class, and I helped her put on makeup in our high school bathroom the day she landed a contract

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Travel and Food

The Jewish singers: Linda Lavin

September 15, 2015

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Travel and Food

Here are some Shabbos meals with flair

September 15, 2015

Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes by Laura Frankel, Agate Surrey, (c) 2015, ISBN 978-157-284-1802; 256 pages, $18.95. By Erin Philips SAN DIEGO – Laura Frankel knows a thing or two about kosher food. As the former chef and founder of kosher fine-dining restaurants in Chicago and New York, and current executive chef at Wolfgang Puck Kosher Catering

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Travel and Food

Lou Lenart: The pilot who saved Tel Aviv

September 15, 2015

By Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — On July 6, 2010, as the sun was about to set over Arlington, Virginia, 89 year-old ex-U.S. Marine and Israeli Air Force fighter pilot, Lou Lenart stood on the reviewing stand at the base of the Marine Corps War Memorial, flanked by generals and took the salute

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Middle East

The Jewish singers: Melanie Laurent

September 14, 2015

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Travel and Food

JFS, others call for U.S. to admit Syrian refugees

September 14, 2015

SAN DIEGO (SDONA)– Local Jewish organizations are joining a national effort to ask President Obama to allow 100,000 more Syrian refugees to settle in the United States. Jewish Family Service of San Diego and the Leichtag Foundation in Encinitas are joining HIAS, the oldest international migration and refugee resettlement agency in the U.S., to petition the government. As over

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Middle East, San Diego County, USA

I-8 Jewish Travel: A world champion’s tennis club

FBI’s special agent in charge speaks at Tifereth Israel

Football bowl specialist addresses CBI Men

Iran issue points again to need to end filibusters

New book offers kabalistic view of the Torah

The Jewish singers: Steve Lawrence

Middle East Roundup: September 16, 2015

Uncertainty, incremental change staples of government

Star- studded life in Beverly Hills in the 1940s

The Jewish singers: Linda Lavin

Here are some Shabbos meals with flair

Lou Lenart: The pilot who saved Tel Aviv

The Jewish singers: Melanie Laurent

JFS, others call for U.S. to admit Syrian refugees

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