Donald H. Harrison

$3 million granted for Jewish teen activities

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The Jewish Federation of San Diego County has announced the launch of the community-based Center for Volunteer Service Learning, an initiative designed to catalyze more immersive and ongoing service learning opportunities for San Diego teens. The initiative is supported by a matching grant of more than $3,000,000 from the San Francisco-based Jim Joseph

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San Diego County

Positively Israel ~ September 2, 2015

By Michal Ordman NETANYA, Israel — I usually publicize the positive achievements of the Jewish State. This week, however, I want to illustrate that much of Israel’s work also goes into counteracting the negative side of life in the modern world. Disease prevention is a top priority of Israeli medical research. Israel’s Avraham Pharmaceuticals has

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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

‘The New Kosher’ passes household tests

The New Kosher: Simple Recipes to Savor and Share by Kim Kushner, WeldonOwen, San Francisco;  ISBN 978-1-61628-7926-3 ©2015, $35.00, p. 193, plus index (Also available in Kindle) By Fred Reiss, Ed.D.   WINCHESTER, California– Kim Kushner, calling herself an ordinary New York housewife hailing from Montreal, and author of The New Kosher, loves to consume food

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Travel and Food

A musical Russian enclave in Beverly Hills

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — It is interesting that while living in Paris, my parents resisted any French influence and continued their Russian way of life: eating Russian food, reading Russian newspapers and books, having Russian friends, and speaking Russian at home. My first tongue was Russian. In the U.S., they did the same

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Jewish History, Natasha Josefowitz

A hearty thank you to SDJW’s August contributors

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) – During the month of August, San Diego Jewish World was privileged to publish works by the following writers and photographers.   We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you and to publicly express our appreciation. To access works by these contributors on San Diego Jewish World, type or copy their name into the

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Barry Shaw, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Edwin Black, Eileen Wingard, Fred Reiss, EdD, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Mark D. Zimmerman, Michael Ordman, Mimi Pollack, Natasha Josefowitz, Sheryl Rowling, Shor M. Masori, Shoshana Bryen, Steve Kramer

Jewish mobsters fought Bund, helped Israel

By Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — I have always had a peculiar fascination for Jewish gangsters.  Over the years, I would read much written about the Jewish mob. How could I not be enthralled with guys who had nicknames like, “Little Farvel”, “Legs”, “Dopey”, “Waxey”, “Greenie”, “Who-Ha”, “Kid Twist”, “Dutch”, “Tick-Tock”, “The Bug”, “Dimples”?

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Middle East, USA