Donald H. Harrison

UC weighs anti- Semitism definition

By R. Amy Elman/JNS.org KALAMAZOO, Michigan — As the 10-campus University of California system considers the adoption of the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism, there are critics who seek to discredit the entire definition with three fictions presented as fact. Groups like Palestine Legal and Jewish Voice for Peace, who actively support campus activities the

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Obama to make Iran webcast to Jewish community

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – As intense discussions regarding the Iran nuclear agreement continue, President Barack Obama will address the San Diego Jewish community on Friday, August 28 at 11:10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. President Obama will participate in a live webcast to deliver remarks to and take questions from participants across the United States and Canada

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Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Censorship in the haredi community

Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History by Marc B. Shapiro, Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, Portland, Oregon; ISBN 978-1-904113-60-7 ©2015, $19.95, p. 285, plus bibliography and index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D.   WINCHESTER, California — Changing the Immutable by Marc B. Shapiro, who holds the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies at

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Jews can empathize with refugees

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France — I know I’ve written about this subject before, but it’s one that simply isn’t going to go away, and in fact is getting worse every day, every hour, every minute. Many of these unfortunates come from Africa, from countries where conflicts, poverty, corruption and hopelessness are endemic. Others come from

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish History, Middle East, The World We Share

Chabad of La Costa celebrates ‘floor of the present’

By Donald H. Harrison CARLSBAD, California – Chabad of La Costa on Sunday, Aug. 23, celebrated the completion of what its spiritual leader,  Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort,  called the “floor of the present” containing an 88-seat sanctuary, offices, a small library,  and a kosher kitchen. Already roughly constructed, but needing such important finishing touches as an

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Yeruchem Eilfort-Rabbi