Donald H. Harrison

SDJW thanks its July 2015 contributors

August 1, 2015

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) – During the month of July, 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 publicly express our appreciation. To access works by these contributors on San Diego Jewish World, type or copy their name

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Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Eileen Wingard, Eric George Tauber, Eva Trieger, Fred Reiss, EdD, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Lloyd Levy, Mark D. Zimmerman, Michael Ordman, Mimi Pollack, Natasha Josefowitz, Sheryl Rowling, Shor M. Masori, Shoshana Bryen, Steve Kramer

Her first days in America, 1939

July 31, 2015

By Natasha Josefowitz LA JOLLA, California — In October 1939, I was twelve years old. My parents, my six-year-old brother, and I sat in the basement of our Paris apartment with gas masks on every night as the sirens screeched that German planes were overhead. We fear they will drop mustard gas, which we were

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Jewish Religion, Natasha Josefowitz, USA

The Jewish singers: Jess Glynne

July 31, 2015

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Travel and Food

Is Iran building its bombs in North Korea?

July 31, 2015

By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Both Iran and North Korea were part of the A.Q. Kahn proliferation network, and bilateral trade in oil and weapons has continued despite UN resolutions designed to stop it. Ballistic missile cooperation is documented, and nuclear cooperation has been an unspoken theme in Washington. Pyongyang helped

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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USA

Seacrest Village benefit golfer hits an ace

July 31, 2015

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release)– The chances of hitting a hole-in-one, for the average handicap golfer, are approximately 12,000 to 1. On Monday, July 27th at the Guardians of San Diego’s 24th Annual Golf & Tennis Tournament, Constantino “Connie” Salios of Huntington Beach beat those odds and recorded an ace during the charity golf event to

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San Diego County, Sports & Competitions

Humoring the Headlines: July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Animal Control has been unable to locate the lion that was sighted prowling the streets of Milwaukee and have concluded that either the sightings were a hoax or the lion has started walking to Minnesota to find dentist Walter Palmer and avenge the killing of Cecil in Zimbabwe. * Fox

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Terrorism in the guise of piety

July 31, 2015

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–When I first encountered Zionism as a child in post-war Poland, I heard much about the dream for Jews to become like all other peoples. After all that we had been through we now wanted to be like everybody else. Living in Israel today, not only when I’m in Tel Aviv,

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Jewish news briefs: July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

Poll: 76% of Israelis think Israel needs to continue fighting Iran nuclear deal (JNS.org) More than three-quarters of the Israeli public believes that Israel needs to press on with efforts to torpedo the Iran nuclear deal, a new Israel Hayom survey conducted by New Wave Research revealed. According to the poll, 76 percent of Hebrew-speaking

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Middle East, USA

Life cycle events and visions of the immortal

July 30, 2015

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — As I gazed into the wedding canopy where my younger daughter exchanged marriage vows with her betrothed some two and a half years ago, all of the fears floated out of me. The professional dreads, the generational anxieties, the clinging grudges, and the pounding griefs of this existence—they vanished.

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Jewish Religion

Obama, Kerry capitulated to Iran

July 30, 2015

By Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Almost two years of “negotiations,” the final “deal” appears as a total surrender of the Obama government to all the demands of the Ayatollahs who boasted that all their red lines have been met . The deal will put them on the path to become a nuclear power, not as a

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Middle East, USA

The Jewish singers: Mark Glanville

July 30, 2015

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Travel and Food

Is Iran N- deal pulling U.S. Jews away from Israel?

July 30, 2015

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The Israeli daily Ha’aretz reports that Israel’s Consul-General in Philadelphia recently sent a letter to the Foreign Ministry suggesting that Israel is losing the support of American Jewry over Iran. If he’s right, does it mean that Prime Minister Netanyahu is wrong or is it because American Jews will

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Middle East, USA

Jewish news briefs: July 30, 2015

July 30, 2015

Top Israeli jurists crafting ‘legal Iron Dome’ to boost public diplomacy (JNS.org) Top Israeli legal experts came together this week to formulate a new strategy to bolster the public diplomacy efforts of Israel’s government. The project, promoted by Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud), seeks to provide Israeli diplomats with solid public diplomacy messages to

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International, Middle East, USA

I-8 Jewish travel: Morris Casuto and the ADL

July 30, 2015

–15th in a series– Exit 5: Mission Center Road, San Diego ~ Former Anti-Defamation League offices By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Although Jewish agencies and organizations including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) recently have clustered their offices near those of the Jewish Federation of San Diego in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood, they used to

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and Food

SDJW thanks its July 2015 contributors

Her first days in America, 1939

The Jewish singers: Jess Glynne

Is Iran building its bombs in North Korea?

Seacrest Village benefit golfer hits an ace

Humoring the Headlines: July 31, 2015

Terrorism in the guise of piety

Jewish news briefs: July 31, 2015

Life cycle events and visions of the immortal

Obama, Kerry capitulated to Iran

The Jewish singers: Mark Glanville

Is Iran N- deal pulling U.S. Jews away from Israel?

Jewish news briefs: July 30, 2015

I-8 Jewish travel: Morris Casuto and the ADL

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