Donald H. Harrison

Stadium funding not a city priority — Emerald

Story by David Ogul; photos by Michael Mantell SAN DIEGO — This city does not have money for a new, publicly funded, $1.1-billion football stadium that backers hope will keep the Chargers from bolting to Los Angeles, City Councilmember Marti Emerald told several dozen people at a Tifereth Israel Synagogue Men’s Club dinner Wednesday night.

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David Ogul, Michael Mantell, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions

Israelis wonder what’s behind violence uptick

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Israelis are accustomed to not knowing what’s happening. With the most thoroughgoing security arrangements in western democracies, there is a lot they don’t tell us. The military experience most have had provides its own lessons on the workings of a high compartmentalized organization, and realizing that there are things we do not

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Jewish news briefs: July 2, 2015

Israel’s Shin Bet uncovers extensive Hamas terror network in Nablus (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) More than 40 Palestinians suspected of being Hamas operatives seeking to establish terrorist infrastructures in Judea and Samaria have been arrested over the past few months, Israel’s Shin Bet security agency revealed Wednesday. The suspects were tasked with creating a wide

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International, Middle East

I-8 Jewish Travel: The courthouse and the Franklins

  – Eleventh in a Series– Exit 3, Taylor Street, San Diego~Courthouse, Old Town San Diego State Historic Park By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There were no televisions, radios, motion pictures, or YouTube videos back in the mid 19th century.  There were, occasionally, traveling stage productions and these were well-attended.  But for day-to-day entertainment, San

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

BDS gains church advocates

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — J Street and the Catholic Church proceeded on the same day, last Friday, to press for Israeli and Arab action to end the so-called occupation of Israel’s territories, and they were joined by a large Protestant denomination four days later. Ira Stup, a senior consultant to the J Street

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Middle East, USA

The brouhaha over Israeli gas

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –They didn’t teach economics in my Rabbinic School. Though I’ve learned one or two new things since my ordination, understanding money hasn’t been one of them, even though fund raising has become an important, perhaps essential, component of being a rabbi. I’m grateful to the congregations I served for judging

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Middle East

Jewish news briefs: July 1, 2015

Obama admin. won’t enforce anti-BDS trade provision in Judea and Samaria (JNS.org) After President Barack Obama signed a trade bill that takes a stand against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, his administration said the U.S. would not use the legislation to protect Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria. The Trans-Pacific Partnership bill,

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International, Middle East, USA