Donald H. Harrison

Jewish trivia column to start on Monday

February 4, 2015

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) –Are Israeli cherries harvested during the Jubilee year? Is Gefilte Phish one of Ben and Jerry’s best-selling Israeli ice cream flavors? Are Tzitzit disease-carrying Mediterranean flies? Did George Washington throw gelt across the Potomac River? The answers to these and many other questions of Jewish Law, Tradition, History, and Popular Culture can be

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Israel’s ‘Lego Man’ tells of Ezer Mizion’s kids

February 4, 2015

By Maor Cohen ORANIT, Israel — Three years ago, when I came to Ezer Mizion’s Donald Berman Rehabilitation Center, they explained to me that I would be working with children who have cancer and with children whose parents have cancer. All I came for was to donate some Legos but the angels at Ezer Mizion

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1,000 children pick fruit, celebrate Tu B’Shevat

February 4, 2015

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TAZPIT)–In honor of Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish holiday that marks the beginning of the new year for trees, youth volunteering with Leket Israel, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, picked excess fruit remaining on trees in people’s private gardens to give to the poor. Over 1,000 children and teens from across Israel including kibbutzim

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Auschwitz rite honors victims, reminds Europe

February 4, 2015

By Alex Brummer AUSCHWITZ, Poland (WJC) — Wrapped in narrow striped blue and white scarves the survivors some ancient and frail, others upright, chests forward and proudly strong made their way out through the gate of death into the dark the snowflakes falling. They made the trudge through the crisp snow, in path dug alongside the

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International, Jewish Religion

Israeli cellist Maya Beiser performs Feb. 7 & 8 in La Jolla

February 4, 2015

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Dubbed by the New Yorker as a “Cello Godess,” credited by NPR with “a stunning command of her instrument,” and lauded by the New York Times for her “ferocious energy and talent,” Israeli cellist, Maya Beiser, will be the featured soloist in the La Jolla Symphony’s February 7, 7:30

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Travel and Food

‘Apples from the Desert’ a peach of a movie

February 4, 2015

By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Adapted from Savyon Liebrecht’s short story, Apples from the Desert is a spiritual coming of age journey. Rivkah, the only child of Orthodox Jewish parents, lives in Jerusalem under the iron fist of her controlling, traditional father while her mother cowers in abdication. No option for college, Rivkah is

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San Diego County, Sheryl Rowling

Jewish news briefs: February 4, 2015

February 4, 2015

John Baird, strongly pro-Israel Canadian foreign minister, resigns (JNS.org) Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, a strongly pro-Israel voice in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government, resigned on Tuesday. “I will miss this place very much,” Baird said in a speech to the Canadian Parliament. “The time has come to start a new chapter in my life.”

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International, Middle East, USA

The Jewish Comedians: Larry Fine & Moe Howard

February 3, 2015

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Travel and Food

The Passover seder and climate change questions

February 3, 2015

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Rori Shay’s first book, Elected is a Young Adult (YA) genre sci-fi/cli-fi hybrid novel, part of a projected trilogy she is writing, and it’s being followed up with a second book, Suspected, due out this month. In a recent interview with San Diego Jewish World, debut novelist Shay, 36, was kind

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Jewish Religion

Senate moves to prevent veterans’ suicides

February 3, 2015

Compiled by Donald H. Harrison The U.S. Senate unanimously adopted, by a vote of 99-0 the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act, which provides for peer support and community outreach programs to assist veterans to transition from military to civilian life. It also calls for independent consultants to evaluate efforts by the Department

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

Knesset honors Christian friends of Israel

February 3, 2015

JERUSALEM (WJC) — The Knesset Christian Allies Caucus held its ninth annual Night to Honor Our Christian Allies in conjunction with the World Jewish Congress-Israel. Knesset members from across the political spectrum and government leaders joined both Jews and Christians at Jerusalem’s Waldorf Astoria hotel for a reception in honor of Christians who have been

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International, Middle East

‘If possible, not Jewish’ job ad draws fire

February 3, 2015

PARIS (WJC) — A leading anti-racism group in France launched legal action on Monday, Feb, 2, after a job advertisement appeared online, which included the line “If possible, not Jewish” in a list of criteria for its desired candidate. SOS Racisme lodged a complaint after a job ad for a graphic designer at the Paris

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International

JFS Hand Up Youth pantry receives $75,000 grant

February 3, 2015

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The Hand Up Youth Food Pantry (Hand Up) at Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the S. Mark Taper Foundation. The one-year grant will support Hand Up in distributing supplemental food and providing essential supportive services to more than 8,000 people facing hunger in San Diego County,

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San Diego County

ADL raps anti- Semitic comments of Ukraine rebels

February 3, 2015

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday, Feb. 3, was deeply troubled by a thinly veiled anti-Semitic appeal made by the leadership of the Donetsk and Lugansk “People’s Republics,” who referred to the central government in Kyiv as “pathetic representatives of the great Jewish people.” During a press conference on February 2 captured

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International, USA

Jewish trivia column to start on Monday

Israel’s ‘Lego Man’ tells of Ezer Mizion’s kids

1,000 children pick fruit, celebrate Tu B’Shevat

Auschwitz rite honors victims, reminds Europe

Israeli cellist Maya Beiser performs Feb. 7 & 8 in La Jolla

‘Apples from the Desert’ a peach of a movie

Jewish news briefs: February 4, 2015

The Jewish Comedians: Larry Fine & Moe Howard

The Passover seder and climate change questions

Senate moves to prevent veterans’ suicides

Knesset honors Christian friends of Israel

‘If possible, not Jewish’ job ad draws fire

JFS Hand Up Youth pantry receives $75,000 grant

ADL raps anti- Semitic comments of Ukraine rebels

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