Donald H. Harrison

Templers, Germans and Nazis

October 21, 2014

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The German Templers were part of the ‘Christian Zionism’ movement whereby the European powers sought to establish their presence in the Holy Land after 1840. Following their charismatic leader, Christian Hoffman, these adherents of the German Lutheran church, primarily in Wurtemberg, established settlements in Jerusalem, Haifa, Galilee and […]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East

Tarbuton honored in Slingshot Guide

October 20, 2014

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Tarbuton has been named one of North America’s top 82 innovative Jewish organizations in the tenth annual Slingshot Guide. The Guide has become a go-to resource for volunteers, activists and donors looking for new opportunities and projects that, through their innovative nature, will ensure the Jewish community remains relevant and

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San Diego County

Jewish Book Fair tells Nov 8-16 highlights

October 20, 2014

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – San Diego’s internationally recognized San Diego Jewish Book Fair celebrates its 20th year with headliner Ari Shavit. Book Fair events will run from November 8 through November 16, and are presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS.

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Travel and Food

JNS news briefs: October 20, 2014

October 20, 2014

U.S. denies it prevented FBI from aiding search for Israeli soldier (JNS.org) A U.S. official denied a report published by Israel Hayom that the U.S. prevented the FBI from aiding Israel in the search for IDF soldier Oron Shaul, who was initially feared kidnapped during Operation Protective Edge. Shaul was later deemed to be killed

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Middle East

ISIS chem weapons may be from Syria

October 20, 2014

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Two chemical weapons-related stories this week should be considered separate, not necessarily interchangeable, parts of a whole. The first was that ISIS had used chemical weapons against Kurdish forces in Kobani, raising the question of where ISIS would have acquired such weapons. The second, in the New York Times, detailed

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

Gourds among crafts at Nov. 2 Temple Emanu-El fair

October 20, 2014

By Bonnie Baron SAN DIEGO — Linda Hutkin Slade comes from a family with artistic tendencies and has enjoyed playing with fiber arts for close to 20 years. In order to support her fiber arts habit Slade works as a clinical social worker at a local hospital. Over the past four years she has focused much

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San Diego Calendar

4 Israeli institutions receive cash awards

October 20, 2014

JERUSALEM (Press Release)–The Helmsley Charitable Trust has announced more than $9.6 million dollars in grants to four Israeli institutions. These grants are part of a continuing effort to invest in Israel’s leading institutions and critical initiatives toward the goal of strengthening Israel as a successful and secure nation. Since the Helmsley Charitable Trust began awarding

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Poll: Israelis oppose territorial concession

October 20, 2014

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — A new poll conducted from October 12-14, shows that a majority of Israeli Jews oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders and oppose withdrawing from the Jordan Valley as well as the division of Jerusalem. According to a poll conducted last week by the Shivukim-Panorama

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Middle East

Daughters rue opera about terror victim

October 19, 2014

NEW YORK (Press Release) In advance of the opening of “The Death of Klinghoffer” at the Metropolitan Opera on Monday night, Oct. 19, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a statement by Lisa and Ilsa Klinghoffer, the daughters of Leon Klinghoffer, which will be featured in the playbill.　Following is the full text of the statement: Twenty nine years

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Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Israel keeps watch on home- grown ISIS members

October 19, 2014

By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (TNA) –The phenomenon of Western Muslim citizens traveling from their home countries in the West to fight for ISIS in Syria and Iraq has been widely reported on. Israel is now seeing this phenomenon with its citizens, as there are over 30 Israeli Arab citizens having joined ISIS according to

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Middle East

Will Palestinians join ISIS caliphate?

October 19, 2014

By Lloyd Levy EILAT, Israel –While soaking up the sun in Eilat ( 100F. this week), my body was idle but my mind was still ticking over. I had a Damascene revelation, on this ancient road from Cairo to Damascus. The symbolism of Eilat’s location occurred to me. It is at the head of a

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Lloyd Levy, Middle East

Talents discovered in k’garten come full circle

October 19, 2014

By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — After forty rigorous years of dancing and teaching ballet, and needing to fill time and space in my life with other activities, I’ve gone back to several I loved even before the immersion in dance. I discovered these initially in kindergarten: painting, drawing, handwork, writing and singing. Recently a

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Travel and Food

As holidays end, Israeli politics gear back up

October 18, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Israel’s three week holiday season from Rosh Hashana through Simcha Torah resembles the shorter period in western countries from Christmas through New Years. The western holiday is actually longer than a week, due to pre-Christmas work, school, and bar parties, and time in early January for sobering up. What is common to

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

The Wandering Review: ‘The Green Prince’

October 18, 2014

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — While visiting cousins in Philadelphia last weekend, I mentioned I was a big fan of Homeland and wondered if they liked it too. They replied affirmatively, but questioned whether counterterrorism was conducted as brutally and unscrupulously as portrayed in the series. By coincidence I had a preview link for

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Lawrence Baron, Middle East

Templers, Germans and Nazis

Tarbuton honored in Slingshot Guide

Jewish Book Fair tells Nov 8-16 highlights

JNS news briefs: October 20, 2014

ISIS chem weapons may be from Syria

Gourds among crafts at Nov. 2 Temple Emanu-El fair

4 Israeli institutions receive cash awards

Poll: Israelis oppose territorial concession

Daughters rue opera about terror victim

Israel keeps watch on home- grown ISIS members

Will Palestinians join ISIS caliphate?

Talents discovered in k’garten come full circle

As holidays end, Israeli politics gear back up

The Wandering Review: ‘The Green Prince’

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