Donald H. Harrison

Resisters, defiers praised at Yom HaShoah service

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – San Diego’s communal Yom HaShoah observance on Sunday, April 27, focused on the Jews who met the Nazi scourge with “Defiance, Rebellion, Resistance,” including, but not limited to, the Jewish partisans who actively waged guerrilla warfare against the Germans. The featured speaker at the commemoration in the Garfield […]

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

As violent anti- Semitism declines, verbal variety increases

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM–An annual report on Anti-Semitism worldwide during 2013 was released Sunday, April 27, a day before Israel marks Yom Hashoa, the Holocaust day. The report, compiled by Prof. Dina Porat of the Moshe Kantor database for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism at Tel Aviv University in cooperation with the European Jewish

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International

The cantor who rides on an ambucyle to save lives

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — They are a familiar site in Jerusalem and across Israel – United Hatzalah volunteers rushing in their orange vests and red motorcycles to save lives during calls of emergency distress. Each of the 2,100 registered volunteers which include secular Israelis, Ultra-Orthodox, Arabs, settlers, and citizens across the spectrum, carry

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

AJC deplores racist remarks attributed to Sterling

SAN DIEGO  (SDJW) — The American Jewish Committee’s executive director, David Harris, said he was “dismayed” by racist comments attributed to Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, and said the NBA should take action against the basketball team owner. While the Jewish organization did not say so in its press release, it’s

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Sports & Competitions, USA

Arab professor visits Auschwitz with his students

By Rabbi  Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The language of empathy is hardwired into the consciousness of many higher mammals.  Human beings share the capacity to experience empathy for others. Of course, human beings are different in one basic respect from the animal kingdom. Whereas empathy is something that is instinctual in the

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Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East

APN leader says peace effort pause may be helpful

By Debra DeLee WASHINGTON, D.C. — APN (Americans for Peace Now)’s position is clear: Negotiations are the only route to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the only resolution to this conflict will be a mutually agreed-on two-state solution. However, the past nine months of peace efforts, led with admirable commitment and energy by Secretary of

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Middle East, USA

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, February 21, 1958, Part 4

Attention Family Historians:  If you would like a JPG photo copy from the Southwestern Jewish Press of any “Adventures in San Diego Jewish History” article that has been reprinted on the San Diego Jewish World website, simply copy the website address of the article, and send it along with the article’s headline, with a $5 payment

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Adventures in SD History

U.S. should send more Ukraine aid — Levin

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Armed Services Committee, met on Friday, April 25, with reporters in Kyiv, Ukraine, during a visit there. Following are Levin’s opening remarks as prepared for delivery: “Today I am completing a two-day visit to Ukraine to understand the security situation facing this country. I have met

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International

In aftermath of mayor’s race, DA Bonnie Dumanis draws reelection opponents Bob Brewer and Terri Wyatt

By Jeremy Ogul Mission Times Courier SAN DIEGO —  After narrowly defeating incumbent Paul Pfingst in 2002, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis sailed through the 2006 and 2010 elections unopposed. Now, nearly 12 years into her tenure as San Diego County’s top prosecutor, two challengers are waging campaigns to oust her. One is Bob Brewer, a

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San Diego County

The Wandering Review: ‘Walking with the Enemy’

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Walking with the Enemy belongs to a cycle of recent movies like Black Book, Army of Crime, Defiance, Inglourious Basterds, and Süskind which portray Jews actively resisting the Holocaust.  With the exception of Tarantino’s counterfactual picture, these films are docudramas inspired by real events.  Walking with the Enemy chronicles the German

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Jewish History, Lawrence Baron