Donald H. Harrison

U.S. has abandoned its principles in Iran N-Deal

November 26, 2013

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration is entitled to be furious with Israel. Although the U.S. got bragging rights for its (one-sided-not-in-our-favor) deal with Iran, Prime Minister Netanyahu remains determined publicly to say what the President wants to hide: Iran’s nuclear program could not be negotiated away, rolled back significantly or […]

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Iran deal has Israel on edge

November 26, 2013

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The best feature of the Iran deal–and maybe its only good feature–is that there is a deal, showing that the Iranians are willing to deal. The weakest points from an Israeli perspective are the Iranians, the US administration, and the UN agency charged with inspection, none of which are particularly trustworthy. Some

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Bad news can affect people’s daily performance

November 25, 2013

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— Psychology shows that it doesn’t take much to put you in a bad mood. Just reading the morning news can do it. And being in a bad mood slows your reaction time, and affects your basic cognitive abilities like speech, writing, and counting. If you read a depressing newspaper headline in

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Obama is being spiritually lynched

November 25, 2013

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — In director Steve McQueen’s haunting movie, “12 Years A Slave,” the kidnapped black protagonist, during one long grueling and painfully allegorical segment, is shown hanging from a tree with a noose choking his neck and one foot desperately tapping the muddy ground for balance and life. The spiritual

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USA

Peres awards Medal of Distinction to Wiesel

November 25, 2013

NEW YORK – Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday, Nov. 25, awarded The State of Israel’s Presidential Medal of Distinction to Nobel Laureate and esteemed author and activist, Elie Wiesel. The medal, which is the highest civilian honor in the State of Israel, is bestowed by the President onto individuals who have made an outstanding

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Middle East

JNS news briefs: November 25, 2013

November 25, 2013

U.S. signing of Iran deal harms Israeli interests, most Israelis say in poll (JNS.org) In a new Israel Hayom poll, 57.8 percent of Jewish Israeli respondents said they believe the U.S. harmed Israeli interests by signing the nuclear deal with Iran over the weekend. Only 20.6 percent said that the U.S. did not harm

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International

From Hodel to Yenta: A conversation with Rhona Gold

November 24, 2013

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — I first saw Rhona Gold in a staged reading of The Jewish King Lear at the REP. Then, more recently in a reading of Jewish Shorts at the JCC in which she was particularly memorable as the teacher of a tongue-in-cheek conversion class, Jewish 101. After I saw

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Travel and Food

Story of a rescuer retold at 99th birthday brunch

November 24, 2013

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Celebrating her 99th birthday with family and friends at a Westgate Hotel brunch, Gabriella Hartstein Auspitz Labson, with the help of film maker Yale Strom, showed a documentary on Sunday, Nov. 24, about her life in a town that changed hands between Czechoslovakia and Hungary, and her subsequent rescue

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Donald H. Harrison

Humoring the Headlines: November 24, 2013

November 24, 2013

Some songs for Chanukah By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO― Afghanistan (Tune: Oh Hanukah) Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Your future is certain. . Our troops will defend you To profit Haliburton. There’s no more Osama, To terrorize our land. But President Obama Still fears the Taliban. And while we are fighting, Iran is enriching its core. For domestic

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

In remembrance of a heroine of Salonika

November 24, 2013

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The title of the lecture, ‘An Ode to Salonika: the Ladino Verses of Boueno Sarfatty,’ was not particularly enticing, but I decided to go along anyway. In the event, I was taken by surprise and completely captivated by the erudition, mental agility and linguistic ability of the speaker,

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish History

Lieberman wants Israel to make new friends

November 24, 2013

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — This is not the time for anything close to a complete assessment of the agreement with Iran. Commentators can find points where Israel’s insistence might have shaped the final deal, but so far the tendency of Israeli officials and party leaders–not all of them right of center–is to complain that

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Friends fete 108-year-old phenom, Laura Simon

November 23, 2013

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Friends from many walks of life gathered to pay tribute to Laura Simon on Saturday night, November 23, in anticipation of her 108th birthday, which comes Nov. 26. If you can’t remember the date, check with Interim Mayor Todd Gloria’s office. He proclaimed Nov. 26th to be “Laura Simon

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Donald H. Harrison

U.S. image in decline throughout Middle East

November 23, 2013

By Steve Kramer Eyal Zisser is Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and the Yona and Dina Ettinger Chair of Contemporary Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University (TAU). Professor Zisser recently spoke to the English Speaking Friends of TAU at their monthly lecture on the present situation in the Middle East, particularly in Syria.

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Middle East, Steve Kramer

A letter to President John F. Kennedy

November 22, 2013

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — A letter to President John F. Kennedy. Dear Mr. President, You are so omnipresent, fifty years after Dallas, so vividly alive for those of us who have any memory of you while you were here with us, that it doesn’t seem all that preposterous to send you

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USA

U.S. has abandoned its principles in Iran N-Deal

Iran deal has Israel on edge

Bad news can affect people’s daily performance

Obama is being spiritually lynched

Peres awards Medal of Distinction to Wiesel

JNS news briefs: November 25, 2013

From Hodel to Yenta: A conversation with Rhona Gold

Story of a rescuer retold at 99th birthday brunch

Humoring the Headlines: November 24, 2013

In remembrance of a heroine of Salonika

Lieberman wants Israel to make new friends

Friends fete 108-year-old phenom, Laura Simon

U.S. image in decline throughout Middle East

A letter to President John F. Kennedy

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