Donald H. Harrison

What is a ‘necessity?’

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO –The Kapischnitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heschel (1888-1967), was renowned for his love of every Jew. He lived in a very modest apartment. The furniture was simple and the floors were worn. Yet that was all he and his wife needed. One day, the Rebbe’s daughter said to him,

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Jewish Religion

JNS news briefs: March 7, 2013

  Israel fears UN will pull peacekeepers from Golan Heights (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel has expressed concern that the United Nations peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights may pull out altogether after Syrian rebels snatched 21 UN troops in the cease-fire zone bordering Israel, the French news agency AFP reported on Thursday. An international

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Jewish Hawaiian artist created White House Christmas ornament

    Editor Donald H. Harrison has recently returned from a roundtrip cruise between San Diego and the Hawaiian Islands. Following is his third in a series of stories. By Donald H. Harrison VOLCANO, Hawaii — The artist who created a Hawaiian Christmas ornament for the White House Christmas tree during the presidency of George W.

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Donald H. Harrison

JNS news briefs: March 6, 2013

  Venezuela’s Chavez, Iran supporter and Israel adversary, dies of cancer (JNS.org) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, known for his close relationship with Iran and adversarial one with Israel, died Tuesday at 58 following a two-year battle with cancer. Chavez in 2006, during the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, was the first head of

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