Donald H. Harrison

A Passover welcome for a Marine away from home

  VISTA, California (Press Release) — A capacity crowd attended Congregation  B’nai Tikvah’s annual, “2nd Night Seder” Saturday evening, April 7. Congregation  B’nai Tikvah was honored to host a very special guest, Corporal Samuel Roochnik from Bethesda, MD,  who is currently  stationed at Camp Pendleton Marine Base. The seder, officiated by B’nai Tikvahs’ Rabbi Ben Leinow was “lively, entertaining and spiritually moving,” according

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Jewish Religion

The pros and cons for Jonathan Pollard’s release from prison

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Jonathan Pollard has returned to Israeli headlines, first with his hospitalization, then the appearance of Esther (who he married after being incarcerated) before President Peres, Peres’ appeal to President Obama to release him due to his long imprisonment and ill health, and an announcement from Washington that the President does

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Ira Sharkansky, USA

Bill would permit computerized transmission of criminal histories

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – District Attorney and Mayoral candidate Bonnie Dumanis says she is one step closer to bringing increased transparency to criminal justice agencies throughout the state. On Tuesday, April 10, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee passed the  Dumanis-sponsored Assembly Bill 2222, authored by Assemblyman Marty Block (D-Lemon Grove).  The bill will allow prosecutors to access and

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Travel and Food

19th Century Science Fiction writers were sometimes quite prescient

By David Brin ENCINITAS, California — It’s well known that in 1865, Jules Verne published his novel, De la Terre à la Lune (From the Earth to the Moon), which includes the concept of human spaceflight. And yet, Verne never discussed the far more practical notion of of an artificial satellite orbiting Earth. For that

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Which political philosophies jeopardize the future? The ones on the right and the left

By David Brin ENCINITAS, California — Is the bold future of our youth being killed by gloomy science fiction?  Or has Sci Fi grown more dour as a reflection of our mood?  Glenn Reynolds interviews authors Neal Stephenson and Vernor Vinge in a thought-provoking inquiry: Why We Need Big, Bold Science Fiction: “While books about

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Dec. 14, 1956, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Marriage Told Southwestern Jewish Press, December 14, 1956, Page 2 Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Smollar announce the marriage of their daughter, Judith Sandra, to David Edward Honig, son of Mrs. Mary Honig, of Phoenix, Arizona. Judy was a student at S.D. State College, affiliated with Pi Alpha Lambda

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Adventures in SD History, Jewish History