Donald H. Harrison

‘Apologize or resign!’ StandWithUs urges EU ‘diplomat’

  PARIS (Press Release)–StandWithUs France condemns High Representative of the European Union, Catherine Ashton, for her statement regarding the brutal, anti-Semitic murders of four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France on Monday. As France reels in horror at this attack, together with the global Jewish community and all people of conscience, High Representative

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International

‘Largest book’ completed in Ma’aleh Adumim

MA’ALEH ADUMIM, Israel  (Press Release)–Standing at two meters tall, Israel’s biggest book has been presented to the Ma’aleh Adumim community at a special event marking the close of this year’s seventh annual A.H.A.V.A English Read-a-thon. The event held at the Eshkol Hapayis (lottery granted community building) in Ma’aleh Adumim was attended by hundreds of schoolchildren

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Confused about Iran’s nuclear program? Everybody else is too

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Earlier this week, Israeli media headlined that “’Mossad, CIA agree Iran has yet to decide to build nuclear weapon.” The story went on to say that “New York Times report quotes senior American officials who believe there is little disagreement between Israeli and U.S. intelligence over Iran’s nuclear program, despite

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Grossmont English professor fuels inter-campus study projects

    By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California — An English professor of mixed religious background has become a leading proponent of interdisciplinary studies not only at Grossmont College, where he teaches, but throughout San Diego’s higher education community. Tate Hurvitz, whose father is Jewish and mother is Lutheran, grew up in the San

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Donald H. Harrison

‘Anna Christie,’ a rough tale of a deserter’s prostitute daughter

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — The first things noticeable when entering the White Theatre at The Old Globe are the nautical accoutrements (Wilson Chin) of heavy ropes defining sections of Johnny-Priest’s Saloon, wooden planks of floor, heavy beams both stumped and tall, lots of coiled ropes, dim yellow lighting (Austin R. Smith), fog and

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

If Syria, Egypt have zero to fear from U.S, why should Iran?

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — “What is being done in Homs [Syria] . . . is simply appalling and shouldn’t be allowed to stand in our world,” said British Prime Minister David Cameron in Washington. The British, he said, are cataloguing “these crimes,” and Asad should “always remember that international law has got a long reach

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

Bill would ban spousal support to some violent sexual offenders

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)  — District Attorney Bonnie M. Dumanis announced on Monday that legislation sponsored by her office and introduced by Assemblymember Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) that would prevent victims from being forced to pay spousal support to ex-husbands or wives who are convicted of violent sexual crime against them will  be heard  Tuesday, March 20,

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Travel and Food

Orchestra will travel miles to build audience for classical music

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Transporting and setting up an orchestra at a new venue is an exercise in logistics with surprises not at all uncommon, says David Amos, conductor of the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO). However, he says, the payoff is the possibility of building new audiences for classical music.  That’s what he’s

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Donald H. Harrison

Jewish groups react in pain to French school murders

  NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Jewish  Federations of North America is shocked and outraged at Monday’s tragic terror  attack on a Jewish school in southern France that has left at least four dead,  including three children. Early news indicates that a terrorist on a motorcycle carried out a fatal shooting outside Ozar Hatorah, a Jewish school

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International, Yeruchem Eilfort-Rabbi