Donald H. Harrison

Lecturer on Islamophobia never mentioned 9-11 or ‘terror’

By Elad Morad SAN DIEGO —  I attended the “Islamophobia: A Mainstream Ideological Formation” lecture on March 8  at UCSD university. The lecture was sponsored by the Middle East Studies program, part of the Social Science department and the speaker was Stephen Sheehi from the Arab Culture and Comparative Literature Department from the University of South Carolina.

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Travel and Food

Metsitsa b’peh is a custom mohels should discard

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –For the past 2000 years, enemies of the Jews have often portrayed the Jews as leeches and vampires. Some people think Bram Stoker’s gothic novel about the blood-thirsty demon bears an uncanny resemblance to the pale-skinned Jew, who hates anything associated with the light of Christianity. Over

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

Bob Filner draws Chicano support in mayor’s bid

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)- National and local Latino leaders came out to support Congressman and Mayoral Candidate Bob Filner Saturday, March 10, at Chicano Park. Congressman Luis Gutierrez (IL- 4), Congressman Charles Gonzalez (TX-20) joined local Latino leaders in endorsing Bob Filner for Mayor of San Diego. More than 25 supporters met Mayoral Candidate Bob

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Travel and Food

Works of globe-girdling Yiddish journalist translated to English

Distant Dreams and Hard Truths: Zionist and Other Writings of Zelman Kagarlitsky by Daniel Harbour, editor, The Lansing Press; ISBN 978-0-9567661-0-6 ©2010, p. 218, including notes and index, cover price unlisted By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Who is Zalman Kagarlitsky? Thanks to Daniel Harbour, the great-grandson of Kagarlitsky, the work of an articulate and

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Fred Reiss, EdD

Being an agent for change different than being a government agent for change

By David Bedein JERUSALEM — In February 1977, after four years of activity, the US based organization Breira held its first and only national conference in Washington, DC. I was  witness to the event, which convened only one month after Jimmy Carter was sworn in as the US President. The Israel Labor Party was then

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USA

Beating away idols during a percussion Shabbat

By Donald H. Harrison CHULA VISTA, California –If it had been the subject of publicity, it might have been labeled “Percussion Shabbat” because at the beginning of the Friday night service congregants of Temple Beth Sholom helped themselves to drums, cymbals, triangles, tambourines and maracas. As they drummed, tapped, rang, and shook their way through

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Donald H. Harrison

Survivor Lou Dunst gives eloquent testimony to triumph of human spirit

By Joel A Moskowitz, M D LA JOLLA, California– Survivors, trauma, psychological effects, memories, depressive disorder, OCD (obsessive compulsive), bitterness, deniers, and more recently PTSD (a term which is much overused) and rarely victory”  These words have been associated with victims of the Holocaust. On assignment recently to cover the Seacrest Village gala for San

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International, Jewish History

Is Gaza-Negev flurry a harbinger of more violence to come?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — So far it’s a mini-escalation in the south. As I begin this, some 60 rockets or mortars have been sent toward Israel in the last couple of days, several Israelis have been injured, one seriously. Twelve Gazans have been killed, including some ranking members of a fringe group sometimes allied

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East