Donald H. Harrison

Davis, Religious Action Center hail House repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– With Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) leading the debate, the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday, Dec. 15,  to end the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy.  In effect for almost 18 years, the policy prohibited gay men and women from serving openly in the military.  The vote comes after the Department of […]

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USA

Wine, Mexico, and prayer will be Beth Am study topics in January

  SAN DIEGO — Fine Wine and Refined Rabbis will be held on Thursdays from 7:00-8:00pm from January 6, 2011 to January 27, 2011. Rabbi Matthew Earne, along with one of Beth Am’s premier sommeliers, Brian London, invite you to this class that combines wine tasting and meaningful Jewish learning. A kosher wine will be

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

U.S. either supporting or looking other way as Palestinians torture their people

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Normally, JINSA concerns itself primarily with security for Israel, and we have spent some time worrying about the future of the Palestinian National Security Force (NSF) armed and trained by a series of American generals. Today, however, we are concerned with the right of Palestinians to be secure from Palestinians-

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Shoshana Bryen

Wex and Telushkin tell us about menshen and others

How to Be a Mentsh (& Not a Shmuck) by Michael Wex, HarperCollins, New York;  ISBN 978-0-06-177112-5 ©2009, $13.99, p. 178 plus notes and bibliography.  Hillel: If Not Now, When? by Joseph Telushkin, Nextbook, New York, ISBN 978-0-553-8052-4281-2, ©2010, $24.00, p. 217 plus notes and bibliography. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –Yiddish speakers are

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Frank explains legislative strategy in ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ battle

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congressman Barney Frank on Tuesday, Dec. 14,  released the following statement regarding the announcement by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer that the House will consider a stand-alone bill to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” “I am extremely pleased that the House Democratic leadership is continuing to do everything possible to enact the repeal

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USA

As for the Israelis and Palestinians, the status is quo

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–It seems that expressions of commitment to a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians that politicians on both sides are currently mouthing in front of TV cameras are intended for foreign consumption; unlike some hopefuls abroad, locals aren’t fooled by them. Now when US envoy George Mitchell is again in

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Middle East

Four companies removed from list of those doing business with Iran

SACRAMENTO (Press Release)–California’s Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced on Tuesday  that the California Department of Insurance (CDI) has removed Royal Dutch Shell (Netherlands), Shell International Finance (Netherlands), Total SA (France), and Repsol YPF (Spain) from the CDI “List of Companies Doing Business with the Iranian Petroleum/Natural Gas, Nuclear, and Defense Sectors.” The CDI initially published its

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Travel and Food

Biodegradable plastics made of corn may reduce landfill problems

TEL AVIV (Press Release) ― Environmentalists around the world agree ― plastic bags are choking our landfills  and polluting our seas. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher is developing new laboratory methods using corn starch and sugar to help sustainable plastics –– those that biodegrade and are even tougher than those made from petrochemicals –– compete in

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