Donald H. Harrison

Shalit personifies adage ‘Save a single life, and you save the whole world.’

October 12, 2011

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO –He is ever so slight, frail-looking, and, in many ways, the physical antithesis of the perceived, muscular modern Israeli soldier. In fact, Israel Defense Forces originally labeled him almost too delicate a young man to even be inducted into its lauded Army, someone with “a low medical profile.” But […]

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Middle East

Jewish license plates: Reason to celebrate

October 12, 2011

The Rubin family search for Jewish-interest license plates is expanding. Melanie Rubin, our prime spotter in San Diego, has recruited her mother, Penni, as a license plate sleuth. She found BSIMCHA in her home state of Ohio.

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, August 24, 1956, Part 3

October 12, 2011

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff As the Psychologist Sees You Southwestern Jewish Press, August 24, 1956, Page 5 By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant Paying Attention Psychologists frequently have a difficult time administering a test to the young child for the youngster’s interest span is so short that he can sit still for

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Adventures in SD History, Jewish History

Shalit exchange required both sides to compromise

October 12, 2011

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I told you so. A short while after finishing my column on politics (Every day you may have to eat –), Israel’s leadership proved it was up to the task. In a dramatic announcement timed for the evening news, including an on-camera announcement by the prime minister, we heard the

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

A baby’s fortuitous crying

October 12, 2011

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — On Succos we leave our comfortable house and go out to the Succah – a booth that does not have a solid roof. This demonstrates our belief that it is not brick and mortar that protects us; rather it is Hashem [G-d]. Rabbi Moshe Turk of The Jewish

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Jewish Religion

‘Conversations with My Ancestors’ sometimes gets bogged down in family trivia

October 12, 2011

Conversations with My Ancestors by Andrew Sanders; Gefen Publishing House; 308 pages; no price listed. By Norman Manson SAN DIEGO–Genealogical research has become all the rage in recent years, aided by such institutions as the Mormon church, which possesses vast files of ancestral information. Family trees, going back several generations, have sprouted in abundance, including

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Travel and Food

Family conflict, and love, on view in ’26 Miles’

October 12, 2011

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — If anyone tells you that family matters don’t matter, they’re wrong, just wrong! Go back as far as the Ancient Greeks and as recently as Quiara Algeria Hudes’ 26 Miles and you will find all kinds of family matters and family dynamics that matter. For better or for worse

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

Will Shalit-for-1000 trade bring more terror?

October 12, 2011

By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM–Very distressing to see the singing and dancing going on at the Shalit tent outside Netanyahu’s office a few blocks away from here as the announcement that Israel had agreed to release more than a thousand terrorists, including hundreds who were serving life sentences for terror attacks such as the Sbarro

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Middle East

Potential release of Gilad Shalit hailed

October 11, 2011

NEW YORK (Press Release) – The Jewish Federations of North America heralded the announcement on Tuesday of the potentially impending release of Israel Defense Forces Corporal Gilad Shalit after more than five years in Hamas captivity. According to Israeli and U.S. media reports, Shalit will be freed in a prisoner exchange that will bring his

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Middle East

17 Ways You Know Sukkot is Coming to Jerusalem

October 11, 2011

By Judy Lash Balint By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM — Seventeen ways you know Sukkot is coming to Jerusalem. 1. The tourists have landed! Overwhelmingly religious, English and French speaking, they jam the city’s take-out places and restaurants. The well-dressed visitors may be seen in packs wandering up and down Emek Refaim Street and through

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Jewish Religion

Baseball will survive its erring players

October 11, 2011

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — October baseball, mixing in with the autumn leaves, early football, and the Jewish holidays, is in full swing. The game, like the soul, has eternal life—it only freezes in winter, while we gather around hot stoves of nostalgia and hope. The skeptics love to prophesy the decline or

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USA

By overdemanding, Palestinians removed their goals from serious consideration

October 11, 2011

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–There are several ways of describing the essence of politics. All of them mean pretty much the same thing: Go along in order to get along Compromise Recognize your limits One who demands too much may end up with nothing There is no absolute justice Justifications for one or another demand are

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

To preserve internal power, Egyptian military may seek confrontation with Israel

October 10, 2011

By Dr. Ehud Eilam WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two intertwined problems confront Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces: the deteriorating economy and the looming elections. The military has always been the dominant actor in Egypt since the July 1952 overthrow of King Farouk and the termination of the constitutional monarchy. After then, every president

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Middle East

Jobs and Shuttlesworth each made their mark

October 10, 2011

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — To quote from historian Diane McWhorter’s recent essay in The New York Times, “If you recognized the name of only one of the two greats who succumbed to cancer [last] Wednesday, that’s perhaps because the work of the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, who died at 89 in a

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USA

Shalit personifies adage ‘Save a single life, and you save the whole world.’

Jewish license plates: Reason to celebrate

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, August 24, 1956, Part 3

Shalit exchange required both sides to compromise

A baby’s fortuitous crying

‘Conversations with My Ancestors’ sometimes gets bogged down in family trivia

Family conflict, and love, on view in ’26 Miles’

Will Shalit-for-1000 trade bring more terror?

Potential release of Gilad Shalit hailed

17 Ways You Know Sukkot is Coming to Jerusalem

Baseball will survive its erring players

By overdemanding, Palestinians removed their goals from serious consideration

To preserve internal power, Egyptian military may seek confrontation with Israel

Jobs and Shuttlesworth each made their mark

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