Donald H. Harrison

3 generations find pleasure at 4 Balboa Park art museums

 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Three family members of different ages and interests decided to tour four art museums in counterclockwise direction in Balboa Park—the Museum of Photographic Arts, the Timken Art Gallery, the San Diego Museum of Art, and the Mingei International Museum. One family member, my grandson, Shor, 10, loves to

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Donald H. Harrison

Let Orthodox women wear T-shirts under jerseys—ADL

NEW YORK (Press Release) –The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday  urged the international governing body for basketball to reverse its decision prohibiting an orthodox Jewish athlete from wearing a T-shirt under her jersey during an upcoming tournament. To abide with Jewish rules of modesty for women, Israeli national team player Naama Shafir normally wears a

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Travel and Food

Homeland Security Dept; Jewish organizations announce anti-terror partnership

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Friday met with Jewish community leaders from across the nation at the White House to underscore the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) commitment to partnering with faith-based communities to prevent, prepare for and respond to threats and announce the expansion of DHS’ “If You See Something, Say

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USA

Central European history not a template for Mideast

  By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C — In honor of Russia’s National Day on Sunday, Russia House took out a full-page ad in a Washington newspaper. The first text line reads, “Twenty years ago, Russia completed the process of liberating about two dozen nations, itself included, from communist rule.” Funny, the Poles, Czechs, Estonians and

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International, Shoshana Bryen

Jenny O’Hara, Nick Ullett team in theatre and life

  By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES –Her email address begins with “nifttt”, which she says stands for “nothing is funnier than the truth.”  (It could also stand for “nifty,” which she most certainly is.)  For actor/director Jenny O’Hara, it’s a serious mantra.  As it is for her hilariously entertaining husband, actor Nick Ullett. Los Angeles

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Cynthia Citron

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, May 25, 1956, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Met Forum Asks About Sewer Crisis Southwestern Jewish Press, May 25, 1956, Page 5 The San Diego Metropolitan Forum will discuss the problem of the sewer crisis at the House of Hospitality, Monday, May 28, at 8 p.m. Dr. J.B. Askew, head of the City-County Health Department, will

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Adventures in SD History, Jewish History

Mayor Sanders endorses Dumanis to be his replacement

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Mayor Jerry Sanders on Tuesday formally endorsed Bonnie Dumanis for the next Mayor of the City of San Diego saying she is “the best choice to make sure efforts to reform city government continue to move forward.”  In a letter to supporters, Sanders cited Dumanis’s  “proven leadership, chief executive experience and strength as

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San Diego County

Wars, U.S. statements on Mideast, examples of not thinking matters through

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Go to war. Then think about it. It’s the story of Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Libya.  The New York Times reported: “As NATO airplanes and attack helicopters struck fresh targets in Tripoli and the oil port of Brega on Sunday, senior British and American officials said there was no

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East