Donald H. Harrison

As Yom Kippur ends, social protest and peace with Palestinians return to fore

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The New Year has begun and Yom Kippur is behind us. Two prominent issues  wait for treatment: peace with the Palestinians and a response to domestic  social protest. The Prime Minister says that he is working hard to achieve both  goals. Optimists are asking themselves if they can expect decisive

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Film Festival will screen ‘The Human Resources Manager’

SAN DIEGO  (Press Release)– The  film The Human Resources Manager will be screened at 7 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 23, as part of the  22nd Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival, sponsored by the Leichtag  Family Foundation, and presented in the Garfield Theatre by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at  the Lawrence Family Jewish Community

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Travel and Food

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, August 24, 1956, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Templers Plan Beach Party on Aug. 25 Southwestern Jewish Press, August 24, 1956, Page 3 Another “first” for the Templers organization is the Starlight Beach Party, to be held Saturday evening, august 25, 7:30 p.m. sharp. A huge bonfire, under a starlit sky, along the beautiful La Jolla

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Adventures in SD History, Jewish History

Turkey is not just Israel’s problem; it’s the West’s

WASHINGTON, D.C. (JINSA)–Bellicose threats directed at  Israel by the Turkish government delivered over the past two months are  extremely disturbing and demand an American response. Never before in the  history of the alliance has a NATO member used such strident and threatening  language at a fellow democratic country. This is in addition to nine years

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Middle East

West Side Story sequel needs some retooling

By Carol Davis   SAN DIEGO—Somewhere between reality and romanticism is the space in which the Candelaria Family lives. Somewhere is also the title of one of Leonard Bernstein’s reflective ballads from his popular West Side Story and it is also the title of Matthew Lopez’s brand new world premiere comedy drama now being given a

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Carol Davis, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Where are the Jewish scholarships for college?

By Andrea Erins HOUSTON, Texas — While there are not many Jewish scholarships available through government programs due to issues with the separation of Church and State, there are a number of scholarships available through private organizations. In addition to the national scholarships listed here, there are a number of scholarships through individual colleges and

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Science, Medicine, & Education

The agony of modern music

 By David Amos David Amos SAN DIEGO — Do you agree or disagree with the following “arguments”? *Modern music is not modern, and is rarely music. (We are talking about the classical, symphonic and chamber variety, not popular music). *It represents an attempt to perpetuate a European musical tradition whose technical resources are exhausted, and

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Travel and Food

No ‘devil’ in Yom Kippur

By Rabbi Ben Kamin Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO –With the Judgment pending (perceived as a moral threshold by most  Jews, a time for cleansing souls), Yom Kippur is really one of the rare times of the year when our spiritual community actual ponders evil so  stanchly.  We’re not that intrigued by sins, sinners, satanic

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