Donald H. Harrison

Assad, with Army support, suppresses demonstrations; Egypt leans toward Iran

March 31, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — Nowadays, Western officials and journalists seem to think that if you are a Middle East dictator and people start demonstrating you might give up, pack your bags, let your Swiss banker know to get the money ready, and make a run for it. That’s an illusion. The question is really: Who are the people […]

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International, Middle East

Netanyahu attacked on his finances and leadership

March 31, 2011

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Binyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu isn’t the only prime minister who avoids the media out of fear of exposing his unpopular policies; Canadians, for example, are also familiar with the phenomenon. It was, therefore, surprising that Wednesday, March 30, he offered himself to a half-hour live interview “in the hot seat” by a

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Middle East

How baseball struck out in Israel

March 31, 2011

Pitching in the Promised Land by Aaron Pribble, University of Nebraska Press, 2011, 238 pages including epilogue and acknowledgments, $24.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — It’s hard to imagine how putting bats in the hands of the people of the Middle East could bring peace to the region, but author Aaron Pribble is

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Travel and Food

SDJA sweepstakes winner in Science Fair

March 30, 2011

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–the fruition of several educators’ work was realized March 24 when three San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) high school students took home top honors at the 2011 Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair by winning the prestigious Sweepstakes Award. In addition, two of the six available invitations to the Intel Science

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Was a Jewish Holocaust survivor Martin Luther King’s tutor at Boston University?

March 30, 2011

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI, TAIWAN — A retired Oregon pastor writes in a new book about his life as a Methodist missionary professor in Taiwan in the 1960s that a Jewish Holocaust survivor was Martin Luther King’s German-language PHD exam tutor at Boston University in 1950s. Now I am on a newsroom quest to find

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Travel and Food

Sister schools in Louis Rose’s hometown and adopted city approved by San Diego School Board

March 30, 2011

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Board of Education on Tuesday, March 29, formally approved a sister-school agreement between Cabrillo Elementary School here and the Grundschule of Neuhaus-an-der-Oste, Germany, thereby making partners of schools in the hometown of Louis Rose and his adopted home in San Diego. Rose, an entrepreneur who

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education

Obama Doctrine: a prescription for intervention everywhere

March 30, 2011

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –American core principles as articulated by President Obama are indeed a prescription for intervention everywhere – despite his firm denial. “America cannot use our military wherever repression occurs…. we must always measure our interests against the need for action.” But, he said, “We had a unique ability to stop that

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

Could a new ruler in Syria be worse for Israel?

March 30, 2011

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — I find myself once again confused and conflicted, this time about Syria. On the one hand, as a liberal I’d like to see the end of yet another dictator in the region. One the other, as a Zionist I’m worried that what will come after Assad may be much

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Middle East

‘Foxfire’ pits memories against necessity

March 29, 2011

By Carol Davis VISTA, California.– It isn’t often my memory takes me back to 1959 when my late husband, Gerry, and I motored across the country from Massachusetts to California in our then Valiant. We had our TripTik from the Automobile Club routed so we could see some of the southern most country on the

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

U.S. should denounce Syria’s Asad

March 29, 2011

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — At the moment in history when people are not just rebelling in the Middle East but when the opposition movements in Iran and Syria are at a high point, the fact that the U.S. government is standing by and not only doing nothing but virtually saying nothing. No, it

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International, Middle East, USA

Obama’s reasons for Libyan action sound like Bush’s for Iraq

March 29, 2011

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C — What is the American national interest in military intervention in Libya? What is our military objective and how do we plan to achieve it? If it wasn’t clear before yesterday, it was no clearer after the President spoke. After denouncing the Iraq war “bluntly,” as he said, President Obama

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USA

Facebook, a powerful tool, can be used for good — or bad

March 29, 2011

Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO—Facebook, a highly powerful and electrifying force, the new cyber world-house, was ostensibly meant to bring people together. I write today to share the remorse of many millions who so regret—and condemn—its recent exploitation by radical Muslim elements to simply spread hatred and potential violence against innocent citizens of Israel.

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Middle East

Filner recalls Freedom Riding days to Grossmont College students

March 29, 2011

By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – Grossmont College has been revisiting the Civil Rights Movement, bringing to campus former Freedom Riders like Robert and Helen Singleton and Congressman Bob Filner. The Singletons appeared at a March 17 event introducing Breach of Peace, a photo and follow-up book by Eric Etheridge on what happened

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar

Good Vibrations ‘In The Next Room’ at San Diego Rep

March 29, 2011

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–If the snuggly laced corsets, tightly wound up sexual repressions, and freely bouncing bustles tied on to the rear ends of our nineteenth century Victorian sisters conjure up a contradiction in your mind’s eye, so then the apparatus in the good doctor’s home will do the same. It looks like a

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

Assad, with Army support, suppresses demonstrations; Egypt leans toward Iran

Netanyahu attacked on his finances and leadership

How baseball struck out in Israel

SDJA sweepstakes winner in Science Fair

Was a Jewish Holocaust survivor Martin Luther King’s tutor at Boston University?

Sister schools in Louis Rose’s hometown and adopted city approved by San Diego School Board

Obama Doctrine: a prescription for intervention everywhere

Could a new ruler in Syria be worse for Israel?

‘Foxfire’ pits memories against necessity

U.S. should denounce Syria’s Asad

Obama’s reasons for Libyan action sound like Bush’s for Iraq

Facebook, a powerful tool, can be used for good — or bad

Filner recalls Freedom Riding days to Grossmont College students

Good Vibrations ‘In The Next Room’ at San Diego Rep

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