Donald H. Harrison

Muslim debunks some anti-Semitic myths in Islamic writings

The Jew is Not My Enemy: Unveiling the Myths That Fuel Muslim Anti-Semitism by Tarek Fatah, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto; ISBN 978-0-7710-4783-1 ©2010, $24.95, p. 208 plus notes, bibliography, and index Reviewed by Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Like most people with an Internet account, I receive quite a few emails each day. Most […]

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, November 25, 1955, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Lasker Lodge News Southwestern Jewish Press, November 25, 1955, Page 5 This Sunday, November 27, is the annual dinner for the loedge. The dance will be held at Mission Valley Country Club and the evening will include a complete steak dinner and dancing for only $8.00 per couple.

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U.S. needs to focus on what IS Middle East reality, not what SHOULD BE

By Barry Rubin   HERZLIYA, Israel — President Barack Obama told Democratic Party contributors  in Miami: “When you look at what’s happening…in the Middle East, it is a manifestation of new technologies, the winds of freedom that are blowing through countries that have not felt those winds in decades, a whole new generation that says I want

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Obama administration encouraging Islamist takeovers in Middle East

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — In a moment, I’ll present you with what might be the most frightening paragraph in the modern history of U.S. Middle East policy. But first, here’s one that’s among the most deplorable. It’s from a Washington Post article: “The Obama administration is preparing for the prospect that Islamist governments

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Gilad Shalit, a pawn in a deadly chess game between Israel and Hamas

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM—1714. That’s the number of days On Saturday, March 5, that Gilad Shalit, the kidnapped IDF soldier, has been in Hamas captivity and there’s no sign that his release is imminent or, for that matter, that he’s still alive. For all the precise intelligence that Israel is reported to have in

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Mehta and Israel Philharmonic in triumphant L.A concert

By Eileen Wingard   LOS ANGELES–Zubin Mehta entered the stage with measured, regal stride, humbly acknowledging the audience’s tumultuous applause before mounting the podium, like a king ascending his throne.  The Bombay-born musical monarch, now 75 years old, took up his baton, his royal scepter, and began leading his forces.      The loyalty and love

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Eileen Wingard

Getting that Shabbat feeling … all over again

 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–So soon after attending Saturday morning services to attend the bat mitzvah of a friend’s daughter, here I was back again at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, causing some congregants’ eyebrows to raise.  The Friday night crowd is different from the Saturday morning congregation, and  more so on those evenings when Erev

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion

Bacteria sprout nanotubes to communicate with each other

JERUSALEM (Press Release)– A pathway whereby bacteria communicate with each other has been discovered by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The discovery has important implications for efforts to cope with the spread of harmful bacteria in the body. Bacteria are known to communicate in nature primarily via the secretion and receipt of extracellular signalling molecules, said

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, November 25, 1955, Part 2

Fair Play for Israel (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press, November 25, 1955, Page 3 A recent letter, addressed to the editor of one of our local papers, made us wonder how many other Americans fail to understand the position of Israel, surrounded as she is by seven hostile Arab states, whose leaders have sworn to destroy

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Revolutions wend in their own directions; democracy an unlikely result in Islamic world

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The French and Russian revolutions gave rise to a rich literature about the stages of revolution. Not surprisingly, there is considerable argument about what happened in each stage, and when each revolution ended and a stable regime appeared. Truth be said, history never stops. There is always another stage in

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ZOA calls for end to construction freeze in Jerusalem, West Bank

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has called upon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the de facto freeze that has applied to Jewish construction in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem since the end of the official 10-month freeze last September. The existence of this unofficial freeze has been widely suspected

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Newspapers’ roles evolving, editor tells journalism class

By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California –Visiting a journalism class Friday at Grossmont College, David Ogul, assistant metropolitan editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune, told of the day he almost quit the staff of another newspaper after he read the letters-to-the-editor. It was back when he occupied a similar position for the Riverside Press-Enterprise,

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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

Bromine in salt water leads to harmful oxidation of mercury, researchers say

JERUSALEM  (Press Release)– Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the US have discovered the mechanism whereby dangerous mercury eventually finds its way into the fish we eat from the open seas and oceans. The researchers, Prof. Menachem Luria from the Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences at the Hebrew University and

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