Donald H. Harrison

U.N. veto hailed and damned by Israelis who made up minds ahead of time

By Rabbi Dow Marmur  JERUSALEM–I’m on the mailing list of an American-born Jerusalemite whose blog seems to be dedicated to bashing US President Obama. I stopped reading it regularly a long time ago but I made an exception today in the hope that, after the United States veto of the proposed Palestinian anti-settlement resolution in […]

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Middle East

DeTocqueville’s essays make one wonder if democracy can take root in Muslim world

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– I have been among those mocking commentators who applaud the signs of democracy in the mass protests of Egyptians that resulted in the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. I am skeptical in the extreme about the chances of democracy taking hold in societies where Islam is the prevailing religion, especially in a

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Ira Sharkansky

Wanderings led from Lithuania to U.S. to South Africa to Israel

 Editor’s Note: In this column, Dov Hartuv, a new correspondent in Sha’ar Hanegev municipality, Israel,  introduces himself.  Sha’ar Hanegev, alongside the border of Gaza,  is the partnership region of the Jewish Federation of San Diego, By Dov Hartuv KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel– It must be in our genes. We have always been nomads. Since the

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Travel and Food

‘Wizard of Oz’ still magic to throngs of kids at Civic Theatre

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO– During the intermission of the latest incarnation of the L. Frank Baum’ book,  the  John Kane adaptation of “Wizard of Oz” I chatted with a tyke munching on a cookie. “How do you like the show so far?” I asked? Being non-committal in front of a stranger, her Mom piped up

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

Susan Rice explains U.S. veto of resolution on settlements

NEW YORK (Press Release)– Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, explained her casting a veto in the Security Council on Friday on a resolution promoted by the Palestinian Authority to condemn Israel’s settlements in the territories.  She spoke with reporters via a conference telephone call. OPERATOR: Welcome, and thank you for standing by.

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, October 28, 1955, Part 4

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Hillel News Southwestern Jewish Press, October 28, 1955, Page 7 The Hillel Counselorship at State College will hold its next meeting on Monday, October 31st, at the Jewish Community Center.  Refreshments will be served. The group meets every other Monday evening at 7:30 p.m.  Officers are Martin Weiner,

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Adventures in SD History, San Diego County

U.S. veto of U.N. resolution on settlements wins plaudits

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday expressed appreciation to the United States for vetoing the “fundamentally flawed” U.N. Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements and for making clear to the Palestinian Authority that the only route to peace is through direct negotiations with Israel. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued

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Middle East

Egyptians, Palestinians hated leaders, but loved their lies about Israel

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –On Thursday, we considered the difference between what Palestinian Authority leadership may have told American and Israeli “peace” negotiators and what they assuredly are telling their constituents. The disconnect means the Palestinian people are not being prepared for any sort of operative peace with a legitimate, sovereign state of Israel.

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Pending Israel vote at U.N. prompts statements from members of Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–As the drama intensified at the U.N. Security Council over whether enemies of Israel could persuade the United States to join in a resolution condemning settlements in Palestinian territories, members of Congress weighed in with press releases.  Among them: Eliot L. Elliot (D-New York)–“It is absolutely outrageous that the U.N. Security Council

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U.S. Treasury freezes American assets of Iran’s Refah Bank

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) – The U.S. Department of Treasuryon Thursday designated Bank Refah for providing financial services to the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) and the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA). In recent years, Bank Refah has facilitated millions of dollars of weapons-related purchases by MODAFL. These purchases included missiles and

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Travel and Food

Behind the REAL curtain, not the one in Oz, Wizard wins admiration of local Munchkins Adira Rosen and Megan Spector

 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—In The Wizard of Oz, the title character turns out not as nice as he is reputed to be, but it’s just the opposite backstage at the Civic Theatre where the touring Broadway San Diego production has been pulling in the crowds.  There’s just nobody nicer than Robert John Biedermann,

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Donald H. Harrison

BGU developing smart robots to pick ripe fruit

 BEER-SHEVA, Israe; (Press Release)– Robotics researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have received a $1.3 million grant (977,840 €) to develop intelligent sensing and manipulation algorithms for robots that can sense and pick high value crops. The project is part of the European Union Seventh Framework Program (FP7) “cRops” (Clever Robots for Crops).  cRops

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