Donald H. Harrison

San Diego Jewish Film Festival Preview: ‘An Article of Hope’

An Article of Hope (2009). Directed by Daniel Cohen, Produced by Daniel Cohen and Christopher G. Cowen. English, 54 minutes. By Yiftach Levy  SANTEE, California–When you see the typical blockbuster box-office offerings – action/adventure, animated, sequel-driven franchises, what have you – it may be hard to believe that a simple, straightforward talking-heads documentary can be […]

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Travel and Food

Al Jazeera publishes leaked Palestinian documents on Israel negotiations

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM —  Wikileaks is infectious. Al-Jazeera has caught the bug, and released some 1,600 secret Palestinian documents, said to represent Palestinian-Israeli negotiations over more than a decade of on-again off-again talks.   Some of the details suggest far reaching Palestinian concessions, but others indicate that they were not far reaching enough for

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, September 16, 1955, Part 7

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff High Holy Day Services At Tifereth Israel Synagogue Southwestern Jewish Press, September 16, 1955, Page 27 Our High Holy Day schedule of Services will begin with the Evening Service at 8:00 p.m., on Friday, September 16.  Cantor Joseph Cysner and an augment ted Synagogue Choir will chant this

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Adventures in SD History, San Diego County

Should Israel’s Arab minority emulate Jewish minorities in English-speaking countries?

 By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Two Israeli Arab intellectuals, both graduates of Israeli universities, one an editor the other a writer, were discussing – in Hebrew, of course – on Israeli TV on Saturday night the latter’s new book in which he argues for a re-evaluation of the way in which his people, all

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Travel and Food

Larvae become salamanders quicker if they sense danger but the process holds other dangers

HAIFA (Press Release)–Fast development is often perceived as an advantage, as it enables better harmony with one’s environment and readiness to cope with the challenges that it poses. However, research conducted at the University of Haifa, Israel, and University of California, Santa Cruz, and published in the scientific journal PLoS ONE*, found that the acceleration

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, September 16, 1955, Part 6

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff The Fiftieth Golden Jubilee of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, 1905-1955 Southwestern Jewish Press, September 16, 1955, Page 22 By Isadore Jacobson It is just 50 years ago this Yom Kippur evening that the very few Jewish families who then resided here in San Diego decided that plans should be

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Adventures in SD History, San Diego County

The Labor party, which founded Israel, splinters into irrelevance

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — A pivotal moment in Israeli political history. The Labor Party, the founding political organization of the state, ruler of the country for its first 29 years, and perennial member of government coalitions has splintered like an undercooked felafel, that is, very messily. Defense Minister and Labor party leader Ehud

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Middle East

‘2 Pianos 4 Hands’ entertains to a point

By Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California– Fate: destiny, outcome chance, providence. When Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt were youngsters taking piano lessons, it never occurred to them that one day their paths would cross and they would be forever locked together playing dueling piano’s (if you will) and making a name for themselves, not as

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