Donald H. Harrison

College Avenue Older Adult Center tells December programming

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The College Avenue Older Adult Center, operated by Jewish Family Service, in the social hall of Beth Jacob Congregation, 4855 College Avenue, has announced the following programming for December. Thursday, December 2, 12:45 pm–Dr Barold presents . . . Nutrition Vs Genes, Who’s In Control? We know that our genes dictate […]

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

San Diego Jewish Book Fair: ‘Accidental Anarchist’ humorous and informative

The Accidental Anarchist  by Bryna Kranzler, Crosswalk Press, 2010. By David  Strom SAN DIEGO–The only grandfather (Zaydah) I knew died when I was seven. My memories of him are very slim and dim. What I mainly know about my Zaydah is what my older siblings have said about him over the years. To them, he

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Travel and Food

Obama remembers ‘Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Jews and Muslims protecting each other…’

MUMBAI, Nov. 6 (Press Release) — U.S. President Barack Obama, on his visit to India, remembered the 166 people slain in the Nov. 26, 2008,  terror attacks on various hotels and a Chabad house in Mumbai.  He gave the following attack at the Taj Mahal Hotel, which was one of the terrorists’ targets.     Following is the text of his remarks THE PRESIDENT: 

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Travel and Food

New York Times headline overplays Jerusalem construction story

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Again Israel was front and center on the web site of the New York Times, along with a picture and a headline: “Israel Plans 1,000 Housing Units in East Jerusalem.”　 Read the article. The content is more modest by far than the headline or the prominent placement. It reports that the area

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

ZOA: Palestine-Israel lease-back plan a ‘non-starter’

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized reported plans being pushed by the Obama Administration for the creation of a Palestinian state on all of Judea and Samaria with parts of eastern Jerusalem and the strategically vital Jordan Valley to be “leased” by Israel from it. Media reports are discussing a

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Middle East

’13,’ a musical about growing up and ‘bullying,’ on tap at LFJCC

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–J*Company Youth Theatre will present the high-energy musical 13 with music and lyrics by Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown and book by Dan English and Robert Horn.  The production will run December 3-12 at the David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre in the Lawrence Family JCC, Jacobs Family Campus. Twelve- year

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Travel and Food

Expert on Israeli media to lecture Nov. 22 in Carlsbad

CARLSBAD,  California (Press Release)–The Agency for Jewish Education continues its monthly Scholar Lectures on Jewish Studies, a new lecture series in Carlsbad, with Professor Oren Meyers of the University of Haifa. Meyers’s lecture will take place in the Schulman Auditorium of the Carlsbad Dove Library on Nov. 22 at 7:00 pm. His lecture is titled,

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

J Street ‘profoundly disappointed’ by new construction in East Jerusalem

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami on Monday, Nov. 8,  released the following statement upon the Israeli Government’s announcement of the construction of 1,300 new apartments in East Jerusalem: “J Street is profoundly disappointed that the Israeli government has chosen this moment to announce yet another large round of construction in East Jerusalem.

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Middle East

Israeli Fat Sand Rats prove ideal for testing effects of light deprivation on depression

TEL AVIV (Press Release) ― Saying goodbye to summer can be difficult for everybody. In some people the onset of winter triggers Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, a mood disorder in which sufferers experience symptoms of depression. Happily, a special kind of gerbil exhibits remarkably similar reactions to SAD treatments as humans, opening a promising

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Science, Medicine, & Education

‘Celebrate Balanchine’ program an artistic credit for City Ballet

    By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — City Ballet of San Diego’s “Celebrate Balanchine” program on November 7, 2010 was an ambitious endeavor – not flawless – but another notch in the Company’s escutcheon of accomplishments. The Company is still based in the historic jewel box of a theatre, The Spreckels; however, the exigencies

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Travel and Food

Is your preschooler ‘fearless’? It could be in the genes

HAIFA (Press Release)–Preschool-aged children who demonstrate fearless behavior also reveal less empathy and more aggression towards their peers. This has been shown in a new study that was carried out at the University of Haifa’s Faculty of Education. “The results of this study show that fearless behavior in children can be identified and is related

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Science, Medicine, & Education