Donald H. Harrison

Chaperone molecules transfer copper, other substances from membranes to cells

TEL AVIV (Press Release) ― Information on proteins is critical for understanding how cells function in health and disease. But while regular proteins are easy to extract and study, it is far more difficult to gather information about membrane proteins, which are responsible for exchanging elements essential to our health, like copper, between a cell […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education

A remembrance of Marty Wertlieb

(Editor’s Note: Friends and relatives gathered at Temple Emanu-El on Saturday evening, October 16, in memory of Jewish educator Marty Wertlieb, who died Sept. 18.  Speakers included Rabbis Yael Ridberg of Congregation Dor Hadash and Martin S. Lawson of Temple Emanu-El; Wertlieb’s husband, David, and daughters Jessica and Lise, and Aaron Borovoy, a congregant whom she

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

Israel boycott effort grows among Australian labor unions

MELBOURNE (WJC)–Several Australian labor unions have endorsed the international campaign to boycott Israeli goods from the West Bank and are campaigning to get a boycott adopted by the Australian Council of Trade Unions, the umbrella body. The Electrical Trades Union, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union, the Queensland branch

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Travel and Food

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 15, 1955, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Camp Jaycee Opens June 27 Southwestern Jewish Press, April 15 1955, Page 3 The day camp operated by the Jewish Community Center will develop its 1955 program around a mature group of counselors and specialist, according to Leonard Zlotoff, chairman of the program committee. Albert Hutler, who will

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Adventures in SD History, San Diego County

‘Terre Haute’ probes Oklahoma City murderer Tim McVeigh

By Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD–Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman still stands as the monumental and definitive portrait of a man of the post-World War II generation, angst-ridden, driven, and ultimately crushed by the nightmarish underside of the American Dream.  In a comparably brilliant play, Edmund White brings that portrait up to date with a harrowing

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Cynthia Citron

Middle East columnist ponders two ‘day after’ scenarios

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Middle East analyst, author and columnist Barry Rubin, a former U.S. Senate aide who founded an international affairs research institute in Herzliya, sometimes engages in “what happens the day after” speculation. What happens the day after Iran gets a nuclear bomb? he pondered during his visit to San Diego

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Editorial: Congratulations, Morris Casuto. Well done!

SAN DIEGO—The Anti-Defamation League stages a retirement dinner on Sunday evening, October 17, for regional director Morris Casuto, who has been a voice of reason for more than three decades in San Diego County. We believe he has served the greater San Diego community quite well, and deserves all the accolades that no doubt will

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

British Labour leader’s Jewish roots: Merely a technicality?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA –Ed Miliband could become the second Jewish-born prime minister of Britain any time in the next few years through either parliamentary elections or earlier, with the possible collapse of the current governing coalition. Unlike Benjamin Disraeli, Miliband can openly practice Judaism if he chooses. Actually, the 40-year-old Miliband chose to

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Travel and Food

Commentary: Which Obama program is worse? Domestic health care or Middle East ‘peace’ policy?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — ‘Anybody but Obama’ is a tempting, but risky thought as one approaches a decision about voting. My Israeli and American heads contribute to this column as some call for the upcoming U.S. Midterm elections to be a referendum on Barack Obama. At this point, some of my American friends will

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Commentary: Arabs hypocritical in saying Israel should not be a ‘Jewish state’

By Morton A. Klein and Dr. Daniel Mandel NEW YORK– Israel’s government recently approved an amendment to its citizenship law by which those seeking to become naturalized citizens will take an oath of allegiance to Israel “as a Jewish and democratic state.” Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas’ and Arab regimes profess to be outraged. Abbas

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Middle East

Jennifer Levitt new chair of S.D. Jewish Women’s Foundation

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The San Diego Jewish Women’s Foundation (JWF) announced that it has grown to 100 members and installed Jennifer Levitt as its fifth chair. Levitt follows in the footsteps of founding chair, Jan Tuttleman, as well as Betty Byrnes, Marcia Hazan and Elaine Galinson. Established in 2004, the Jewish Women’s Foundation

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