Donald H. Harrison

Columbia College rejects BDS in secret ballot

March 12, 2019

By Gidon Halbfinger The Columbia Spectator NEW YORK — On Sunday, as the clock inched towards midnight, Columbia College Student Council voted against putting a boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement referendum on the ballot. I believe the decision was the right one. Student council should not be putting initiatives that target and alienate specific identity groups on

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Haredim may be ‘winners’ of Israel’s next election

March 12, 2019

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Though the elections in Israel are still some four weeks away, we already know the undisputed winners: the ultra-Orthodox (haredi) parties. Neither side will be able to form a government without them. Though they say that they won’t sit in a cabinet with Yair Lapid, the leader of the

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Middle East

Quest for Rynecki’s art fuels ‘Chasing Portraits’

March 11, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Making the rounds of Jewish film festivals across the country is the documentary Chasing Portraits by Elizabeth Rynecki, concerning a quest to learn more about the pre-Holocaust art of her Polish Jewish great-grandfather Moshe Rynecki (Pronounced Renetsky). Previously, Elizabeth Rynecki published a book with the same title that

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

The new business tax break

March 11, 2019

By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Did you know that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has created a tax savings opportunity for businesses? If your business is not a C corporation, you might qualify for a 20 percent income reduction by means of the Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction. Although the rules are

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Sheryl Rowling, Travel and Food

‘Angels in America’ is an epic journey

March 11, 2019

Angels in America, Part 1: The Millennium Approaches, Cygnet Theatre in Old Town, now through April 20, 2019 By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Many look back on 1980s America as “the good old days.” It was a time of great prosperity with great music, big hair, big cars and cheap gas. To many, speaking

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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Raise Your Mask Purim ~ The Fountainheads

March 11, 2019

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Travel and Food

Hilma af Klint and the birth of abstract art

March 11, 2019

By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The Guggenheim’s strange and wonderful exhibition of Hilma af Klint’s groundbreaking, yet largely unknown body of abstract art is an important event – one that challenges us to not only rethink the early history of twentieth century abstract art, but to recognize her vision of art and reality

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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Jewish trivia quiz: ‘Green Book’

March 11, 2019

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The Academy Award for Best Movie went to Green Book, a film about black musician Don Shirley, who toured through the Jim Crow South in the 1940’s, and his relationship with his bodyguard/driver, a white Italian from New York named Tony Vallelonga. The movie title refers to

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

‘Just kidding:’ Purim cookies re-shaped?

March 11, 2019

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Where will it end? When will there be a halt to the shattering of beloved institutions? Prompting this concern is a just-released report of a respected Israeli archaeological team, Alt Zackhn Gefunen (Yiddish, meaning “old things found”). The report asserts that Haman wore an oval-shaped hat, not

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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Asylum seekers find temporary home in San Diego

March 11, 2019

By Chris Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Sandra Alvarado of San Diego Rapid Response Network waited outside the shelter for the next busload of immigrants to arrive. A mother and daughter got off the bus and immediately went over and hugged Alvarado. “I had to turn around and cry,” said Alvarado,

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International, San Diego County, USA

Noshing with Sandi ~ The Trails Eatery

March 11, 2019

The Trails Eatery, 7389 Jackson Dr. San Diego, California 92119 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — Tucked in the Keil’s shopping center in San Carlos is a little restaurant that has gathered itself a loyal local following. That restaurant is the Trails Eatery. Walking in you might feel as though you’re in a diner from

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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and Food

Poll shows Israeli election a virtual tie

March 10, 2019

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There are polls every day or two. You can see the latest by clicking here. They pretty much are showing a tie, or close to it between the center-left and the right. Bibi is a sharp campaigner, managing to label his opponents the leftists, with the help of media and

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Animated Purim Medley ~ Micha Gamerman

March 10, 2019

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Travel and Food

TICO dedicates 2 concerts to Rabbi Rosenthal’s memory

March 10, 2019

SAN DIEGO –The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra, joined by the San Diego Mormon Choir and soprano Lindsay Robison Killian, will present a pair of concerts March 30 and April 2 dedicated to the memory of Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal, spiritual leader emeritus of Tifereth Israel Synagogue and former member of the orchestra. Conductor David Amos said

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Columbia College rejects BDS in secret ballot

Haredim may be ‘winners’ of Israel’s next election

Quest for Rynecki’s art fuels ‘Chasing Portraits’

The new business tax break

‘Angels in America’ is an epic journey

Raise Your Mask Purim ~ The Fountainheads

Hilma af Klint and the birth of abstract art

Jewish trivia quiz: ‘Green Book’

‘Just kidding:’ Purim cookies re-shaped?

Asylum seekers find temporary home in San Diego

Noshing with Sandi ~ The Trails Eatery

Poll shows Israeli election a virtual tie

Animated Purim Medley ~ Micha Gamerman

TICO dedicates 2 concerts to Rabbi Rosenthal’s memory

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