By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – “Seal Tours” is the name that Old Town Trolley Tours of San Diego gives its sightseeing excursions in an amphibious vehicle on the waters of San Diego Bay and on land along the Embarcadero and Point Loma. That name might cause a bit of confusion because […]
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori RAMONA, California – Camels know all about water conservation. Just ask Gil Riegler, the Canadian-born, Israeli-raised owner of the Oasis Camel Dairy located in this inland San Diego County town. “Camels can go two weeks without drinking, lose 25 percent of their body weight in
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori and Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – San Diego County is the animal capital of the United States, and possibly the world. I say this without reservation or qualification after a 10-day vacation period during which my son David and grandchildren Brian, 10 and Sara,
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By Jeffrey Cohan PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — Acts of shocking violence stained 2018, from the beginning of the year to the end. To recall just a few, there was the mass murder of students at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL; the mass murder of Jews at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh; and, closer
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Butterfly Project striving to memorialize each of 1.5 million children lost in the Holocaust Cheryl Rattner-Price, co-founder and executive director of the Butterfly Project, said 212,238 butterflies have been painted and exhibited around the world in an effort to represent the 1.5 million children who were murdered in the Holocaust. The non-profit organization hopes to
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By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The question of turkey’s status as a permitted bird is a topic that comes up every Thanksgiving holiday season. Nevertheless, many Orthodox Jews I personally know will never eat turkey since there is no tradition permitting it. Clearly, the Torah does not mention turkey at all
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, The World We ShareSAN FRANCISCO (Press Release)–Nine of the world’s leading philanthropic foundations announced their intent to commit at least $459 million through 2022 to the protection, restoration and expansion of forests and lands worldwide and the recognition of indigenous peoples’ and traditional communities’ collective land rights and resource management. These are powerful and under-appreciated climate solutions and
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International, Middle East, The World We Share, USABy Pamela Pollack Fremd SPOKANE, Washington — I am a tough cookie, in my dreams, but Pick of the Litter, directed by Dana Nachman and Don Hardy, had me teary eyed from moment one in the documentary when different people talked about how their dogs had saved them. Equally warm and fuzzy moments followed when the
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – In Hebrew, Shai Doron’s names – both his first and his last name – mean “gift,” and as he goes from one successful post to the next, perhaps he feels that in the matter of careers, he has been doubly gifted. Currently
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Israel Defense Prize goes to man who discovered a way to detect Hamas tunnels Col. Yaniv Avitan, a graduate of the Jerusalem College of Technology’s (JCT) electro-optics engineering department, received the 2018 Israel Defense Prize from the Israeli Ministry of Defense for his role heading a team that works to detect the Hamas terror group’s
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, The World We Share, USAEditor’s Note: This is the 15th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 By Donald H.
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By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word, humane, as “being marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals”. This is a good description of Dr. Gary Weitzman, president and CEO of the San Diego Humane Society (SDHS) and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). Giving
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Editor’s Note: This is the ninth in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 By Donald H. Harrison
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – If I had gone into the place blind-folded, I might have thought I was in the sanctuary of a synagogue—a very cold sanctuary—listening to the sounds of shofars being blown in celebration of Rosh Hashanah. The blasts were reminiscent of the tekiah
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