Chris Jennewein is the editor of the Times of San Diego with which San Diego Jewish World trades stories under auspices of the San Diego Online News Association.
By Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — San Diego’s celebration of its 250th anniversary this week was a welcome reminder that what brings Americans together in 2019 is stronger that what divides us. While Washington was reeling from President Trump’s suggestion that four Congresswomen from immigrant families to “go back” to the […]
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By Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Poway of Chabad Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who was injured during Saturday’s anti-Semitic attack, appeared with President Trump in Washington Thursday at the National Day of Prayer. “My life has changed forever, but it changed so I could make change,” Goldstein said at the White
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Chris Jennewein, San Diego County, USABy Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO –San Diego State University President Elliot Hirshman announced Wednesday he has accepted the presidency of Stevenson University in Maryland. His last day at SDSU will be June 30. Hirshman has served as the president of SDSU since 2011. “The last six years have been the most extraordinary
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Chris Jennewein, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — The San Diego parent of an American killed during the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, is suing Hillary Clinton over the incident. The conservative advocacy group Freedom Watch filed the suit Monday in Washington on behalf of Patricia Smith of San Diego, whose son Sean Smith was a State Department
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Chris Jennewein, Middle East, USABy Chris Jennewein SAN DIEGO — Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump wasn’t drafted during the Vietnam War because of a series of student deferments and then a diagnosis of bone spurs in his heels. In another American war, nearly four decades later, Army Capt. Humayun Khan died when a taxi driven by a suicide bomber exploded
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Chris Jennewein, International, USABy Chris Jennewein SAN DIEGO — God is in the details, and that includes the hellish enterprise of waging war. You wouldn’t know it from the Republican political rhetoric, but for 771 days through Tuesday, a largely American air armada has been pummeling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, better known as ISIS. Navy jets
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Chris Jennewein, Middle East, San Diego County, USABy Chris Jennewein SAN DIEGO –The party that ended slavery and won the Civil War a century and a half ago is having a difficult year nationally. As presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump attacks Mexican immigrants, re-tweets white supremist memes and slams the business community, the traditional Republican coalition is reeling. In San Diego, Kevin
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Chris Jennewein, International, San Diego County, USABy Ken Stone, Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Score one for Twitter over Facebook — and for Rep. Scott Peters over a blackout of House history. The San Diego Democrat, who turned 58 on Friday, turned to a pair of twentysomething press aides to be the first and primary broadcaster Wednesday of an unprecedented Democratic
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Chris Jennewein, Ken Stone, USABy Chris Jennewein When historians write the the history of the 2016 presidential campaign, they may conclude that Donald Trump‘s unorthodox campaign finally crashed and burned in San Diego. It’s a long way to November 8, and almost anything can happen, but two events in San Diego have left an indelible mark on his campaign: On May 27,
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By Chris Jennewein LA JOLLA, California — Academy Award-winner Richard Dreyfuss lamented Thursday the decline of civility in American politics, accusing the Republican front-runner of “public indecency.” “Donald Trump is the icing on the cake that will poison and kill this country,” he said at a press conference. “It’s not about politics. It’s a question of his
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Chris Jennewein, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Chris Jennewein SAN DIEGO — In this ugly political season, with insurgent politicians on both sides talking barriers — from walls to tariffs — San Diego has an opportunity to show the rest of America how to succeed by building bridges. With Republican Donald Trump calling for a mighty wall along the Mexican border, and Democrat
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By Chris Jennewein SAN DIEGO (Times of San Diego) — A leading scholar of modern Israel said the Jewish state’s future depends on the creation of a separate Palestinian homeland in the West Bank. “Every time Israel makes it harder to build a viable Palestinian state, we make Hezbollah and Hamas stronger,” said Peter
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