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By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─The FBI report on Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information on her private email server has reinforced the perception that she is less trustworthy than Donald Trump. Spun another way, she should be compared to a veteran physician who has been unsuccessfully sued for malpractice during the course of a long […]
Humoring the Headlines: July 5, 2016 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California – For my always-on-the-go grandson Sky, 9, there were plenty of activities to keep him un-bored in the hours leading up to the July 4 fireworks. Not only was there a jump house, but there also were games and competitions organized for his age group. By the time the
4th of July: Activities and Jewish American reflections Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, USA
Editor’s Note: Animal lover Mimi Pollack today begins a column on animals that initially will run twice a month. By Mimi Pollack TIJUANA, Mexico–Life for dogs in Mexico is not very good, except for the lucky ones who have responsible owners. There are so many street dogs roaming about! These street dogs have a very poor
Mimi’s Ark: Baja Dogs Read More »
International, Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, The World We ShareBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Another Fringe Festival has come and gone, 11 days of ‘eyeball busting’ shows at fourteen venues around San Diego. If you’re not familiar, “fringe” refers to theater that’s a little too “out there” for a regular theater season. Many are small shows that travel light. Some are autobiographical.
Kisses and tomatoes at the Fringe Festival Read More »
Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — What argument did British Prime Minister David Cameron make to the Jewish community of Great Britain in an attempt to gain their support for staying in the European Union? A. Referring to the growing support throughout the European Union for an independent Palestinian state, Cameron said, “Do you want
Jewish Trivia Quiz: Brexit Read More »
Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBad News, Good News By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The bad news is that Ikea dressers not anchored to walls easily topple over injuring and killing children. The good news is that only a small fraction of the dressers ever were assembled by purchasers who tried to follow the instructions. * The good news is
Humoring the headlines: July 1, 2016 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Eileen Wingard ENCINITAS, California — Michael Tseitlin, San Diego County’s highly respected violin pedagogue and organizer of the Virtuosi USA Concert Series, introduced one of its programs at the Encinitas Library on June 25, featuring Violinist Pasha Tseitlin, Pianist Nic Gerpe and Bassoonist Judith Farmer. Pasha Tseitlin, son of Michael and Irina Tseitlin, plays
Tseitlin, Gerpe, Farmer: an impressive musical trio Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Below is a list of 235 individuals whose bylines graced the pages of the expanded San Diego Jewish World (SDJW) during the month of June. Most of these writers work for other publications that have graciously made their news reports available through the RepubHub exchange by which news media,
June saw greatly expanded SDJW news coverage Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — It was inevitable, yet no-one saw it coming. Everyone was in denial, hoping against hope that common sense would prevail. But it didn’t, and here we are, over a week after the referendum, trying to work out what’s going to happen now that Brexit’s here. At an informal
Brexit and its rocky aftermath Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International
-63rd in a Series- Exit 51: Buckman Springs Road, Pine Valley, California ~ Camp Lockett By Donald H. Harrison CAMPO, California – Like many Army installations, Camp Lockett was built for utility rather than for beauty. Rare would be the architectural student who would come to marvel at its buildings. But in the nation’s memory, Camp
I-8 Jewish Travel: World War II Buffalo Soldiers Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA
-62nd in a series- Exit 45, Pine Valley, California By Donald H. Harrison PINE VALLEY, California – Although she was raised as a Catholic, Judy Hunter Osterberger felt a certain restlessness about religion as a young woman. “I wanted to get to the genesis of things and read the Bible for myself” she recalled. She investigated
Grandma’s food prep. led her to Judaism Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, The World We Share, Travel and Food
Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — Two San Diego City Councilwomen kicked off their shoes at the Copley-Price Family YMCA on Wednesday, June 29, and on the shaded playground turf led a pep rally in which they instructed a multi-ethnic group of young day campers to refrain from
Children urged to remind parents about gun safety Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori, USAMake America a Golf Course By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ On his visit to Scotland, Donald Trump could not resist showing off his renovated golf course and claiming that if he can fix a golf course, he can fix the United States. Imagine if a microphone caught him unawares while he was elaborating on his
Humoring the headlines: June 28, 2016 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireStars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO–My guest shot me a look when I dared utter the name “Macbeth” as we took our seats at the Old Globe’s Summer Shakespeare Festival. “Oh no,” he intoned, “now somebody’s going to die.” “Don’t we all?”
Strange happenings and strange choices in ‘MacBeth’ Read More »
Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcast