International

The Jewish Eye: Judiciary Committee and Judges in Focus

The Senate Judiciary Committee screens federal judicial candidates nominated by the President of the United States.  It was in the news this week, along with Justices of the Supreme Court and district court judges in Amarillo, Texas and New York City.  In San Diego, meanwhile, a Superior Court Judge was extolling the virtues of a courtroom dog. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, USA

The Jewish Eye: Chronicling Public Activities of Jewish Community

As this column has evolved, a name change from “B’Shalom” to “The Jewish Eye” is in order.  My intent is to chronicle the participation of Jewish community members in such public activities as politics, science, the arts, sports, and business.  Formatting will consistently place stories under geographic rubrics such as “International,” “National,” “California,” and “San Diego County.”  Within those categories, the individuals will be listed alphabetically by surname. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Business & Finance, California, Donald H. Harrison, International, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USA

South African Sharon Katz Offers Free Concert April 16 in Ramona

South African musician and humanitarian Sharon Katz will be giving a complimentary concert at the Ramona Ranch Winery on Sunday, April 16th from 2:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon. What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon with a wonderful musician in a lovely setting? [Mimi Pollack]

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International, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

B’Shalom: Leonard da Vinci a landsman?  Goldman v. Jordan.  Lawson-Remer et al v. Nathan Fletcher

News of Jewish interest broke on Tuesday at the International, National, State and Local Levels: [Donald H.Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

CRY RACISM!..And Let Slip the Brand Onto the Republicans

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Nashville’s political version of Bull Connor must have been too busy plotting the expulsions of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson to learn of Republican misfortunes in the preceding two days. Donald Trump was indicted in Manhattan on Tuesday (April 4) for financial crimes sans the “death and destruction” that

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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USA

San Diego-Based Holocaust Survivor, 95, Returns to Auschwitz on Exclusive Mission

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — “What kept me going was my belief in G-d and the hope to be able to be reunited with my family,” said Ben Midler as he recalls his harrowing experience as a child at the Auschwitz concentration camp where his entire family was murdered. Now, at 95, the San Diego

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Holocaust, International, Israel, San Diego County

US Officials Review Intel Sharing After Damaging Leak That Includes Israel

Published by Reuters By Idrees Ali and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. national security agencies are reviewing how they share their most sensitive secrets inside the U.S. government, and dealing with the diplomatic fallout from the release of dozens of confidential documents, three U.S. officials said. Investigators are also working to determine what person or

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USA

Husband, Father of 3 Murdered Jewish Women Calls for April 10 to be ‘Dees Day’

(JNS) In a video message, Rabbi Leo Dee—whose wife, Lucy, 48, and daughters, Maia, 20, and Rina, 15, were murdered in a terrorist attack—called for the observance of April 10 as “Dees Day.” “Today, we differentiate between good and evil, right and wrong,” he said. Dee described being unable to reach his wife and daughters,

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Israel

Touching the Past, for Today: Louisiana’s Rosenwald Schools

By Jerry Klinger Julius Rosenwald was a first-generation Jewish American. He was born in 1862 in Springfield, Illinois, just a few blocks from where Abraham Lincoln lived. Rosenwald grew up and achieved the American dream. He became very wealthy through hard work, skill, and luck. He was a modest man with a philanthropic bent shaped

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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Opinion, USA

Difficult Times During Passover in Israel

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — This year’s Passover festival began under the cloud that has enveloped Israel ever since the mass demonstrations protesting the so-called “legal reform” began. Yet preparations for the festival went ahead in the customary fashion, with spring cleaning and food purchases and preparations much as usual. By a quirk

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Opinion

‘Edu-tainment’ on ‘Seal Tour’ and at San Diego Zoo Safari

So, it was off to the San Diego SEAL tour on Thursday and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Friday to engage in what Old Town Trolley Tours’ parent company, Historic Tours of America, calls “edu-tainment,” which refers to educating people while entertaining them. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, The World We Share, Travel and Food, USA

‘All Advocacy is About Education,’ Affirms Director of American Jewish Committee’s New San Diego Office

By Jacob Kamaras Times of San Diego LA JOLLA, California — Bill Nye the Science Guy has said, “If you like to worry about things, you’re living at a great time.” Sara E. Brown, director of the American Jewish Committee’s (AJC) new San Diego Regional Office, offers a corollary to that statement when it comes

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Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County, USA