-Third in a Series- By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — This is my last article for now dealing with some of the challenges the Jewish and black community face in their battle against racial intolerance and Anti-Semitism. The Women’s March demonstrated against Donald Trump at his inauguration. It was one of the […]
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International, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USAThe Cousin (Ha Ben Dod) written, directed and starring Tzahi Grad; Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles; 93 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 12, at Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Everyone has
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Milstein Family Foundation offers $16,000 for best student idea to promote Israel Seniors in high school and college students have been challenged by the Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation to devise an “out-of-the-box, pro-Israel initiative on campus and beyond — be it showing positive aspects of Israel, strengthening the U.S.-Israel alliance, or fighting anti-Israel
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USARedemption (Geula), by Joseph Madmony and Boaz Yehonatan Yacov; Hebrew language with English subtitles; 100 minutes; to be screened during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 14, at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, and at 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 17 also at the Reading
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD, California — At some point in his life the thinking man will usually ask himself three important questions: Who—or what—am I? Where am I? and How did I get here? At this point in time a select group of thinking men have come up with two distinct hypotheses. Unfortunately, the two
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — “Israel is doing a decent job of bringing people here but a terrible job of bringing these immigrants fully into the fold of the Jewish people. Because the only way to do that is to guarantee their full rights here in Israel and particularly to be married. And the
Israel accepts, but rabbinate rejects some as Jews Read More »
Jewish Religion, Middle East
Hebrew University distances itself from remarks of anti-IDF professor Five days following the incident in which a Hebrew University professor, Dr. Carola Hilfrich, scolded a student for wearing her IDF uniform to class, the university published a rare ad calling on students in uniform to come study at the university. “Students in Uniform? Welcome!” read
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “I will always speak truth to power” — Rashida Tlaib, upon her second day in “power” Always? Was she speaking “truth” when she urged slashing military aid to Israel? “I will be using my position in Congress so that no country, not one, should be able to get aid from
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israeli politics continues with multiple crises. Not only are there recriminations about the split of the New Right from Jewish Home. Now there is another split, seemingly a surprise while both on the platform, with Avi Gabbay announcing the end of Zionist Union. Tsipi Livni was left with a short
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastUNITED NATIONS, New York (Press Release) — In the past few days, the Palestinians have been promoting a move to upgrade their status as a Non-State Observer to a Member State with the right to vote in the UN. Last week, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki stated that the Palestinians would appeal to the Security Council in January,
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International, Middle East
From Cairo to the Cloud ~ The World of the Cairo Geniza; filmmaker Michelle Paymar; English language; 92 minutes; to be shown during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 6, at the Lawrence Family JCC, Garfield Theatre, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
WASHINGTON D.C. — Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan issued the following statement about the death in Rancho Santa Fe on Friday of former Defense Secretary Harold Brown, a member of the Jewish community who also had served as president of the California Institute of Technology. It is with deep sadness that I extend
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Retired Judge Sol Gothard of Louisiana’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeal told a kiddush luncheon audience at Tifereth Israel Synagogue on Saturday, January 5, that some major tenets of the American legal system are derived from the Torah and the Talmud. Adding that “justice doesn’t win law cases,
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA
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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San Diego County, The World We Share, Travel and Food, USA