International

For others it’s DIY, for her it’s Do- It- Themselves

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France — One of the first things we encountered when we came to France was the prevalence of do-it-yourself (DIY) shops. Actually, shops would hardly be the right term, as they’re more something of an emporium. On that first visit Yigal thought he had died and gone to heaven. All there was […]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East, Travel and Food

Tonga’s love for the Jews of the Bible

Editor’s Note: This is the 25th 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, 15, 16, 17,

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Travel and Food

Chesler’s memoir insightful into feminist movement

A Politically Incorrect Feminist by Phyllis Chesler; St. Martin’s Press; © 2018; ISBN 9781250-094421; 304 pages including acknowledgments. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Possibly before, but especially after publication of Women and Madness, which exposed the practice of falsely committing women to insane asylums and the abuse of women within those institutions, author

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 22, 2018 (3 items)

Jewish couples urged to get tested for Tay-Sachs JScreen (jscreen.org), a not-for-profit at home education and genetic carrier screening program, today highlighted September’s Tay-Sachs Awareness Month, encouraging people to get tested for genetic diseases so they can make informed decisions about family planning. JScreen’s expanded screening panel tests for more than 200 diseases, a significant development

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Contrasting legal outcomes for Reps. Davis and Hunter

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Two members of San Diego’s congressional delegation had very different kinds of experiences on Tuesday, August 21, with America’s justice system. Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) was vindicated by a federal appeals court which dismissed a suit that had been brought against her by Chris Sevier who claimed

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

‘Nana’: A thorough doc. film of a Holocaust survivor

Nana, a documentary by Serena Dykman; French language with English subtitles; First Run Features; 1 hour 40 Minutes. By Donald H. Harrison   SAN DIEGO – “Nana,” as many of us know from the time as children we were mouthing our first words, means “grandma” and, in this case, “Nana” refers to Maryla Dyamant Michalowski,

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 21, 2018 (3 items)

Alleged Iranian spies were photographing Chabad and Hillel in Chicago U.S. Representative Peter Roskam (IL-06) released the following statement on Tuesday regarding the arrest of Ahmadreza Mohammadi-Doostdar and Majid Ghorbani: “Only days ago, two men were arrested in the United States on charges of acting on behalf of the Iranian regime to conduct surveillance and

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

NYU action awaited on boycott against Jewish students

By Martin Barillas NEW YORK — Human rights advocates are awaiting a response from New York University President Andrew Hamilton after writing letters urging him to take firm action regarding what the advocates regard as a discriminatory joint statement issued in April by 53 NYU campus student groups. On Monday, the Louis D. Brandeis Center

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 20, 2018 (2 items)

American Jewish Committee eulogizes former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan The American Jewish Committee, the global Jewish advocacy organization, mourns the passing of Kofi Annan, the Ghanaian diplomat and Nobel laureate who served with distinction as Secretary General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. “Kofi Annan, an individual of exceptional dignity, grace, and

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education