International

What a Jewish teacher learns in United Arab Emirates

My Pashtun Rabbi: A Jew’s Search for Truth, Meaning, and Hope in the Muslim World by David Eden, BookBaby, (c) 2018, ISBN 9780692-086155. NEW YORK (Press Release) — A Jewish American working in the United Arab Emirates fears hostility but finds humanity in this debut memoir. Fleeing divorce and midlife crisis, journalist Eden left Ohio in […]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 17, 2018 (3 items)

Sanctions against Burmese military welcomed American Jewish World Service welcomed the U.S. Government’s announcement Friday that it is imposing sanctions and visa restrictions on  Burmese military leaders and divisions responsible for horrific violence against the Rohingya people in Burma,” said Robert Bank, President and CEO of AJWS. “Sanctioning the Burmese military for the atrocities against the Rohingya people

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International, Jewish History, USA

Israeli ‘When the Smoke Clears’ examines PTS

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Making the rounds of Jewish film festivals is the Israeli documentary When the Smoke Clears, which recreates the battles in which several IDF soldiers were wounded and then follows each of these soldiers on the road to recovery. Almost everyone by now has heard of post-traumatic stress (PTS)

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 16, 2018 (3 items)

Hadassah Academic College graduates a diverse group of students Earlier this summer, almost 600 students graduated from the Jerusalem-based Hadassah Academic College (HAC), the institution in the heart of the city that boasts a diverse student population and high rate of job placements of students upon graduation.  Over 2,000 spectators – including graduates, family, and friends – attended the ceremony

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Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Palestinian Refugees: Right vs. Reality

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK –In my last article, I argued that the ultimate solution to the Palestinian refugees’ right of return rests on resettlement and/or compensation. Indeed, given the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its psychological, political, and demographic dimensions, there is simply no other viable solution. Many Palestinians living in and outside

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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East

Learning about the Pacific on the Pacific

Editor’s Note: This is the 24th 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, 18, 19, 20, 21,

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 15, 2018 (5 items)

Former FBI special agent to head security for San Diego Jewish Academy San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA), an independent Jewish day school located in the Carmel Valley community of San Diego, has announced the hiring of Gabriel Ramirez as Director of Security and Safety. “Following a very competitive interview process, we have hired Gabe Ramirez

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 14, 2018

Ben Gurion University has a new president (5 items) Professor Daniel (Danny) Chamovitz, dean of the George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University (TAU), was today elected as the seventh president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). The University’s executive committee, headed by Asher Heled, confirmed the recommendation of the

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USA

Shame on Corbyn for honoring a terrorist murderer

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — British Labour leader and potential British Prime Minister, Jeremy Corbyn, may claim amnesia about laying a wreath at the grave of Abu Jihad, but it is impossible to accept that this politician, so steeped in Hamas, Hezbollah, and the “armed resistance” to Israel, was ignorant of whose grave he paid

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Barry Shaw, Jewish History, Middle East

Introducing new website on American Ex- Presidents

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – U.S. Presidents, past and present, are part of America’s national conversation. Yes, we talk about politics and governmental affairs, but that is not all.  The names of our Presidents are woven into our conversations in many other ways.  We name streets, buildings, educational institutions, cities, and states for

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 10, 2018 (5 items)

Herzog, in first North American trip as Jewish Agency chairman, stresses need for unity On his first trip abroad since assuming office last week, Isaac Herzog, The Jewish Agency for Israel’s new Chairman of the Executive, visited Jewish Federations in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. Herzog, who assumed office on August 1, is due to

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International, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, Travel and Food, USA