International

‘Wings of Eagles’ airlift from Yemen retold by aviator

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – To fellow aviators, perhaps, Elgen M. Long is best known as the man who in 1971 first flew around the world over both the North and South Poles.  Additionally, he is admired for his research into the disappearance of aviators Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan in 1937 […]

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

Hannover to Terezin, roundtrip please

By Oliver B. Pollak HANNOVER, Germany and TEREZIN, Czech Republic —  Our roots trip has dispersed with cousins going separate ways to Berlin, Munich, and Rome. My  party of five headed to Hannover and Theresienstadt, a path my grandfather took in 1942 and in reverse in 1945. Grandfather, Dr. Felix Bachmann,  with his new English

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International, Jewish History, Obituaries & memorials, Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food

JNF: Plant your way to Israel

NEW YORK  (Pres Release) — Jewish National Fund on Friday revealed its new Plant Your Way website that easily allows individuals to raise money for a future trip to Israel while helping build the land of Israel. First introduced in 2000, Plant Your Way has allowed many hundreds of young people a personal fundraising platform to

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Middle East, USA

Christie’s to auction 63 art lots from Israel Museum

PARIS (Press Release) – As part of the June 8 sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Christie’s is pleased to partner with the Israel Museum in Jerusalem to offer a selection of works from the Vera & Arturo Schwarz Collection. The selection of 63 lots will be offered in Paris. From its inception, the Israel

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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Stand With Us condemns US Campaign for Pal. Rights

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)  — StandWithUs strongly condemns the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) for its ties to recognized terrorist groups. As reported in Tablet Magazine, USCPR is providing fiscal sponsorship to a coalition that includes Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This is yet another example of how

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Middle East, USA

Book offers new ways to tour Jerusalem

Jerusalem: The Experiential Guidebook by Tali Kaplinski Tarlow, ScaVentures, Jerusalem, © 2018, p. 198, plus supplemental material, NIS 150, about $42.00. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –  Jerusalem is surely a must-see by anyone visiting Israel, and author Tali K. Tarlow gives us an unusual twist to an epic visit – a scavenger hunt to

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Middle East

Route to New Zealand was a sound decision

  Editor’s Note: This is the 13th 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 By Donald

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

A Jewish- Christian family reunion along the Ruhr

By Oliver B. Pollak MESCHEDE, Germany — The celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Eslohe Football (soccer) club was pretext for the Goldschmidt and Bachmann family reunion in Germany. Two Goldschmidt brothers were charter organizers. Eight cousins and 13 of their spouses, children, significant others, and friends took the better part of two days to celebrate, schmooze and

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International, Jewish History, Oliver Pollak