International

The Women Accusing Charlie Rose of Sexual Misconduct

Eight women came forward with claims of sexual harassment against CBS This Morning co-host Charlie Rose, according to a report released on Monday by The Washington Post. The women—Reah Bravo, Kyle Godfrey-Ryan, Megan Creydt—and five others who only agreed to speak with The Washington Post on conditions of anonymity, recalled the 75-year-old making unwanted sexual […]

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Charlie Rose is suspended by CBS following sexual harassment claims by women who worked on his PBS talk show

Veteran broadcaster Charlie Rose was suspended by CBS News on Monday following a Washington Post report that he sexually harassed eight women who worked on his PBS talk show . Rose, 75, acknowledges and apologizes for the behavior recounted in the Post investigation, which details unwanted sexual advances towards the women, appearing nude in their

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

‘The smiles have been wiped off the Palestinians’ faces’

Transportation and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) responded on Monday to the Trump administration”s proposed peace plan, as reported on the weekend by Hahadashot (formerly Channel 2 News). Katz spoke at a conference hosted by Arutz Sheva and the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce held at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. “Less than a

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Middle East, USA

Holocaust survivor opens art museum in hometown Vilnius

Painter and Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak on Monday opened a museum of his allegorical work inspired by Jewish history in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, more than half a century after he held his first exhibition as a nine-year-old inside its wartime ghetto. As a boy he was sent to live in the ghetto after the

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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Jewish Tourists in Southeast Asia

By Oliver B. Pollak ‘Fellow Travelers’ used to have an awkward anti-communist McCarthyean ring; no longer. Now FT’s are strangers you meet on tours, who travel and dine with you; companions of convenience, from which camaraderie may develop. The New York Times supplements newspaper revenues by sponsoring tours accompanied by reporters to familiar, remote and

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International, Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food

Humoring the headlines: November 20, 2017

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−First, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it had lifted an Obama-era ban on importing sport-hunted trophies of elephants from Zimbabwe and Zambia.  President Trump initially agreed with the new policy but changed his mind because at first he thought the Obama policy banned the importation of trophy wives from Eastern

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Jewish progressive movements ‘blackmail’ Israel

By Moshe Dann JERUSALEM — Arm-twisting Israel by liberal and Progressive American Jews is threatening the delicate and vital bonds that link the two major Jewish communities. Oblivious to the consequences of creating dissension and unwilling to accept Israel’s separate and sovereign status, some Reform and Conservative Jewish leaders seem to be engaging in a

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Charles Manson Dead: A retelling of a 2014 conversation with a murderer

WASHINGTON, November 20, 2017 – Charles Manson is dead. The man who masterminded one of the most heinous murder sprees in American history died 8:13 PM Sunday. Deborah Tate, a sister to Manson’s victim Sharon Tate, tells TMZ the prison is contacting all of the victim’s families. Manson has been in prison since his arrest

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USA

Book’s 70 chapters provide picture of U.S. Jewish life

77 Miles of Jewish Stories; History, Anecdotes and Tales of Travel Along I-8 by Donald H. Harrison; Create Space, 2017, 338 pages including index, $19.95.   By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson SAN DIEGO — The 70 chapters of this book appeared originally as individual articles in various editions of  San Diego Jewish World, the website edited by

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Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, San Diego County, USA

Argentina moves to designate memorial day for Israeli embassy attack

By Raphael Ahren The lower house of Argentina’s parliament last week overwhelmingly voted in favor of creating a national day to commemorate the deadly 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires. In a November 8 vote, 186 MPs supported the proposal, with one no vote and one abstention. If confirmed by the Senate,

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International, Middle East