By Bruce F. Lowitt ZOLFO SPRINGS, Florida – There’s a bit of the Middle East in the middle of Florida, where pomegranates – one of the seven fruits named in Deuteronomy as representing the bounty of Israel – grow in abundance. It’s called Green Sea Farms, 31 acres, six devoted to 130 varieties of pomegranates, […]
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Bruce F. Lowitt, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USA
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
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, USABy 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, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Imagine for a moment that, reluctantly, President Trump has listened to the advice of daughter Ivanka and agreed to meet with an anger management specialist. He enters the office of the specialist, Dr. Mensch, who invites him to take a seat, and starts right in: “People say you’re
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
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, USABy Eric George Tauber CINCINNATI, Ohio — “Candidate X is soft on crime!” We’ve all read that during an election cycle. But what they don’t say is who paid for this glossy paper junk mail? Why would experienced incumbent Republican lawmakers suddenly be the targets of vicious attack ads in normally quiet, local primaries? This
‘Dark Money’ going far and wide Read More »
Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
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
NYU action awaited on boycott against Jewish students Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASanctions 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, USAFormer 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
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
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
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, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The nearly three months of demonstrations by Palestinians along the Israel-Gaza border under the banner of the “March of Return,” turned violent and has remained as such as of this writing. This provides another manifestation of how wrong and astray the Palestinians have been led, believing that there is
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USA