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Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 18, 2018 (6 Items)

SAN DIEGO — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Monday, June 18. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. * American Israel Public Affairs Committee pleased […]

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

OpEd: Betrayal of the Diaspora

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Jonathan Freedland is a distinguished British journalist and a committed Jew. He normally writes for The Guardian, but on June 18 he published an article in the London Jewish Chronicle with the tile, “Benjamin Netanyahu thinks non-orthodox Jewish life outside Israel is doomed: for Bibi, the diaspora is mostly

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Middle East, USA

Celebrating Israel’s 70th in Balboa Park

Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison; other photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — They sang, they danced, they ate, and, really, what better ways are there to celebrate Israel during its 70th birthday year? On Father’s Day, Sunday, June 17, who better to introduce the outdoor entertainment in Balboa Park’s area of

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 16-17, 2018 (2 Items)

  SAN DIEGO — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Saturday, June 16, and Sunday, June 17. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. American Jewish

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

A frenetic campaign to meet business gurus

The Third Door by Alex Banayan; © 2018 Crown Publishing Group of Penguin Random House LLC; ISBN 9780894-136662; 286 pages plus acknowledgments; $26. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This is the story of a college student’s frenetic search for off-campus enlightenment in which he schemes and obsesses over interviewing the world’s most successful

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, USA

Animation to teach generations about the Shoah

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – What started as a family research project has developed into an intriguing way to tell the stories of Holocaust survivors that may ignite the interest of younger generations. Sarah Kamaras, an independent film maker based in New York, has taken the usual components of survivor testimony and stock

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

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 15, 2018 (5 Items)

SAN DIEGO — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Friday, June 15. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. State Department concerned about Syrian

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USA

California State Budget addresses Jewish issues

SACRAMENTO (Press Release) — The California State Legislature on Thursday approved the 2018-2019 State Budget, which prioritizes the needs of Holocaust Survivors, campus climate, the security of nonprofits, and the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The California Legislative Jewish Caucus, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Jewish Family Services, and Anti-Defamation League issued the following statements: “The Legislature demonstrated a

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Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 14, 2018 (6 Items)

SAN DIEGO  — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Thursday, June 14. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. Even when fasting for Ramadan, Muslim volunteers

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

Germany’s trade with Russia, Iran imperils Middle East

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump is taking flak for having introduced a subject to the G-7 meeting that our European friends wanted to keep under the table. Russia. The allies expressed horror when Mr. Trump said, “Why are we having a meeting without Russia? We have a world to run… We should have Russia

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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Exhausting, yet fun, travel in North America

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Six weeks, eleven flights, six states, one one-week cruise and four countries (not including the USA). That is feeble compared with the Beatles’ tour of the USA in 1965 (twenty-five cities in thirty days), but they were much younger than we were (and probably flew first class). One

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Travel and Food, USA

Bruins file complaints against anti- Israel disrupters

By Edwin Black LOS ANGELES — Criminal complaints are now being filed by students following the belligerent disruption of a May 17 Students Supporting Israel [SSI] event at University of California Los Angeles. At least a half-dozen students announced they would visit the UCLA police department to file formal complaints reporting criminal disruption of a

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 13, 2018 (5 Items)

SAN DIEGO  — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Wednesday, June 13. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. 92-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor makes Aliyah from New

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA