By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I was ready to leave my parent’s home in Beverly Hills to test myself as an independent, 22-year-old woman. My friend Myra Cohn told me about a college friend of hers in New York looking for a roommate; this provided an opportunity to lessen my parents’ worries […]
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Natasha Josefowitz, USABy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Just a week after writing critically about an article by a well-known journalist in an influential publication, I again feel the necessity to respond to the utter nonsense that these prominent “experts” espouse to their large readerships. Both Dana Milbank and Peter Beinart are Jewish. What “liberal” attitudes
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France — Travel broadens the mind, they say. However, one of the less delightful aspects of travel is making sure you haven’t forgotten anything. I’m not talking only about essentials such as passport, documents, etc., but rather about the myriad other objects you have to have about your person to cover
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Travel and FoodBy Bruce F. Lowitt TAMPA, Florida — Here’s an astrological chart for my fellow sports fans. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Tampa residents, you’re living in the only major-league market to have never hosted an All-Star Game. If the Rays don’t get a new ballpark, Montreal will host another one before Tampa Bay does. VIRGO (Aug.
By Anya Karaman FES, Morocco — At a juvenile detention center in Fes, it feels like summer camp all year round. There, “maximum security” is an open, white building complex; “delinquents” are watering plants and planting seeds; and the only guard in sight, if you’re lucky, is a wild peacock patrolling the grounds. For
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — “What’s in a name? Shakespeare said, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Modern day propagandists understand the power of names. They would like to re-name Israel, “Palestine,” and Judea and Samaria, “the occupied territories.” But facts are facts. The city of Hebron is in the
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Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –The promise implied in the return to politics of Ehud Barak – former chief of staff, prime minister and minister of defense – isn’t likely to materialize. The disclosure about his association with American tycoon Geoffrey Epstein has compromised him, even though there’s no suggestion that he was in any
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Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Two recent honors in my life undoubtedly will have a positive influence on the kinds of stories that will appear in San Diego Jewish World. Recently, I was elected to the presidency of the Louis Rose Society for the Preservation of Jewish History, a group interested in promoting
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Donald H. Harrison, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –We’re getting closer to August 1, when the parties will have to finalize their candidates for the September 17th election. Currently, the leader of the Labor Party has aligned himself toward the right with Orli Levy-Abekakis, the attractive daughter of Likudnik David Levy. Amir Peretz has provided her with the second
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastWe know that there is only one ending to this, only one liberation from this barbed wire hell: death. — Eddy de Wind By Dorian de Wind The Moderate Voice AUSTIN, Texas –He was one of the approximately 107,000 Dutch Jewish men, women and children who were transported in train cattle wagons to a dozen or
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Beatriz de Oliveira, 17, a senior at Torrey Pines High School, absorbed an important lesson every day from her mother, Dr. Daniela Carvalho, an otolaryngologist at Rady’s Children’s Hospital: “Do a mitzvah every day,” her mother has insisted both to her and Beatriz’s younger brother, Victor, 13. As
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Comic books often have their sequels. So too do appearances at Comic-Con. At the current Comic-Con, a panel on art in the Holocaust was largely a repeat of last year’s panel – with some new information. Meanwhile, an independent exhibitor, Miriam Libicki, about whom two stories have appeared
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – “Keep your eye on the ball,” advises Gary Stern, who ought to know. No, he’s not a Little League coach. His company is a large manufacturer of pinball machines, and the sponsor of international pinball tournaments which attract 70,000 ranked players in 30 countries. Stern has other tips
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — The Democratic party’s response to President Trump’s disgusting taunts makes Democrats in the House of Representatives vulnerable to charges of hypocrisy. Trump was called out by House Democrats for denouncing perceived immigrants in Congress, yet the Democrats danced around atrocious claims against American Jews uttered by one member of
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