By Stanley Tiger SAN DIEGO –Denied his 104th birthday by just ten days, Herman Wouk, best known for The Caine Mutiny (1954), passed away peacefully in his sleep last Friday, May 17. He lived a blessed life. His most famous novel, based on his WWII navy service, was also a two year Broadway hit and […]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Obituaries & memorials, USABy David Rubin SHILOH, Israel — President Trump has teased forward his impending ‘Deal of the Century’ peace plan for Israel. Hope wanes eternal. But what might his historic peace plan actually entail? First, there is one major element that it likely will not include: A two-state solution. How do we know this? Because when
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Middle East, USABy Moshe Phillips PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Herman Wouk, the famed novelist who first became a household name for his 1951 Pulitzer Prize winning The Caine Mutiny died last week nearly 70 years after achieving fame. Besides his long career as a writer he was also a lifelong Zionist. This fact of Wouk’s love affair with the State of Israel has been completely absent from the many articles celebrating his literary
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There are several parts to Bibi Netanyahu. After distinguished military service, he climbed through lesser posts to be Prime Minister from 1984, and is set to make a record of the longest-serving Prime Minister in Israel’s history. He’s bright, perhaps brilliant. Speaks fluently both Hebrew and English. Has recently made
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Dorian DeWind The Moderate Voice AUSTIN, Texas — It has been nearly 75 years since the last train crammed with Dutch Jews destined for the Auschwitz death camp left Westerbork, a camp situated in the northeastern part of the Netherlands that served as a transit camp for Dutch Jews before they were deported to
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By Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Just 71 years ago, Israel declared its independence based on several factors: *God promised the Land of Israel to the Jews in the Bible – echoed in the Christian Bible and even (gasp!) in the Koran. *Three ancient Jewish kingdoms in Israel are part of archaeological and historical
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By Amy Neustein, PhD FORT LEE, New Jersey — My late mother, Shirley Friedberg Neustein, was a childhood friend of Herman Wouk, who attended the boys division of a Zionist camp (Keeyuma/Carmelia) in the 1920s and 30s, which was picturesquely situated on Lake Champlain in Milton Vermont. They kept up until my mother died in
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Amy Neustein, Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, USABy Peter C. Herman Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — On May 8, the Women’s Resource Center at San Diego State University sent out a newsletter featuring announcements for lectures, courses from the Women’s Studies Department, and other items of interest. But at the bottom of the email, a student inserted a poster-like image
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Mexican Jewish film director Sergio Umansky Brenner offers a gritty cry for Mexican justice and compassion in Eight out of Ten, which will be shown June 1 and 2nd at the Hola Mexico Film Festival at the Regal Cinemas Los Angeles, at 1000 W. Olympic Blvd. The film
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite the fact that the Trump administration has spent two years communicating its concerns with Hungary regarding academic freedom, anti-Semitism, and other illiberal positions of the Hungarian government, the visit of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump has set off
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International, Shoshana Bryen, USABy H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — On May 9, 2019, Imam Omar Suleiman gave the invocation at the House of Representatives. He was invited to speak by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, (D. Texas.) This is the man who called Jews “brothers of apes and pigs.” Our own congresswoman, Representative Susan Davis, who happens to be
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Middle East, San Diego County, USABy Fernando Zweifach Lopez SAN DIEGO — May 22 is Harvey Milk’s birthday! Not everyone knows that Harvey Milk lived in San Diego before moving to San Francisco. He was stationed here while serving in the U.S. Navy and credited the experience with his love for California and his eventual move to San Francisco. Because
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Meeting Gorbachev, a documentary on the life of the Soviet Union’s final leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, will be shown at Landmark’s Ken Cinema at 4061 Adams Avenue beginning on May 24th. The 90-minute tribute by Werner Herzog and Andre Singer is both informative and a bit disappointing. Informative because
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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania –Credit David M. Friedman, our man in Israel, for his powerful bid to erode America’s support for Israel. In so doing, he can be counted upon to become Rashida Tlaib’s and Ilhan Omar’s new best friend. Oh, did someone say he is in fact continuing his ongoing efforts to
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