The Spy Behind Home Plate, a documentary on the life of Moe Berg by Aviva Kempner, opening June 28 at the Landmark Ken Theater, 4061 Adams Avenue, San Diego. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In baseball, an all-around player is one who can hit, field, steal bases, and inspire his team mates. They
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C –U.S. policy toward the Middle East swings substantially depending upon the occupant of the Oval Office, but some hoary myths persist year after year. One concerns the legal status of the territories. U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman told The New York Times that, “Under certain circumstances, I think Israel
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Last Wednesday (June 12) marked the 90th birthday of a world-famous woman, but there were no gifts, cards or cake and certainly no party. For, though this international icon — Anne Frank — left an indelible legacy, she’d died in her teens. In Amsterdam years ago, we visited
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International, Jewish History, Joel H. Cohen, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israel is not a typical country. Its prominence includes a rise in population over its 70 years of history, from less than 800,000 to more than 9,000,000. There have been wars in 1948, 1956, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1982, and 2006, several prominent military operations in response to West Bank intifadas
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – After Margaret Hunter pleaded guilty June 13 to conspiracy in the misuse of the campaign funds of her husband, Congressman Duncan Duane Hunter (R-Alpine) and in so doing helped prosecutors lay out a case against the congressman, questions arose what will happen in Hunter’s 50th District should it
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San Diego County, USABy Nitsana Darshan-Leitner RAMAT GAN, Israel –Shurat HaDin is continuing its battle against the racist BDS movement. This past week, we filed an amicus curiae or “friend of the court” brief with the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the State of Arkansas’ Anti-BDS law, exposing the insidious discriminatory origins and tactics of
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Middle East, USA
By David Cumin, PhD AUCKLAND, New Zealand — In the second century, the Romans renamed Judea as “Palaestina” in an attempt to minimize the Jewish indigenous ties to the land of Israel. The New Zealand government recently published a similar insult, labeling a map of the State of Israel as “Palestine” in an official Immigration
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International, Middle East
Black Mountain Grill, 11201 S Eastern Avenue, Henderson, Nevada 89052 By Sandi Masori HENDERSON, Nevada — I was in the Las Vegas area for a conference and met an old friend for dinner. She took me to the Black Mountain Grill which is part sports bar and part restaurant/ lounge. It’s a very large restaurant
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Sandi Masori, Travel and Food, USA
By Seamus Carr MELBOURNE, Australia –Since Prime Minister John Howard’s government first introduced the Citizenship Test in 2007, politicians have been bandying around words to describe what they believe are ‘Australian values’. Trying to define what Australian values are in a way that is meaningful to our diverse society, and is not just about political
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International, Jewish History
Times of San Diego LA JOLLA, California — Madeleine Albright, the first woman to be appointed a U.S. Secretary of State, warned graduating UC San Diego students Saturday to beware when “pride in ‘us’ hurdles into hatred of ‘them’” in multi-cultural America. “When pride in ‘us’ hurdles into hatred of ‘them,’ the American tapestry unravels
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San Diego County, USABy H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — It was June, 27, 1976, forty three years ago. The Palestine Liberation Organization and radical left-wing Germans hijacked an Air France flight in Athens, refueled in Libya, and landed at Entebbe airport in Uganda. There, the syphilitic president, Idi Amin,
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — One of the Facebook groups I belong to is called ‘Brits Whingeing in Israel’ (motto: ‘Lose some, whinge some’), having split off from ‘Brits Laughing in Israel,’ which in turn split off from ‘Brits Living in Israel.’ The politics behind the various groups and sub-groups is not clear
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) surprised and mollified a restive crowd of environmentalists Saturday when she announced that when she returns to Washington for Tuesday’s congressional session she will “be signing onto the Green New Deal.” Her announcement was greeted with 16 seconds of applause, which might
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, USA