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‘Wooden Wars’: A play about Poles and Jews

February 9, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh, founder of the Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America (YAAANA), says many Americans mistakenly believe that Polish people are anti-Semitic. In fact, she says, Polish people have an obsession with Judaism that leads some to be anti-Semitic and others to be just the

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Donald H. Harrison, International, San Diego Calendar, Travel and Food

Old books rivet attention at Oakland center

February 9, 2019

By Oliver B. Pollak OAKLAND, California – The 52nd California International Antiquarian Book Fair met at the Marriott City Center in Oakland. About 160 booksellers from around the world had brought their high priced prizes; a 1632 Shakespeare volume for $450,000, a Gutenberg Bible leaf (ca 1455), $98,000, Sir Isaac Newton’s 1704 Opticks $120,000, and

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Oliver Pollak, USA

A Jewish climate activist of the literary kind

February 9, 2019

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan – When people ask me what I do in retirement I like to say I’m a “Jewish climate activist of the literary kind.” Here’s why: I’m Jewish. I’m 70. I’m not a novelist, and I’m not writing any books about climate change. But since 2006, I’ve been working 24/7,

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International, The World We Share

Jews in the News: February 9, 2019

February 9, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – As chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey of New York has much to say about what new projects the government will be granted permission to finance. As for President Trump’s demand for over $5 billion for a border wall, or a compromise proposal for

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Jews in the News: February 8, 2019

February 8, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – Ronald S. Lauder and Robert Singer, president and executive vice president respectively of the World Jewish Congress, told a European Parliament committee on Thursday “to pick after Jews or go after Jews is not just wrong — it is dangerous for all Europeans. … Anti-Semitism eventually consumes everyone

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

The Second Generation Syndrome

February 7, 2019

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Growing up in postwar London I never heard the term ‘Second Generation,’ nor was I aware of it until many years later. In Israel at some point in the 1960s or 1970s there was a discussion, possibly even an argument, as to whether people who had fled Europe before,

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish History

Lola Lieber: ‘Queen Esther of the Holocaust’

February 7, 2019

Story by Beth Sarafraz; Photos courtesy of the Lieber family BROOKLYN, New York — When Lola Lieber’s husband, Mechel, was arrested by the Nazis during the Holocaust, she did the unthinkable. Posing as a Gentile, she walked into the Gestapo headquarters and asked to speak to whoever was in charge. She told the receptionist that

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International, Jewish History, USA

Jews in the News: February 7, 2019

February 7, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff, in a New York Times report, says his committee will be “making sure the policy of the United States is being driven by the national interest, not by any financial entanglement, financial leverage or other form of compromise.” President Trump responded that Schiff

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Donald H. Harrison, Eva Trieger, International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Jewish mobsters are people of a type

February 6, 2019

By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — CODEX, the Latin word associated with books and paper, meets every two years in Craneway Pavilion, which was the old 1931 Ford Plant in Richmond and the center of war production for the Kaiser Shipyards. It is next to the National Park Service Rosie the Riveter WWII Homefront

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, USA

Jews in the News: February 6, 2019

February 6, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This following column, with a format that is easier to read in a hurry, replaces the Editor’s E-Mail Box. It allows for recognition of members of our community in the diverse roles they play. If you, or a member of the Jewish community whom you know recently did

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USA

Humoring the headlines: February 6, 2019

February 6, 2019

The Uncensored State of the Union Address By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−For the most part, President Trump read off the teleprompter yesterday, but there were zingers he wanted to add to parts of the State of the Union Speech that his advisors told him to omit. Here they are. * “If there is going to

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Sightseeing review: Birch Aquarium

February 6, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – If you want to know if a fish you see at the Birch Aquarium is kosher, look carefully. Does it have fins? Does it have scales? If the answer to both these questions is “yes,” then probably it is a kosher fish. That doesn’t mean, however, that

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, Travel and Food, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: February 5, 2019 (3 items)

February 5, 2019

U.S. Senate adopts pro-Israel, anti-BDS bill The American Israel Public Affairs Committee said Tuesday that it “applauds the U.S. Senate for adopting the Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act (S.1), which contains critical pro-Israel provisions. These provisions—contained in one of the first major bipartisan bills adopted by the Senate this year—pledge security assistance

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Middle East, USA

SDIJFF Film Preview: ‘Heading Home’

February 5, 2019

Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel directed by Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger; Ironbound Films; 2018, 87 minutes, to be shown at the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 1 p.m., Sunday, February 10, at Edwards San Marcos Stadium 18, 1180 W. San Marcos Boulevard, San Marcos, and at 6 p.m.

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

‘Wooden Wars’: A play about Poles and Jews

Old books rivet attention at Oakland center

A Jewish climate activist of the literary kind

Jews in the News: February 9, 2019

Jews in the News: February 8, 2019

The Second Generation Syndrome

Lola Lieber: ‘Queen Esther of the Holocaust’

Jews in the News: February 7, 2019

Jewish mobsters are people of a type

Jews in the News: February 6, 2019

Humoring the headlines: February 6, 2019

Sightseeing review: Birch Aquarium

Editor’s E-Mail Box: February 5, 2019 (3 items)

SDIJFF Film Preview: ‘Heading Home’

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