By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Perhaps the new Israel-bashing caucus in Congress will evolve into a more evenhanded throng. Perhaps. It would be nice if Democrats Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would become more reasonable when they talk Israel, but it is doubtful that will happen. They behave as if they
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Middle East, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The New York Times columnist Bari Weiss on Sunday, Jan. 20, previewed for 450 supporters of the Jewish National Fund a book she is currently writing, The New Seven Dirty Words, about important yet controversial terms that often are used in discussions about Jews and Israel. Featured
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Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust by Jack J. Hersch; © 2019; ISBN 9781526-740229; 274 pages plus author’s note and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Released for publication on Jan. 19, this book is a combination memoir and biography; a memoir by son
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History
Rep. Davis criticizes Trump’s cancellation of Speaker’s flight; Surveys partial shutdown views Congresswoman Susan Davis (CA-53), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the Speaker-led congressional delegation, of which she was a member, to visit troops in Afghanistan. “For a president to cancel and leak the details of
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Amazing Jewish Heroes Down Through The Ages by David Richard Goldberg, © 2018; Gefen Publishing, ISBN 9789652-298812; 187 pages including afterword and sources. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – You might call this book a Jewish hagiography, one which may be interesting for Young Adults to read but really not suitable for quotation in
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Mark Lavie has had a distinguished career in journalism. I well remember listening to his informative and unbiased reports from Israel on CBC radio. He has also written books. The latest is called, Are We Still Afraid? I gather from his piece on the “Jewish Website” of January 17
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Middle East, USA
Temple Emanu-El, College Avenue Center open again for business A water main break had forced Temple Emanu-El in the Del Cerro area of San Diego to close for a few days, but as of Thursday, Jan. 17, the Reform congregation is back to normal. Similarly, the College Avenue Center, a program by Jewish Family Service
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Middle East, San Diego County, USA(c) By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — Organized disruptors—both students and non-students—who shut down a pro-Israel gathering at University of California Los Angeles in May 2018 might not be prosecuted, according to information from LA City Attorney Mike Feuer’s office. Instead, they will be called to a confidential but mandatory proceeding called a “City Attorney
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Edwin Black, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s decision to call for an early election, scheduled to take place on April 9, was really nothing short of another political stunt that Netanyahu has masterfully learned to employ when the time is right and he is reasonably assured of another victory. One would think,
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East
Story and Photos by Donald H. Harrison Additional Photos by Bob Lauritzen SAN DIEGO –Quite a bit of information overlaps in the exhibits on San Diego’s water supply, conservation, and runoff at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center and the San Diego Museum of Natural History, two museums that face each other in Balboa
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASAT (Satisfactory Answers Test) for William Barr By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−So far, William Barr has displayed verbal dexterity in evading direct answers to questions about what parts of Mueller’s final report he would release to Congress, about whether he would recuse himself from overseeing the Mueller investigation if the ethics experts at the Department
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USATu B’Shevat, Israeli style, to be celebrated at Lawrence Family JCC The Israel-American Council (IAC) plans to celebrate Tu B’Shevat in 40 cities across North America, including San Diego, with special dinners Friday night coupled with presentations about the annual “birthday of the trees.” In San Diego, the celebration will be held from 6:30 p.m.
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, USAWitnesses by Konstantin Fam, 2018, Russian and English subtitles, some English. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Witnesses, a film by Russian filmmaker Konstantin Fam, is a Holocaust trilogy. Three short subjects, “Shoes,” “Brutus,” and “Violin,” are shown consecutively, each a complete story in itself, but all three are tied together in the last
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Oliver B. Pollak SAN FRANCISCO — In 2004 my law partner and I went to Washington DC for a conference. Our sightseeing included The Watergate, Jewish War Veterans Museum, and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial on the Mall. The Memorial first conceived in 1960, authorized in 1974 with Lawrence Halprin’s winning design went unfunded
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