International

Initiative links Jewish teens to service, scholarships

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The teenager in your family may be interested in two related websites.  One, www.motivsandiego.org, will introduce him or her to opportunities around the county to volunteer, and to thereby earn community service credits that are important on college applications.  Although operated under auspices of the Jewish community,

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA

Maasdam’s captain emphasizes teamwork at sea

Editor’s Note: This is the 26th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego.  Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and Food

Rabbi Samuel introduces Philo to the modern world

By Donald H. Harrison CHULA VISTA, California  – The 1st Century Jewish philosopher and religious scholar, Philo, was very familiar with the Torah, commenting here and there on different portions of the Five Books of Moses in writings that were spread over approximately 40 publications in the native Greek language that he spoke in his

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East

Taking an axe to the Mideast ‘peace process’

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration has restored the United States to the position of honest broker – emphasis on “honest” – and taken a hatchet to a series of fantasies underlying the notion of an Israeli-Palestinian “peace process.”  Twenty-five years after the Oslo Accords ushered in radical, despotic, kleptocratic Palestinian self-government, the

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

APN leader rages at those who ignore their hearts

Editor’s Note:  The following is excerpted from a farewell column written by Debra DeLee, the longtime president of Americans for Peace Now, upon her retirement. By Debra DeLee NEW YORK —  … The targets of my rage are those who know right from wrong, yet have chosen wrong for personal or political expedience. My rage

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 28, 2018 (5 items)

Princeton Lyman, who helped organize airlift of Ethiopian Jews, is mourned Arthur Stark, Chairman and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations issued the following statement: The Conference of Presidents on Tuesday expressed its deep regret on the passing of the Hon. Princeton Lyman, who, as Deputy

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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Jewish groups disturbed by U.S. – Mexico border visit

By Melanie Ruth Gorelick and Tammy Gilden NEW YORK — Last week, we traveled to both San Diego and Tijuana to learn firsthand about our nation’s immigration crisis as part of a Jewish Leadership Border Mission, led by HIAS and ADL. Participants on the mission met with the Mexican Consul General, immigration lawyers and advocates,

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International, Travel and Food, USA

Humor, or should we say levi-tea, in pottery

“One piece of log creates a small fire, adequate to warm you up, add just a few more pieces to blast an immense bonfire, large enough to warm up your entire circle of friends; needless to say that individuality counts but teamwork dynamites.”  Jin Kwon By Eva Trieger MAMARONECK, New York — Mamaroneck Library is

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eva Trieger, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Recently published ‘The Israel Bible’ tells in over 2,000 pages the Jewish connections to Israel

The Israel Bible (Hebrew and English Edition) by Rabbi Tuly Weisz; Hardcover: 2212 pages;  Publisher: Menorah Books; Bilingual edition (July 10, 2018);  Language: Hebrew, English; ISBN-10: 1940516803;  Cost: $44.00 By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — In today’s world, there are all sorts of different types of commentaries on the Scriptures on a variety

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 27, 2018 (3 items)

Congressional Gold Medal honors memory of Anwar Sadat’s peace-making with Israel History was made in the US Senate when it unanimously passed a bill to honor former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat with the Congressional Gold Medal. S.266 is a bill, co-sponsored by 71 Senators, is a bipartisan legislation that was introduced by Senator Orrin Hatch

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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA

Hadassah hears of Gaza danger, Jerusalem life- saving

  Story and photos by Sheldon F. Merel SAN DIEGO — Hadassah  presented  Dr. Luba Levin-Banchik , a visiting Israeli Professor at San Diego State University, at its third annual event on Sunday, July 26. After Prof. Levin-Banchik’s speech , we heard from two guests about why they are offering $10,000 in matching funds to

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education