By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — One of our big mysteries is Donald Trump. Latest news is a report by his former lawyer that Trump ordered payment of silence money to two babes during the 2016 campaign. And assertions that he fathered a child with a cleaning women at his New York residence. For us, hints
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — One day last week three young men (a doctor and two nurses working in an Israeli hospital) were on the beach in Haifa, a city known for its serious efforts at Jewish-Arab coexistence. They were approached by another man and asked if they were Arabs. They answered in the
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Middle EastBy Moshe Phillips PHILADELPHIA —Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, following up his March 18 New York Times (“Israel’s Self-Inflicted Wounds”) tirade against Israeli settlers and several other targets doubled down with a second op-ed in the Times on August 13 with an attack on Orthodox Jewish influence on Israeli politics (“Israel, This
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastUpdated August 27, 2018 A variety of Jewish groups issued statements mourning the death of U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), who was the unsuccessful Republican presidential nominee in 2008 against then Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois). Texts of their statements follow. American Jewish Committee: The American Jewish Committee (AJC) mourns the passing of Senator John McCain.
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International, Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — American Jews are wondering what’s happened to Israel and why is it straying so far from its original principles, especially as evinced by the recently-passed Nation-State Law of the Jewish People. I wondered whether to write about this law and whether Jews in America even knew about it.
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USABy Bruce F. Lowitt ZOLFO SPRINGS, Florida – There’s a bit of the Middle East in the middle of Florida, where pomegranates – one of the seven fruits named in Deuteronomy as representing the bounty of Israel – grow in abundance. It’s called Green Sea Farms, 31 acres, six devoted to 130 varieties of pomegranates,
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Bruce F. Lowitt, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USAThis year’s fellows will research diverse topics at the Center for Jewish History The Center for Jewish History has welcomed a new cohort of fellows to spend the 2018-2019 academic year engaged in research. They will be working with the Center’s Partners’ archives on their original projects. Varying in their disciplinary and chronological scope, the
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France — One of the first things we encountered when we came to France was the prevalence of do-it-yourself (DIY) shops. Actually, shops would hardly be the right term, as they’re more something of an emporium. On that first visit Yigal thought he had died and gone to heaven. All there was
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East, Travel and Food
Editor’s Note: This is the 25th 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, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Travel and Food
A Politically Incorrect Feminist by Phyllis Chesler; St. Martin’s Press; © 2018; ISBN 9781250-094421; 304 pages including acknowledgments. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Possibly before, but especially after publication of Women and Madness, which exposed the practice of falsely committing women to insane asylums and the abuse of women within those institutions, author
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, USA
Jewish couples urged to get tested for Tay-Sachs JScreen (jscreen.org), a not-for-profit at home education and genetic carrier screening program, today highlighted September’s Tay-Sachs Awareness Month, encouraging people to get tested for genetic diseases so they can make informed decisions about family planning. JScreen’s expanded screening panel tests for more than 200 diseases, a significant development
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Two members of San Diego’s congressional delegation had very different kinds of experiences on Tuesday, August 21, with America’s justice system. Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) was vindicated by a federal appeals court which dismissed a suit that had been brought against her by Chris Sevier who claimed
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Donald H. Harrison, USANana, a documentary by Serena Dykman; French language with English subtitles; First Run Features; 1 hour 40 Minutes. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – “Nana,” as many of us know from the time as children we were mouthing our first words, means “grandma” and, in this case, “Nana” refers to Maryla Dyamant Michalowski,
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Imagine for a moment that, reluctantly, President Trump has listened to the advice of daughter Ivanka and agreed to meet with an anger management specialist. He enters the office of the specialist, Dr. Mensch, who invites him to take a seat, and starts right in: “People say you’re
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA