International

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

A Jabotinsky Zionist reply To Ronald Lauder

By 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 East

Jewish groups, others mourn passing of John McCain

Updated 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, USA

Will High Holy Day Rimon soon be grown in Florida?

By 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, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 23, 2018 (2 items)

This 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, & Education

For others it’s DIY, for her it’s Do- It- Themselves

By 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

Tonga’s love for the Jews of the Bible

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

Chesler’s memoir insightful into feminist movement

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

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 22, 2018 (3 items)

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, USA

Contrasting legal outcomes for Reps. Davis and Hunter

By 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, USA

‘Nana’: A thorough doc. film of a Holocaust survivor

Nana, 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 & Broadcast