By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — This has been a year when numerous women candidates have come to the forefront and our endorsements for the State Legislature reflects that. To begin with, we are happy to endorse State Sen. Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) for reelection. There is no arguing the fact that she is […]
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA
By Richard L. Cravatts BOCA RATON, Florida — When a provocative Tiktok video uploaded by Nerdeen Kiswani, a second-year student at CUNY law school, went public recently, the anti-Israel sentiment of the clip came as no surprise to those who were aware of Ms. Kiswani’s long record of toxic activism. In the video, Kiswani is
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Legislation signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom concerning how California deals with consensual sexual relations between adults and minors—often referred to as “statutory rape” – has flared up as an issue in the mayor’s race between Assemblyman Todd Gloria, who voted for the measure, and City
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — “Jewish lives matter.” Except when they are reporters and photographers who “snitch” on their brethren. New Covid-19 limits in Orthodox Jewish communities has produced several serious concerns, but the most dreadful outcome was a series of mob attacks on journalists who covered protests in the sprawling Borough Park
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Bruce Ticker, USA
Compiled by Laurie Baron, Ph.D All times Pacific Daylight Time Sunday, October 11 11am Mikhal Dekel, “Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey,” Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum. Monday, October 12 10 am Elai Rettig, “Israel’s ‘Special Relationship’ with the US,” Israel Center, Washington University. 10 am Eliezer Diamond, “Generosity, Gratitude, and Faith: Rav Eliyahu Dessler’s
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Lifestyles, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — In their first and only televised debate this election season, Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-California) clashed Wednesday evening, among other topics, over the U.S. role in the Middle East and whether President Trump has condoned white supremacists, and by implication anti-Semitism. While
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USACompassion illustrated by bill providing meals for needy military dependents By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Two members of the San Diego County congressional delegation — Democrats Susan Davis and Mike Levin — have introduced legislation to help enlisted military families assure their children are well fed. This is reflective of an ongoing effort
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Donald H. Harrison, International, San Diego County, USA
By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The following is the introduction to my just-released book, Trump—The Wannabe Dictator. Like many Americans, I have been observing Trump’s rise to power with some perplexity, often asking myself how and why a man of his character became the President of the United States, which is viewed as the
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Alon Ben-Meir, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — When hosting a radio show 32 years ago, Mike Pence dubbed himself “Rush Limbaugh on decaf.” Maybe he is now “Donald Trump on decaf.” Our vice president, who debates Sen. Kamala Harris Wednesday night, could become an unlikely savior sometime between now and Jan. 20. After being diagnosed
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Bruce Ticker, USA
By Arkady Mamaysky TARRYTOWN, New York — Starting from very ancient times, world history presents many examples of dictators who desired world domination, or at least domination of as big a part of the world as possible. The Assyrian, Babylonian, and Roman empires are some ancient examples of this. More recent examples are the Spanish,
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Arkady Mamaysky, International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA
By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The Museum of Modern Art is currently exhibiting Material Ecology, a tantalizing sample of the truly astounding and path-breaking work of Neri Oxman and her team, Mediated Matter group, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Oxman is an American-Israeli architect and designer – yet these designations conspicuously fail to
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I remember many years ago when I was a student at UCLA (1962-66), we occasionally would debate which is a better metaphor for the United States: Is our country a “melting pot” or a “chef’s salad?” The difference is that the former metaphor envisions melting all the individual
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA
By Ira Spector SAN DIEGO — In 1972, at age thirty-nine, I was filled with feelings of youth and immortality. This was changed forever by a 23-year-old nymph who was in a discussion group I was involved in. She defined me, for the first time within earshot, as an “older man,” thus creating an unclimbable
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Lifestyles, USA
Other items in this column include: Political bytes By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Hillel Newman, the South African-born, Israeli consul general in Los Angeles, has practiced highly confidential private diplomacy as the former Israeli ambassador to the Muslim countries of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Now, notwithstanding coronavirus restrictions, he is engaged in highly public
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USA