By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — To take a firm stand against institutionalized anti-Semitism, nine members of Britain’s Parliament tested the waters to leave their political comfort zone this past week by resigning as members of the Labour Party. Perhaps this move will be exported across the pond if similar conflicts in the Democratic Party […]
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Jews from South Africa have played an important role in the development and maintenance of the overall San Diego Jewish community, says Pamela Nathan, president of the South African Jewish American Community (SAJAC). Yet, she said, their story, which began in such Eastern European countries as Lithuania and
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, USABy Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL –Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion for a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling banning excessive seizure of property by law enforcement agencies following an arrest. According to a New York Times story, she said excessive seizures violate the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing equal protection of
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By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – President Trump has nominated a replacement for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. He is Jeffrey Rosen, who currently serves as Deputy Transportation Secretary under Secretary Elaine Chao, the wife of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. .. Jared Kushner and Michael Flynn are persons of interest
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Arkady Mamaysky TARRYTOWN, New York — Looking back at the history of international relationships, it is easy to see the main factors which make countries hostile towards one another. * Ideological differences between the countries; * Territorial claims of one country against another * A country’s desire to seize another country’s natural resources. * A
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Arkady Mamaysky, International, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Palestinian Authority (PA) finally found a terrorist act committed by a Palestinian against an Israeli from which it wishes to disassociate. The horrific rape and knife murder of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher prompted Qadura Fares, head of the PA-affiliated Prisoner’s Club to say, “From our perspective, this (rape) becomes a
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By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL– President Donald Trump, echoing comments by Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina, said that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein engaged in “illegal and treasonous activity” when, according to former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, he questioned whether there would be enough Cabinet officers willing to remove President Trump
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By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – The interview of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe by Scott Pelley of CBS’s 60 Minutes show has set off a controversy following McCabe’s comments that in the wake of the firing of FBI Director James Comey, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein volunteered to wear a wire to
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, USABy Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — There is a fascinating chapter toward the end of Alexis de Toqueville’s Democracy in America titled “What Kind of Despotism Do Democratic Nations Have to Fear?” in which the author attempted something truly extraordinary – to describe a social condition which humankind had never before encountered. We find him
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By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson told Roger Stone, his defense attorneys, and prosecutors not to make any statements that might prejudice a jury in the case in which he is accused of lying to Congress in its probe of possible Russian connections to President Trump’s successful
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By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL — House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler of New York, joined by five of his subcommittee chairs, including Reps Steve Cohen and David Cicilline, respectively of Tennessee and Rhode Island, informed President Trump on Friday of the commencement of an immediate investigation into his declaration of a national emergency and
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Donald H. Harrison, International, San Diego County, The World We Share, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — U.S. Rep Ilhan Omar’s two-part twitter outburst alleging that Jewish money finances congressional support for Israel probably reflects the thinking of many racial minorities and, for that matter, numerous whites. Israel, they believe, is the Goliath in the Middle East that is seizing Palestinian land, massacring unarmed demonstrators, and
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Middle East, USABy Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL — In order to build a border wall, President Trump decided on Friday to declare a national emergency, prompting a constitutional crisis over whether he legally can reprogram money previously allocated by Congress for other purposes. U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, told The New
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Before we begin, let the record show I’m a Philistine – not one of the old crude, warlike race of Biblical infamy, but the modern style: “disdainful of intellectual or artistic values” When it comes to food, for instance, I eat a lot but have no or low
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