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Israelis musicians First, Laskin perform at Beth El

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — It was encouraging to see two young Israeli artists performing so beautifully last Sunday evening in the sanctuary of Congregation Beth El. Violinist Tal First, currently a student at the Juilliard School in New York and an America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship recipient, opened the program with Bloch’s Nigun […]

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Eileen Wingard, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USA

Omar’s anti- Semitic calumny deserves sterner response

By Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Jewish tradition has long taught that the Hamans of the world accomplish more good than evil by uniting the Jewish people.  The Talmud relates, “The actions of Ahasuerus and Haman can be understood with a parable; … the sealing of Haman’s decree proved more effective than the

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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USA

Moynihan doc. provides strong political role model

Moynihan, a documentary by Joseph Dorman and Toby Perl Freilich; 105 minutes, coming to iTunes and DVD on April 9. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Raised in impoverished circumstances by a single mother, Daniel Patrick Moynihan always had compassion for those who were not as lucky as he was.  By fortuitous circumstances, a

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Lopez Obrador tells of friendship for Jewish community

MEXICO CITY (Press Release) – A delegation of American Jewish Committee (AJC) leaders — joined by representatives of the Mexican-American community from across the United States and leaders of the Mexican Jewish community — met with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador today for an hour-long session. The meeting, the first by a Jewish organization

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International, Jewish History, USA

Columbia College rejects BDS in secret ballot

By Gidon Halbfinger The Columbia Spectator NEW YORK — On Sunday, as the clock inched towards midnight, Columbia College Student Council voted against putting a boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement referendum on the ballot. I believe the decision was the right one. Student council should not be putting initiatives that target and alienate specific identity groups on

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Quest for Rynecki’s art fuels ‘Chasing Portraits’

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Making the rounds of Jewish film festivals across the country is the documentary Chasing Portraits by Elizabeth Rynecki, concerning a quest to learn more about the pre-Holocaust art of her Polish Jewish great-grandfather Moshe Rynecki (Pronounced Renetsky).  Previously, Elizabeth Rynecki published a book with the same title that

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

Democrats’ left wing frequently slanders Israel

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, seems to equate homophobia with the plight of the Palestinians. His experiences as a homosexual, he suggested, helped him empathize with the “human rights” violations suffered by the Palestinians. Pocan joined Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib on Feb. 27 during the Washington, D.C.,

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Middle East, USA

Schloss tells her and Anne Frank’s Holocaust stories

By Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California – Eva Schloss, 89, who has a powerful Holocaust survival story to tell about herself, knows that the world also hungers for details about her posthumous step-sister Anne Frank, the famous young girl diarist, whom she had known in Amsterdam before their respective families had gone into hiding from

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: March 8, 2019

Berrie and Seidle named to Leichtag Foundation board of directors Philanthropist Angelica Berrie, president of the Russell Berrie Foundation and a co-chair of the Jewish Funders Network, and Charlene Seidle, executive vice president of the Leichtag Foundation, have both been named to the board of directors of the Leichtag Foundation, it was announced by Jim

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International, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, USA

Bus Station Project helps immigrant travelers

    Story and Photos by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — While the political situation for asylum seekers who come to the United States’ southern border seemingly changes day by day, Mimi Pollack, 65, and Paula Sassi, 71, are among the few constants. Twice a week since last July, the two women have driven

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA