By Ellen Hershkin NEW YORK — It’s thrilling to be part of a historical moment when women are stepping into the political arena in record-breaking numbers. They’re tossing their hats into the ring — left, right and center — in national, statewide and local races. It’s an auspicious lead-in for next year’s 100th anniversary of the […]
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Eitan Weiss, deputy chief of mission for the Israel Consulate General in Los Angeles, said during a lunch-time interview here on Thursday that Israel’s Palestinian opponents neither want peace nor have any regard for the truth. Those pushing BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) against Israel “have no problems
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
Intelligent Lives, a documentary by Dan Habib, scheduled for release September 21. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Intelligent Lives, a documentary by Dan Habib about the high potential of people with mental disabilities, is scheduled for New York City release Sept. 21 and around the country thereafter. Narrated by Chris Cooper, whose son
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USADonald Trump Recites Kol Nidre for Ivanka and Jared By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO–All campaign vows I made except those blocked by the deep state and Dems will be fulfilled by Executive Decrees. Collusion, obstruction of justice, and perjury committed before this Yom Kippur will be forgiven and unindicted by next Yom Kippur after the
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Ken Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — A Brazilian Jew, a San Diego substitute teacher and a black British ex-model walk into a bar. What do you get? If drinks are served at the WorldBeat Cultural Center in Balboa Park, it’s the inaugural San Diego World Comedy Jam. Set for Oct. 12-14,
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International, Ken Stone, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Sheldon Foster Merel ENCINITAS, California — BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee ‘s recently released film, covers the early years of the Black Power Movement in the 1970s , and most importantly exposes the Klu KLux Klan’s insidious agenda of racism, and Anti-Semitism in America. BlacKkKlansman is based on the life of Ron Stallworth who served as
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
Terrorist victim Ari Fuld mourned The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America had expressed its great sadness over the death of Ari Fuld zk”l, a U.S.-Israeli citizen who was killed over the weekend in Israel by a Palestinian terrorist. Fuld, 45, was attacked Sunday morning by a terrorist wielding a knife outside a shopping
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
SAN DIEGO (SDJW)– For many youngsters the bar/bat mitzvah age is 13. However, for Ruth Goldschmiedova Sax, that was not possible. She was 13 when she was forcibly taken to a concentration camp by the Nazis. She would survive that one and two others before the Holocaust was over. On Saturday, at age 90, Sax
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Jewish Religion, USAWorld Jewish Congress condemns Neo-Nazi attack on Jewish restaurant The World Jewish Congress vehemently condemns the reprehensible antisemitic attack that took place recently on the sidelines of a neo-Nazi protest in the east German city of Chemnitz, in which masked assailants hurled rocks and bottles at a Jewish restaurant, injuring one person. “It is inconceivable
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — “The State of Israel against the Jews” is the provocative title of an article in Friday’s Ha’aretz Magazine by Eva Illuz, professor of sociology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and author of many important books and articles on current affairs. She bases her contention on the highly publicized encounters
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International, Middle East, USA
Women in Peace subject of study at the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice The Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego is focusing on the role women can play in peace-making, with panels planned Oct. 23, Nov. 7, and Nov. 8 on the campus. Featured will be Rosa Emilia
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Middle East, USAAnne Frank Center releases open letter to Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg “We understand it’s not easy keeping 2 billion members happy, much less shouldering the weight for all the nasty things they might say to one another. We genuinely appreciate all the good social media can accomplish: the personal connections, the charity drives, the human compassion,
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USASAN FRANCISCO (Press Release)–Nine of the world’s leading philanthropic foundations announced their intent to commit at least $459 million through 2022 to the protection, restoration and expansion of forests and lands worldwide and the recognition of indigenous peoples’ and traditional communities’ collective land rights and resource management. These are powerful and under-appreciated climate solutions and
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International, Middle East, The World We Share, USAEnhanced Interrogations to Identify Anonymous By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — President Trump has decided that polygraphing all the associates he suspects of writing the anonymous OpEd in the failing New York Times will not not yield the identity of the treasonous culprit. He has appointed Dick Cheney to serve as the Presidential Grand Inquisitor
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA