Jewish History

A posthumous salute for Rabbi Katz of Wellington

Editor’s Note: This is the 16th 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 By Donald […]

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USA

Escape by marriage: how some fled the Nazis

Persecuted. Engaged. Married. Marriages of convenience in exile by Sabine Bergler and Irene Messinger, Jewish Museum Vienna, 2018, 147 pages. By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California.– We marry for love, romance, money, and to procreate and extend family lineages. Marriages of convenience (MOC) are embedded in politics, survival, citizenship, and migration. Marriage and Nazi domination evokes

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Oliver Pollak

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 16-17, 2018 (2 Items)

  SAN DIEGO — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Saturday, June 16, and Sunday, June 17. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. American Jewish

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Animation to teach generations about the Shoah

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – What started as a family research project has developed into an intriguing way to tell the stories of Holocaust survivors that may ignite the interest of younger generations. Sarah Kamaras, an independent film maker based in New York, has taken the usual components of survivor testimony and stock

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

Rav Adin Steinsaltz honored in Jerusalem for life’s work

  By Toby Klein Greenwald JERUSALEM — Once in a generation – if we’re lucky – do we witness the creation of a project so expansive, so extraordinary, that it revolutionizes Jewish scholarship for hundreds of thousands – perhaps millions — of people, and for future generations. Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz is perhaps best known for

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Toby Klein Greenwald

Bulgaria PM: Israel has right to decide its capital

JERUSALEM (Press Release)– Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, addressing the AJC Global Forum, extolled his country’s close relations with Israel, recalled the efforts of his countrymen to save Bulgaria’s Jewish population during World War II, and expressed support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “I feel at home and in the company of

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Amy Schumer, Breaking the Glass, and Jerusalem

By Moshe Phillips NEW YORK — With the summer wedding season upon us, Jewish couples are preparing for marriage ceremonies that will conclude with the ancient ritual that many know simply as “the breaking of the glass.” Many a groom’s heel will crush a small glass under a handkerchief. Unfortunately for many assimilated Jews, the only

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

JNF is refurbishing Israel’s historical sites

Israel’s historical sites represent more than events from long ago—they tell the story of a nation and its people By Rachel Cohen Historical sites have the ability to stir emotions. Take the Statue of Liberty in New York, for example. Nearly every visitor—from anywhere around the world—can surely appreciate its significance, meaning, and symbolism for

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Jewish History, Middle East, Travel and Food

Austrian leader vows Shoah education, Israel backing

JERUSALEM (Press Release)– Austrian Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz declared at the 2018 AJC Global Forum that the Austrian government viewed both the fight against anti-Semitism and the security of the state of Israel as part of his country’s Staatsräson, or national interest. Kurz also noted his government’s support for Israel as a Jewish state, announced

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Sonduck warns against divisions in Jewish community

By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – Michael Sonduck, soon to retire as chief executive officer of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, on Sunday, June 10, urged a roomful of well-wishers representing boards, staffs, and financial supporters of some 120 local Jewish organizations in the county, to look beyond their individual organizations

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA

SWC denounces plans to dress Gaza children in Nazi concentration camp uniforms

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) – The Simon Wiesenthal Center (“Center”), a leading Jewish Human Rights NGO, devoted to the memory of the 6-million Jewish victims murdered in the Nazi Holocaust, denounced Hamas’ intention to dress up Friday’s Gaza border-riot participants as concentration camp victims. “We urge major international media outlets to reject this macabre and hideous ploy to defame the memory of the victims murdered in the Nazi genocide,” said Rabbis Marvin Hier, the Center’s

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Jewish History, Middle East, USA

‘Wings of Eagles’ airlift from Yemen retold by aviator

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – To fellow aviators, perhaps, Elgen M. Long is best known as the man who in 1971 first flew around the world over both the North and South Poles.  Additionally, he is admired for his research into the disappearance of aviators Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan in 1937

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

Honors galore for Holocaust survivor Ruth Sax, 89

By Sandra Scheller CHULA VISTA, California — At the age of 89, my mother Ruth Sax never thought that she would see a college diploma in her hand let alone an honorary diploma. Between the ages of 13-17 Ruth was robbed of her education as she survived Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Oederan concentration camps. Once she

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, San Diego County