Jewish History

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 26, 2018 (3 items)

Mattis, Lieberman confer on defense The U.S. Defense Department issued the following statement Friday: Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis spoke on the phone with Israeli Minister of Defense (MOD) Avigdor Lieberman on Oct. 24 to reaffirm the longstanding defense relationship between the United States and Israel. The leaders discussed a broad range of defense […]

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 25, 2018 (3 items)

Republicans, Democrats accused of anti-Israel, anti-Semitic statements Republicans and Democrats have been accused of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiments in two congressional races. The Washngton Post reported that Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa visited Nazi Holocaust sites in Poland as the guest of From the Depths, a Holocaust Memorial group, then, on his own money, traveled to

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Of Hawaiian judges, royalty, Jews, and Torah

Editor’s Note: This is the 34th 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, 16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 By Donald H.

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

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 24, 2018

Shabbat San Diego lists upcoming events The legendary San Diego Challah Bakes once again, to accommodate the expected 5,000 attendees.  There will be   6 locations on Thursday night, Oct. 25, with RSVPs required via https://shabbatsandiego.org/    The locations are: Coastal  4126 Executive Dr. Doors open at 5 PM, Ample Parking (we’ve rented lots on both sides of

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego Calendar, USA

Temple Beth Shalom celebrates its 60th

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Temple Beth Shalom of Chula Vista celebrated its 60th anniversary Sunday with a banquet, historical reminiscences, and Yiddish folk music at Elijah’s Banquet Hall at 7061 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. Founded in 1958 by businessman Samuel Vener who purchased the former St. John’s Episcopal Church buildings at the corner

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 19, 2018 (5 items)

Swedish police say they are working to ensure Jews’ safety in Sweden Sweden’s Southern District Police Chief Carina Persson and the head of the department’s investigations division, Petra Stenkula, have responded to World Jewish Congress CEO and Executive Vice President Robert Singer’s letter of concern condemning an arson attack that targeted a Jewish woman near

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

No, wait, it was the Jews!

By Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Of course, Israel should be governed by its indigenous people. Isn’t every country? Not really. In the Merriam-Webster dictionary, indigenous means produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment. According to http://www.indigenouspeople.net, indigenous people are people defined in international or national legislation as having a

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Steve Kramer

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 12, 2018 (4 items)

Danes, Israelis, WJC celebrate 75th anniversary of Danish rescue of the Jews World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder took part Thursday in Denmark’s official ceremony commemorating 75 years since Danish Jewry were rescued from the Germans and their accessories and sent to safety in Sweden. In his address, Ambassador Lauder thanked Denmark for its

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Friendship between Basques and Jews fuels novel

At Vitoria: a City’s Medieval Promise between Christians and Sephardic Jews by Marcia Riman Selz;© 2016, Archway Publishing; ISBN 9781480-852976; 217 pages plus appendices, $17.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – While the Basque people of Vitoria, Spain, were Christians, like the Jews, they were outsiders, not quite like the other Christians of Castile

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History

Surviving the Shoah by hook or by crook

I Survived: My Name is Yitzkhak by Harry A. Butowsky, © 2015 Word Association Publishers, ISBN 9781633-851009; 201 pages including appendices, $18. By Donald H. Harrison   SAN DIEGO – This book came to me “over the transom,” that is, without any previous warning.  Even though it is three years old, I’m glad that I

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 10, 2018 (5 items)

$2 Million donation to National WWII Museum to further Holocaust education San Francisco-based Taube Philanthropies has pledged $2 million to The National WWII Museum in New Orleans for the development of the Taube Family Holocaust Education Program, which will ensure public remembrance of the atrocities that led to the genocide of more than six million

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Plaque recalling first Roseville Hotel unveiled

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The new 16-unit Bellamar Point Loma condominium at the corner of Rosecrans and Byron Streets in the Roseville section of the Point Loma neighborhood gained some additional luster on Tuesday, Oct. 9, when Mayor Kevin Faulconer, City Councilwoman Lorie Zapf, and members of the La Playa Trails

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 9, 2018 (4 items)

Lawfare Project fights pro-Israel battles in Spain, Germany The Lawfare Project is now celebrating a string of major victories in Spain. A court in Barcelona last week voided a BDS measure passed by the city’s council of arts, a court in Andalusia last month suspended a large city’s boycott of companies that engage in free

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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego Calendar, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 8, 2018 (5 items)

Foster care system marred by discrimination based on faith, LGBTQ status The Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies reports that although foster care agencies in the United States are mandated to act in the best interest of the child, some undermine that objective by permitting discrimination against children and potential foster parents based on who

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Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA