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 ReligionSwedish 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, USABy 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 KramerDanes, 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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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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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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$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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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
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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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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By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — There is something special about an artist who finds an expressive way to teach both children and adults about a moment in history that should never be forgotten. That artist is Cheryl Rattner-Price who co-founded The Butterfly Project with educator Jan Landau in 2006. The Butterfly Project or Zikaron
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Six Thousand Miles to Home by Kim Dana Kupperman, Legacy Edition Books; © 2018, ISBN 9781732-349704; 236 pages plus afterword, author’s notes, and appendix, $25. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There are aspects of the story that are hauntingly familiar: A banging on the door and an arrest; people being crammed so tightly
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish HistoryPope Francis joins in commemoration of Holocaust victims in Lithuania The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has welcomed the Pope’s compassionate words commemorating Lithuania Jewish Holocaust victims and strong remarks against contemporary anti-Semitism. The Pope spoke on the 75th anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilnius ghetto during a two-day visit to Lithuania, his first to
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By Jerry Klinger GLENDALE, Oregon — Historic markers are simple things. Some are a few words. Some are longer. Some are so long few read beyond the first line, if at all. Every marker is a story. They are the stories of people, like you and me, who dreamed dreams, lived hopes, made choices,
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