-60th in a Series- Exit 36, East Willows Road, Viejas Indian Reservation By Donald H. Harrison VIEJAS INDIAN RESERVATION, California – I grew up watching cowboys and Indians in the movies and on television. Cowboys and Indians were enemies back then, but not anymore. Especially not here. Levi’s, which today we know as “jeans,” is one
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USAWASHINGTON – The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday evening to pass a resolution calling upon Germany to increase restitution support for Holocaust survivors in what one of the legislation’s sponsors described as a last chance to support the dwindling number of Nazi victims. The resolution, passed unanimously by a vote of 363-0 with
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International, Jewish History, USAOn the 40th anniversary of Operation Entebbe, former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo wrote an article for Yedioth Aharonoth reenacting every step of the legendary rescue operation from his point as view as the communications officer of Sayeret Matkal. The elite special ops force, led by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s heroic brother Col. Yoni Netanyahu, rescued
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastActress Helen Mirren testified before federal lawmakers Tuesday in support of a bill that would make it easier for Holocaust victims and their families to seek art stolen by the Nazis. Former Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is co-sponsoring the bill in the Senate and led Tuesday’s hearing. The Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act
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International, Jewish History, USAWhen three-time heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali passed away last Friday, media outlets were swamped with eulogies for the 74-year-old former boxer, highlighting his cultural impact at the height of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. Indeed, Ali”s legacy goes far beyond the ring. His conversion to Islam in 1964 marked his metamorphosis from
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – More than 200 Jewish community members attended a talk on the history of American delicatessens on Sunday afternoon, June 5, many hoping that the turnout at the event would lure more Jewish Community Cente-sponsored programming in the eastern portions of the city.
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, USARussian President Vladimir Putin has sent his regards to his country’s Jewish community, hailing the Soviet Union for saving both them and Europe from the Nazis. For the third year in a row Russia will mark a holiday intended to celebrate the “Salvation and Liberation” of Jews from the Nazis during World War II. The
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International, Jewish HistoryJewish historian pens bio of ‘seminal figure’ of the 20th century Linda Forgosh holds a copy of her new book, Louis Bamberger: Department Store Innovator and Philanthropist. Photo by Robert Wiener Louis Bamberger, center, with shovel, at the ground breaking of The Newark Museum in 1930. Photos courtesy Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey A
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By Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — What is a nice Jewish boy from Western Canada doing as a General in the Chinese Army? Well, not exactly a boy, maybe not so nice, but definitely Jewish. Morris Abraham Cohen was born on August 3, 1887 in a Polish shtetl. While an infant, his family fled Poland
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International, Jewish HistoryBy Stanley Tiger SAN DIEGO– The BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel) continues to gain support among bewildered college students, naïve church groups and anyone who really chooses to learn nothing from history. It is a new variation of the old Czarist technique of wreaking havoc against the Jews. In this incarnation, it
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Jewish History
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Historian Joellyn Zollman says whereas lectures about “Jews and the Civil War” or “Jews and Synagogue Gift Shops” may appeal to a segment of the Jewish audience, her lecture series about “Chosen Food, which really looks at Jewish food as a way of understanding Jewish culture and life”
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Jewish History, San Diego CalendarBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The Libertarian party, with two former Republican governors chosen Sunday to head its ticket, will be important to watch in the run-up to the November presidential election, because it may be a place where Republicans who are unhappy with Donald Trump can go and still feel good about
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USAThe number of Jews around the world is no more than 15 million, and despite their small number, their presence internationally and their influence – politically, scientifically, technically and economically – is manifold their number. It is not known, accurately, why they are so vastly distinguished and superior compared to others, as they are the
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastGenealogical tools aid NJ and Russian relatives’ discovery of bonds Jessica Katz and her grandfather, Abram Belzycki, who died in 2011 at age 95. The Russians, top, and their American cousins have a conversation on Skype. Abram Belzycki in 1948, at age 32. Chaim Belzycki, Abram’s younger brother, who escaped the ghetto and fled to
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