Judaism

Bari Weiss offers JNF a lexicon for Jewish discussions

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The New York Times columnist Bari Weiss on Sunday, Jan. 20,  previewed for 450 supporters of the Jewish National Fund a book she is currently writing, The New Seven Dirty Words,  about important yet controversial terms that often are used in discussions about Jews and Israel. Featured

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Survivor’s son tracks down his father’s WWII story

Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust by Jack J. Hersch; © 2019; ISBN 9781526-740229; 274 pages plus author’s note and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Released for publication on Jan. 19, this book is a combination memoir and biography; a memoir by son

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

If Jews had saints, here are one author’s nominees

Amazing Jewish Heroes Down Through The Ages by David Richard Goldberg, © 2018; Gefen Publishing, ISBN 9789652-298812; 187 pages including afterword and sources. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – You might call this book a Jewish hagiography, one which may be interesting for Young Adults to read but really not suitable for quotation in

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

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 16, 2019 (5 items)

Tu B’Shevat, Israeli style, to be celebrated at Lawrence Family JCC  The Israel-American Council (IAC) plans to celebrate Tu B’Shevat in 40 cities across North America, including San Diego, with special dinners Friday night coupled with presentations about the annual “birthday of the trees.” In San Diego, the celebration will be held from 6:30 p.m.

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, USA

‘Witnesses’ to screen Jan. 20 at Chabad in Poway

Witnesses by Konstantin Fam, 2018, Russian and English subtitles, some English. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Witnesses, a film by Russian filmmaker Konstantin Fam, is a Holocaust trilogy.  Three short subjects, “Shoes,” “Brutus,” and “Violin,” are shown consecutively, each a complete story in itself, but all three are tied together in the last

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

Lawrence Halprin’s West Coast kibbutz: The Sea Ranch

By Oliver B. Pollak SAN FRANCISCO — In 2004 my law partner and I went to Washington DC for a conference. Our sightseeing included The Watergate, Jewish War Veterans Museum, and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial on the Mall. The Memorial first conceived in 1960, authorized in 1974 with Lawrence Halprin’s winning design went unfunded

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 15, 2019 (7 items)

U.S. Secretary of State condemns Iran missile launch Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo issued the following statement on Tuesday:  “In continued defiance of the international community and UN Security Council Resolution 2231, the Iranian regime fired off a space launch vehicle today. Such vehicles incorporate technologies that are virtually identical and interchangeable with those

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Book Review: ‘Finding the Right School … ‘

Finding the Right School in the Era of BDS and Intersectionality: A Jewish Parents’ Guide to Colleges 2018-19 Academic Year by Jerome Ostrov, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform © 2018, ISBN 978-1721925872, p. 429 plus appendices, $18.95. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – The letters BDS, an acronym for the words boycott, divestment, and sanctions, is a

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Intermarried couple honors each other’s beliefs

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Before David Ogul and Sharon Wilson were married, they learned about each other’s faiths.  David attended Mass at Sharon’s Catholic church.  Sharon attended Friday night Shabbat services at David’s Reform temple in Riverside, the city where the two had met and worked for the daily Press-Enterprise.  David was

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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Weekly Torah portion: Bo

By Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO — In our Torah portion this week, Parashat Bo, the Israelites are freed from Egypt. We are witnessing the transformation from an enslaved and displaced people into a sovereign nation, en route to their promised land. But before they left, God presents the Israelites with what most traditional commentators

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