Judaism

I-8 Jewish Travel: A ceremony at the Immaculata

-Sixth in a series- Exit 2: Morena Boulevard, Immaculata Church By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — That such a man should be knighted by the Pope was not surprising.  The retired colonel had donated substantial sums of money not only to the Catholic-run University of San Diego, but also to other universities founded under religious auspices, including […]

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

I-8 Jewish travel — University of San Diego Law School

-Fifth in a Series- Exit 2: Morena Boulevard: University of San Diego By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In the news and in movie theaters that show such films as The Lady in Gold, perplexing questions continue to arise about who is the rightful owner of art works seized by the Nazis before and during

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

Did Book of Joshua author really know Torah?

Unusual Bible Interpretations: Joshua by Israel Drazin, Gefen Publishing House, Jerusalem; ISBN 978-965-229-709-9 ©2015, $24.95, p. 174, plus references and index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — The Book of Joshua is part of a collection of biblical books, which include Deuteronomy, Judges, Samuel, Jeremiah, and Kings, called Deuteronomic history because these books are believed

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion

An Auschwitz love story

“Whosoever saves a single life saves an entire universe —Mishna, Sanhedrin 4:5 By Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — When Soviet troops entered the Auschwitz extermination camp on January 27, 1945, they found 7,000 survivors from the more than one million who had passed under its gates. Auschwitz has become a symbol for the Holocaust

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International, Jewish History

B’nai B’rith marks 70th year in Australia

By Garry Fabian MELBOURNE, Australia — The lights of the B’nai B’rith Menorah were snuffed out across Europe in the late 1930’s, when the forces gathering to inflict the tragedy of the Holocaust disbanded the organisation. The majority of European B’nai B’rith members perished in the Holocaust, but a handful managed to find safe havens in

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International, Jewish History

I-8 Jewish travel: Valley View Casino Center

Editor’s Note: In my quest to find Jewish stories wherever I go, I decided there is no place like home to illustrate the concept that “there is a Jewish story everywhere.”  Interstate 8 roughly follows the traditional route that settlers took in their covered wagons in the mid-19th century to get to San Diego from

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Travel and Food

Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, z”l, Righteous among Nations

WARSAW, Poland (WJC) — At a state funeral in Warsaw attended by world leaders, including European Council President Donald Tusk and German President Joachim Gauck, Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, Poland’s former foreign minister and an Auschwitz prisoner who helped save Jews from the Holocaust, was laid to rest on Monday, May 4. Bartoszewski, a historian, writer and

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International, Jewish History, Obituaries & memorials

Jewish Trivia: Kentucky Derby

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — What is the Jewish connection to this year’s Kentucky Derby?  Choose your answer. A. The winning horse, American Pharaoh, is owned by Ahmed Zayat, a Coptic Christian from Egypt. Zayat, the CEO of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation in the 1980’s, was responsible for negotiating with Israel’s Energy

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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USA