Items in today’s column:
* Samuel Gompers is permanently honored in San Diego
* San Diego Jewish World to unveil its new look tomorrow
* How do our Jewish gardens grow?
Our Shtetl San Diego: September 2, 2019 Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison Helping Holocaust Survivors SAN DIEGO — Meeting the needs of impoverished Holocaust survivors is a new joint initiative of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County and Jewish Family Service in association with the Seed the Dream Foundation and KAVOD Survivors of the Holocaust Emergency Fund (SHEF). In a statement in
Our Shtetl San Diego: August 30, 2019 Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Douglas Parisi GARDNER, Kansas — We live in a time where we need to educate ourselves and our family on unfortunate events. It’s important to empower your loved ones to take action in active shooter situations, even amidst pangs of fear. This information is designed to highlight important conceptual aspects of readiness training. The
5 Things to Remember Near an Active Shooter Read More »
International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Caroline Kirk MARRAKECH, Morocco — This country’s belief in the strength of pluralism has energized me and shown me that difference can serve as a strength for any country, whether it is religious or secular, large or small, developed or developing. I was told that there are spiritual answers to the question, “Why Morocco?”—every
In Morocco difference is a strength Read More »
International, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food
This is another installment in author Natasha Josefowitz’s memoir By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Back from our business trip/honeymoon in South America, my husband Sam’s apartment was in a basement on the west side of New York City. The small windows were right under the ceiling. We had a view of people’s
Natasha’s Memoir: Life in NYC, N.J., and Israel Read More »
Middle East, Natasha Josefowitz, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Seed of Israel: DNA Guide To Tracing Your Jewish Ancestry by Joshua Robbin Marks, 48 pages including endnotes; available on Amazon.com for $14.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Perhaps your friends or relatives have told you that they did a DNA test and found out about their ancestry, and now you’re wondering whether
Book offers tips and facts about DNA testing Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Peter C. Herman Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Now that public outrage has forced the retraction of the K-12 ethnic studies curriculum proposal because it contained way too much jargon (e.g., “cisheteropatriarchy,” “hxrstory,” and “accompliceship”), leftish propaganda, and the exclusion of such ethnic groups as Jews and Indian-Americans, we still have another
Ethnic studies bill for CSU should be vetoed Read More »
San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
LA JOLLA, California — Seacrest Village Retirement Communities, in association with the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, has announced it will be offering a series of discussions concerning issues facing elderly family members. The series has been titled “Navigating & Advocating for You and Your Aging Loved One: Medicare, Housing Options, Legal Matters, and More.”
Series will address the needs of the aging Read More »
San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & EducationNobel Prize winning economist Leonid Hurwicz was born this day (August 21) in 1917.
Remembering Leonid Hurwicz Read More »
Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – With more than 100,000 students preparing to return to city schools on August 26, their safety is uppermost in the minds of those in charge of their education, San Diego City School Superintendent Cindy Marten told a small but animated gathering Sunday night at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. “We
Safety a priority as San Diego’s new school year nears Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationFormer U.S. Senator Norm Coleman, R-Minn., was born this day (August 17) in 1949.
Happy birthday Norm Coleman Read More »
Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Cindy Marten, the superintendent of city schools, will address a dessert reception of the Tifereth Israel Synagogue Men’s Club at 7 p.m., Sunday, August 18. The public is invited to attend Marten’s talk in which she has been asked to discuss security at the city’s schools as well as any recent
School Sup’t Marten discusses school safety Aug. 18 Read More »
San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education
SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release)– The following is a statement from AMCHA Initiative Director Tammi Rossman-Benjamin on the California Board of Education’s decision to rewrite the proposed Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum: “We are pleased the State Board of Education has recognized the severe problems with this curriculum and agreed to go back to the drawing
Pro- BDS ethnic studies curriculum scrapped Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — If you are reading this, you are probably Jewish and live in California. Even if you’re not, you should do the right thing. There is an August 15th deadline to protest the proposed anti-Semitic California schools curriculum. The people who wrote the curriculum do not know (or don’t care)
OpEd: Fending off an anti- Semitic curriculum Read More »
Science, Medicine, & Education, USA