LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — Daniel and Phyllis Epstein’s move to La Jolla in 1986 started them on a path to becoming loyal advocates and supporters for their neighbor, the University of California San Diego. “UC San Diego is so important to the community, including contributing to the regional economy and producing talent for our […]
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationRepublican Jewish Coalition presses for U.S. – Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act The Republican Jewish Coalition has reaffirmed its support for the United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act (HR 5141/S. 2497) and strongly encourages the U.S. Senate to complete action on the bill during this year’s session. Maintaining and strengthening the alliance between the U.S.
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Robert Gilleskie, who has more than 30 years experience in energy management and power quality, including 20 years at San Diego Gas & Electric, will discuss man-made climate change at a dinner meeting of the Beth Israel Men’s Club at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 19, at the temple at 9001
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Museum of Natural History, familiarly known as “The Nat,” began attracting new visitors last July when it installed an Escape Room on its bottom floor, with the idea of inducing gamers to come to the museum. Escape Rooms grew out of video games, only instead
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Pitzer College faculty vote against Israel abroad programs draws criticism The faculty of Pitzer College, which is part of the Claremont Colleges consortium in California, on November 8 passed a motion to suspend the school’s study abroad exchange with the University of Haifa “until (a) the Israeli state ends its restrictions on entry to Israel
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Editor’s Note: This is the 38th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food
Joint Hindu- Jewish celebration held for respective festivals of lights It was standing-room only for 425 Hindus and Jews who made a bit of history celebrating both Diwali and Chanukah at the Hindu-Jewish Festival of Lights at Temple Beth-El in Northbrook, IL on November 18. The event not only celebrated the two holidays, which occur
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationIsraeli law group demands Facebook remove Hamas account Israeli NGO Shurat HaDin has placed Facebook and its Israeli branch under formal legal notice for allowing Hamas’s Al-Aqsa TV to maintain Facebook and Instagram accounts. In a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook Israel general manager Adi Soffer-Teeri, Shurat HaDin claims that Facebook’s continual support
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Holocaust Survivor to Harvard Dean: Memoirs of a Refugee’s Progress by Michael Shinagel © 2016, Xlibris, ISBN 9781524-509606; 150 pages plus Index; Available on Amazon. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Having served for nearly four decades as dean of the Harvard Extension School – the longest known deanship in Harvard’s history – author
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & EducationSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Robert Gilleskie, former director of engineering at the California Center for Sustainable Energy, will address the need to counter climate change in an address at the Beth Israel Men’s Club dinner meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 19, starting at 6:30 p.m., at 9001 Towne Centre Drive “Based on overwhelming evidence of
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San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Janice Weinman NEW YORK — Anti-Semitism has been called the oldest form of hatred. In America, we are now witnessing a horrifying escalation of anti-Semitic violence, such as cemetery desecration, vandalization of Jewish schools and synagogues and inflammatory anti-Zionist rhetoric on college campuses. This week, CBS News reported the existence of a prom night
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Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
State Department designates son of Hizballah’s Nasrallah as a terrorist The U.S. Department of State has designated Jawad Nasrallah and Al-Mujahidin Brigades (AMB) as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, which imposes sanctions on foreign persons who have committed, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — Combining the keyword “Hitler” and “Highest Price” on AbeBooks founded in 1995 and owned by Amazon since 2008 produces an amazing Judaica juxtaposition priced between $180,000 and $527,815. For less than $1.5 million you could own three unique 20th century works on Palestine, Mein Kampf and Einstein, and
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, Science, Medicine, & Education
A Tragic Fate: Law and Ethics in the Battle Over Nazi-Looted Art (2017) by Nicholas M. O’Donnell By Herbert I. Lazerow SAN DIEGO — This is a terrific book that everyone should read. Nicholas O’Donnell’s book begins by describing as the paradigm case Camille Pissarro’s Rue St. Honore, apres-midi, effet de pluie, sold by the German
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