The Singing Abortionist directed by Dana Bratt; Canada; © 2014; 60 minutes; English; Documentary. To be shown during the San Diego Jewish Film Festival at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 7 at Edward San Marcos Stadium 18, 1180 W. San Marcos Blvd., San Marcos, and at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Reading Cinemas 14,
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — According to the Torah, physical and emotional healing are ultimately in the hands of God: “If you heed the Lord your God diligently, doing what is upright in His sight, giving ear to His commandments and keeping all His laws, then I will not bring upon you any
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Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Those who believe that continuing wars with Arabs and a series of disgraced Israeli politicians have snuffed out Israeli idealism haven’t yet visited Hannaton, a kibbutz in the Galilee whose leaders believe that, by example, they can help to build a multi-cultural, egalitarian, Jewish society living in friendship
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Fifth graders at the Benjamin Franklin STEAM Magnet Elementary School on Monday, Feb. 1, helped to explain to the news media how a low-tech Israeli invention will help their school conserve rainwater, and may prove to be an important tool in California’s fight against periodic droughts. STEAM is
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Sitting across a table from Ed Cherlin, you notice that he is a man with patience who doesn’t show even a flicker of annoyance when an interviewer changes the topic, or interrupts his answer. This probably is because Cherlin also is a man with patients – psychiatric ones, with
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Dr. Bill Friedel is a modest, self-deprecating, “aw shucks” kind of guy. You recognize that trait not very long into a conversation with him about his career. Why did he become a doctor? He says he thought about being a civil engineer, but what if a bridge he built collapsed? Realizing that
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Susan B. Tuchman and Morton A. Klein NEW YORK — After years of urging the University of California (UC) Regents to take a strong stand against campus anti-Semitism, the Regents will soon be issuing a statement that will hopefully address the problem in a meaningful way. But as Regent Bonnie Reiss eloquently stated
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Science, Medicine, & Education
Editor’s note: Anachnu, which means “we” in Hebrew, is a new column by San Diego Jewish World editor Donald H. Harrison, in which he will tell about the Jews he meets–those who are famous, and those who are not. All of them have interesting and worthwhile stories. A doctor who campaigned against cigarette smoking By Donald H. Harrison
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationLet There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World by Seth M. Siegel, St. Martin’s Press, New York; ISBN 978-1-250-07395-2 ©2015, $27.99, p. 252, plus eight color photos, appendices and; an index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. “Water, water, everywhere, and all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” WINCHESTER,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Ronnie Blair WESLEY CHAPEL, Florida — Cary M. Berman arrived in the world 52 years ago already saddled with a rare neurological disease, though neither he nor his parents knew. He was well into adulthood before it was confirmed that he suffered from Late-Onset Tay-Sachs (LOTS), a genetic disorder that leads to damaged cells
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Science, Medicine, & Education
-36th in a Series — Exit 11: Lake Murray/ 70th Street, San Diego ~ San Diego Institute for Sexual Medicine By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—One might wonder what led to Dr. Irwin Goldstein becoming the head of what is believed to be the first, and perhaps only, hospital-accredited sexual medicine practice in the United States.
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food
By Michal Beruven AFULA, Israel — I serve as a sixth grade homeroom teacher at Alumot Elementary School, headed by Principal Raya Shechtman and located here in Israel’s northern Jezreel Valley. More than 260 students attend Alumot, from grades 1-6. The community is an integral part of the school, which maintains regular contact with parents, the community’s
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Eva Trieger CARLSBAD, California–Even Noah’s Ark may not be able to withstand the deluge of desalinated drinking water created daily by the joint venture of Poseidon Water and the San Diego County Water Authority. Monday, December 14th, saw media, journalists, photographers and local politicians, flooding in to witness the grand opening of the largest
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Eva Trieger, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share
By Donald H. Harrison SAN FRANCISCO — When I visit science museums, I have come to expect to see interesting optical illusions such as a picture that looks like Marilyn Monroe when viewed from one vantage point, but becomes Albert Einstein when seen from another perspective. I enjoy watching educational games such as the one my
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food