SAN DIEGO — Editor Donald H. Harrison spotted this license plate. The 27th Psalm, attributed to David, begins: “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? “When the wicked came against me to eat up my […]
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy José A. Álvarez County of San Diego Communications Office SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — San Diego County Public Health officials are responding to an influenza outbreak among asylum seekers recently flown to San Diego from Texas by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “We have identified individuals with flu symptoms and
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – You set up a donor advised fund at the Jewish Community Foundation, find a worthy charitable project, recommend to the foundation that it grant money from your fund to that project, and then, poof, is the donated money then gone, its one-time purpose achieved? It doesn’t have to
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SAN DIEGO — The license plate belongs to a mother who lives in San Diego. Following in the footsteps of license plate maven Melanie Rubin, San Diego Jewish World editor Donald H. Harrison couldn’t resist photographing this one!
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Donald H. Harrison, Melanie Rubin, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Lawrence Baron SAN DIEGO — Janet Brody Esser died early morning May 22 from cancer and injuries related to a recent auto accident. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she received her BA from the University of Iowa, MA in art history with an emphasis on anthropology and archeology from California State University, Long Beach,
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International, Lawrence Baron, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Have you ever wanted to write a memoir or a family history, but simply had no idea how to go about it? It’s easier than you think, according to a panel of women who addressed La Playa Trail Association members on Tuesday night at the Point Loma Assembly.
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – John T. Earnest of Rancho Peñasquitos was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday morning on civil rights, hate crime, and firearm charges in connection with the murder of one person and the attempted murder of 53 others at the Chabad of Poway Synagogue on April 27 and the March
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San Diego County
By Debbie Mishek, M.D. SAN DIEGO — Thousands of people gathered at Liberty Station for the March against Hate on Sunday, May 19, in spite of the rainy weather. People came from schools, synagogues, LGBTQ, Federation, and civic institutions to join together. I came with a contingent from Tifereth Israel Synagogue, and was happy
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San Diego County
Cote d’ Azur Cafe and Bistro, 8935 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 110, San Diego, California 92122 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — I found myself in the eastern portion of La Jolla to meet with one of my author clients. My friend wanted to grab some food, so we decided to meet in the
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and FoodBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Big thanks to Kate Hamill for rewriting Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in such a playful and accessible way. The cast did justice to the snappy, buffoonish, coquettish roles that Hamill created. The playwright sought to deliver Austen’s feminist message and did so in a way that engaged the
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Family members and three fellow clergy saluted Cantor Emeritus Shelly Foster Merel of Congregation Beth Israel on his 95th birthday during a dinner gathering Saturday night, May 18, at the Bay Club Hotel and Marina on Shelter Island. There were so many speakers that the presentations went on
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Peter C. Herman Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — On May 8, the Women’s Resource Center at San Diego State University sent out a newsletter featuring announcements for lectures, courses from the Women’s Studies Department, and other items of interest. But at the bottom of the email, a student inserted a poster-like image
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — The Gods of Comedy is playing at the Old Globe Theatre through June 16, 2019. Theatre traces its origins to the classical period of Greece, 510-323 BCE. There were a great many more plays written than are extant today. Copying by hand is a laborious process and
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — On May 9, 2019, Imam Omar Suleiman gave the invocation at the House of Representatives. He was invited to speak by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, (D. Texas.) This is the man who called Jews “brothers of apes and pigs.” Our own congresswoman, Representative Susan Davis, who happens to be
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