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Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 16, 2019 (5 items)

Tu B’Shevat, Israeli style, to be celebrated at Lawrence Family JCC  The Israel-American Council (IAC) plans to celebrate Tu B’Shevat in 40 cities across North America, including San Diego, with special dinners Friday night coupled with presentations about the annual “birthday of the trees.” In San Diego, the celebration will be held from 6:30 p.m. […]

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, USA

Lederer, Garin and Floto read their poems

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The Astor Judaica Library was filled to capacity Tuesday evening, January 8, for Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices. The large audience was no doubt attracted by the two San Diego celebrities on the program, Richard Lederer, syndicated columnist for The San Diego Union-Tribune and author of over 50 books, and

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego County

Sightseeing ~ Adventure Hornblower whale watching

Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison and Shor M. Masori  SAN DIEGO – Even before one comes aboard the Adventure Hornblower for a 3 1/2 -hour whale-watching tour, one begins learning about the California Gray Whale, which is the sightseeing vessel’s quarry.  Yellow-shirted volunteer “whalers” from the San Diego Museum of Natural History –

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, The World We Share, Travel and Food

Intermarried couple honors each other’s beliefs

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Before David Ogul and Sharon Wilson were married, they learned about each other’s faiths.  David attended Mass at Sharon’s Catholic church.  Sharon attended Friday night Shabbat services at David’s Reform temple in Riverside, the city where the two had met and worked for the daily Press-Enterprise.  David was

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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

5 playwrights under 19 to see works on Old Globe stage

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Sponsored by the Sheila and Jeffrey Lipinsky Family Fund, young California playwrights entered their original writing for consideration in an annual contest. This year there were 415 submissions from which to choose, and a cohort of judges and script evaluators read works written by authors under 19 years of

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

Three directors of Jewish agencies introduced

By Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel ENCINITAS, California — The Leichtag Foundation welcomed  three new directors of  Jewish agencies in San Diego at a reception at the Hive on Thursday, January 10.  The honorees were Rabbi Gary Oren of Hillel,  Betzy Lynch of the Jewish Community Center, and  Michael Jeser of the Jewish Federation.  Charlene Seidle of the

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, San Diego County

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 11, 2018 (3 items)

Adam Schiff: Proposed national emergency to fund wall an abuse of power U.S. Rep. Adam Shiff (D-California) on Friday issued this statement concerning the ongoing partial government shutdown: “President Trump used the Oval Office to push for his wall in a prime time national television speech replete with falsehoods and fear mongering, and walked out

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International, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

A whirlwind hospital visit for shortness of breath

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I am 92 and had recently noticed that I was getting a little short of breath just walking the hallways. I had not seen a cardiologist in years, so I decided to check things out—the question always being: Is it a normal age-related symptom or something else?

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Natasha Josefowitz, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 10, 2019 (3 items)

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin congratulates United Hatzalah “The Talmud teaches us that saving one life is as if a person saved the entire world. You save the lives of children, men, and women, 24-hours-a-day and 365 days a year,” President Reuven Rivlin told a contingent of United Hatzalah emergency responders. “You are called United Hatzalah,

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 7, 2019 (6 items)

Hebrew University distances itself from remarks of anti-IDF professor Five days following the incident in which a Hebrew University professor, Dr. Carola Hilfrich, scolded a student for wearing her IDF uniform to class, the university published a rare ad calling on students in uniform to come study at the university. “Students in Uniform? Welcome!” read

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Harold Brown, former Secretary of Defense, mourned

WASHINGTON D.C. — Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan issued the following statement about the death in Rancho Santa Fe on Friday of former Defense Secretary Harold Brown, a member of the Jewish community who also had served as president of the California Institute of Technology. It is with deep sadness that I extend

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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, USA

Judge Gothard cites Biblical roots of U.S. legal system

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Retired Judge Sol Gothard of Louisiana’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeal told a kiddush luncheon audience at Tifereth Israel Synagogue on Saturday, January 5, that some major tenets of the American legal system are derived from the Torah and the Talmud. Adding that “justice doesn’t win law cases,

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA