San Diego County

Campaign rhetoric blamed for surge of anti-Semitism

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — “The tone of the Trump campaign, the appointment of Steve Bannon (as White House chief strategist), and the discussion of immigrants has provided a license for people to express their hatred in a way that is inappropriate,” Congressman Scott Peters (D-San Diego) charged Wednesday in a telephone interview […]

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA

Veterans Affairs Officer to discuss benefits

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Beth Israel’s Men’s Club will host Robert Lewis, a National Veterans Affairs Officer, at its March 15 Dinner Forum. His presentation will cover benefits available to veterans, their dependents and survivors. Lewis is the President of San Diego Chapter 12, Montford Point Marine Association and also is a member of the Jewish

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San Diego Calendar, USA

World of mystery at Fleet Science Center

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Just the other day, I was explaining the term “spoiler” to my ESL students. If you wrote a who-done-it called “The Butler did it,” no one would read it because it’s the mental gymnastics it takes to untangle a web of intrigue that makes it worthwhile. Now at

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Menorah dispute, JCC bomb scare roil community

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A bomb scare delayed the opening of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center on Tuesday, the same day local newspapers reported a dispute between the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and the Marine Corps Recruit Depot over the former’s request for permission to erect a menorah on the base

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

Exhibit explores Jewish life around the world

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) –The Gotthelf Art Gallery, part of the San Diego Center for Jewish Cultures, located at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, is proud to announce its new installation, “Eye Connect:  Our Global Jewish World”–a photographic show featuring the work of artists near and far as they capture images of Jewish

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Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Davis seeks food help for enlisted military families

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) moved to aid military families being blocked from benefits that help them put food on the table. Rep. Davis introduced the Military Hunger Prevention Act (H.R. 1078) to ensure eligibility for food supplement benefits for servicemembers and their families. Davis was joined by Reps. Lynn

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San Diego County, USA

Boy’s letter warms United Hatzalah volunteers

JERUSALEM (Press Release) – On Tuesday, United Hatzalah of Israel received a letter from a 10-year-old boy thanking them for saving the lives of people in Israel. The organization, which serves as Israel’s fully volunteer community-based EMS organization, also received a donation of 50 NIS from the young boy. According to an attached letter from

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Middle East, San Diego County

It took a village to bring me back to health

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — I always figured if I ever developed a fondness for members of the Scripps family it would be because of their historic contributions to newspaper journalism, or perhaps to oceanography, but as it turned out I thank them for their philanthropic interest in health care. I was a

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

San Diego City Council to fight Trump’s travel ban

By Ken Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — The San Diego City Council on Tuesday voted 8-1 to file a brief in support of the state of Washington in its lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s so-called “travel ban” executive order. Republican Councilman Scott Sherman cast the dissenting vote in closed session. Democratic Councilman

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International, Ken Stone, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Murray Galinson San Diego – Israel Initiative announced

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) –The Leichtag Foundation, in partnership with a growing consortium of funders that care about deep, multi-faceted education about Israel, has launched a new collaborative, the Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative, announced Charlene Seidle, Executive Vice President. “Murray Galinson was a cherished leader and philanthropist in the San Diego community,” said Seidle.

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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Theme Song for ‘The Last Laugh’

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−While Michael Flynn frantically tried to destroy his DVD of From Russia with Love, the San Diego Jewish Film Festival is entertaining audiences day and night at a variety of venues in the city through February 19th.  I had the honor to introduce The Last Laugh, a documentary about comedians and

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Lawrence Baron, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Israeli, San Diego researchers learn earth’s geomagnetic field undulates; current weakening not worrysome

TEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release)— Albert Einstein considered the origin of the Earth’s magnetic field one of the five most important unsolved problems in physics. The weakening of the geomagnetic field, which extends from the planet’s core into outer space and was first recorded 180 years ago, has raised concern by some for the welfare

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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Hundreds fete retiring Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Congregants, rabbis, representatives of Jewish agencies and organizations, staff, family, and friends feted Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal on Saturday evening, Feb. 4, to mark his retirement after 29 years service to Tifereth Israel Synagogue and the community. A catered dinner for several hundred in the Conservative congregation’s social hall

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County