By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Born after World War II, Mark James knew that he had a dead older brother for whom he was named, but he said he never asked his parents about him because he didn’t want to cause them emotional distress. The older brother’s first name was Marek, and
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International, Jewish History, San Diego County
By Nina Brodsky EL CAJON, California — Pastor Dumisani Washington, African American Baptist pastor, a gentle and fiery Israel advocate and orator spoke here May 4 about “Zionism and Justice: Why Christians Need to Lead in Supporting Israel.” He delivered his case boldly and eloquently to more than 200 Christians and Jews at Skyline Church. Dumisani took
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Middle East, San Diego County, USA
-55th in a Series- Exit 23, Lake Jennings Park Road, Lakeside, California ~ R.M. Levy Water Treatment Plant By Donald H. Harrison LAKESIDE, California — I have a saying that “there’s a Jewish story everywhere” but who would have thought that it would take a former governor of Illinois to put me on the search
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – To commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, San Diego Jewish Academy students will be spending Thursday, May 5th remembering those who perished in the Holocaust. Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Between July 22 and September 12, 1942, the German authorities deported or murdered around 300,000 Jews in
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Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The Men’s Club and Sisterhood of Tifereth Israel Synagogue plan to celebrate Israel’s 68th birthday with an ol’ fashioned American style barbecue at 6 p.m., Thursday, May 12. Yup, kosher hamburger and hot dogs, plus vegetarian selections. Decorations and recreation, meanwhile, will be Israeli through and through. Israeli dancing will be
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Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — In celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month and as part of its ongoing commitment to inclusion, diversity and responsible banking, Union Bank has partnered with KPBS to honor three inspiring local heroes. The 2016 Jewish American Heritage Month honorees are: Marjorie Morrison, founder and CEO, PsychArmor Institute; and Rose and
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San Diego County
(Editor’s Note: Cole Spector has launched a campaign against ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Here is a speech he gave to his religious school class at Congregation Beth Israel.) By Cole Spector SAN DIEGO — Imagine –losing your ability to walk, to eat, to speak, to move and to breathe, But your brain remains fully alert.
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor Masori LA JOLLA, California – The Six Million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, along with five million other people deemed undesirable by the Nazis, are so hard to conceptualize. Artists and teachers have struggled to represent the Six Million in concrete terms; for example, Six Million tiny squares;
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori
Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor Masori SAN DIEGO – Israel’s consul general for New York, Ido Aharoni, told a San Diego gathering of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) on Sunday, May 1, that arguing with the supporters of BDS is a sterile exercise, not likely to influence the 95 percent of the
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Middle East, San Diego County, USAThanks to an agreement San Diego Jewish World entered into with RepubHub, involving the exchange of articles with other news organizations, San Diego Jewish World greatly expanded its coverage during April 2016– so much so that in a single day or two, SDJW provides more Jewish news than can be found in some Jewish magazines
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San Diego County, Travel and Food
LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) –After World War II came to an end in 1945, the mass killing and sheer devastation wrought by the Nazis off the battlefield began to emerge in shocking detail. Some 11 million civilians—both Jews and non-Jews, including about 1.5 million children—were killed during the Holocaust. When the Allies convened the
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International, Jewish History, San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – When SDSU President Elliot Hirshman was held captive Wednesday in a car for approximately two hours by angry students, that potentially was a matter of false imprisonment and violation of his civil rights that demand investigation by state and federal prosecutors. At the same time, flyers naming individual
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Middle East, San Diego County, USA
-54th in a series– Exit 22, Los Coches Road, Lakeside, California ~ Historic Lakeside By Donald H. Harrison LAKESIDE, California— Los Coches Road translates from Spanish to “The Cars Road” which makes one wonder if, perhaps, somewhere nearby there is “The Trucks Road” or “The Bicycles Road” or yet another road for some other form of
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO — Five members of the Jewish community won endorsements on Wednesday, April 27, from the San Diego County Democratic Party in California’s June 7 primary election. At the federal level, these included Bernie Sanders, who shared an endorsement for President with Hillary Clinton, and Congresswoman Susan Davis, running for reelection in the 53rd
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San Diego County, USA