By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — There are gestures belonging to another time that we don’t use anymore. There were ways of functioning on a daily basis that would seem foreign today. We relied on objects which are now obsolete. We all have our lists of nostalgia. I remember those wire baskets for […]
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Natasha Josefowitz, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Back in the days when J. Edgar Hoover was the fabled director of the FBI, there were basically two types of applicants the national law enforcement agency considered qualified to become special agents: attorneys and accountants. That’s not the case anymore, Eric Birnbaum, the special agent in
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – If you want to bring a gleam to the eyes of David Siegel, Israel’s Consul General based in Los Angeles, ask him about the prospects for high-tech cooperation in the fields of water management and cyber-security between Israel and various American cities and states. During an interview Thursday,
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego hosts Fern Siegel as its featured speaker at a Nov. 18 Dinner Forum. Siegel’s presentation will focus on the subject of mental illness in the Jewish Community, including her personal experience of living with a daughter diagnosed with schizophrenia. Mental illness
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
–30th in a series– Exit 10, College Avenue, San Diego ~Jewish Historical Society of San Diego By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Room 363 of the Love Library at San Diego State University is the home of the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego, which lovingly preserves the written records and photographs of this county’s Jewish
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) has accepted 35 San Diego high school students into its annual Hand Up Teen Leadership Program. The nationally recognized program helps high school students learn about social change and see the difference they can make in their communities. Two major focuses for this year’s
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Jewish Federation of San Diego County will participate in #GivingTuesday, a global day of philanthropy that follows Black Friday and Cyber Monday. On Tuesday, December 1, the Federation will launch a one-day campaign in an effort raise enough money to provide 1,000 hot, home-delivered meals to San Diego’s homebound in need.
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San Diego Calendar
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — “I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony,” I believe this could be his mantra. The singer/songleader told me he believes that, “music has the power to bring people together and build interfaith, justice oriented, warm welcoming communities.” Recently appointed to a new commission, Voit is the
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Eva Trieger, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Michael Mantell SAN DIEGO – It was the kind of memorial service that the late Sheriff Bill Kolender would have enjoyed. There was lots of humor and plenty of the camaraderie that he was credited with fostering among law enforcement agencies. Civilians and uniformed officers from both
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Michael Mantell, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO — We may think we know about the FBI. After all, many of us have watched such series on television as the X-Files; Bones; Sue Thomas, FB-Eye; Without a Trace; Numb3rs; Criminal Minds; White Collar; The Mentalist; and Quantico, and have viewed countless movies about the “G-Men.” Now there are even video games.
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San Diego Calendar
-29th in a Series- Exit 10, College Avenue, San Diego ~ SDSU President’s Office By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Elliot Hirshman already had obtained a degree in economics when he decided that instead of going to Harvard Business School he would apply instead for a PhD program in cognitive psychology at UCLA. His mother, Edna May
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego will host Mark and Frank Powell as featured speakers at its December 16 Dinner Forum. Their presentation will focus on a project they are spearheading regarding a World War II Holocaust Memorial to honor the Liberation of Holocaust Survivors. The brothers established the
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International, Jewish History, San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– As student loan debt is reaching record proportions, Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) will host a forum on college affordability. The forum, to be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10 at Griffin Gate on the Grossmont College campus, will bring together experts on higher education and
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Selwyn Isakow SAN DIEGO – Pride and unity were the themes of Shabbat San Diego that was held Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 22-24. There were such unforgettable sights and sounds as a Chabad rebbetzin teaching men, women and children to prepare challahs for baking while a Reform cantor provided entertainment. Amid this scene at
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County