By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Like child, like parent. Although that may seem to be the reverse of the adage, it appears to be the case in my family. Bar/bat mitzvah ceremonies have tremendous impacts on preceding generations. The latest example was when my grandson Shor became a bar mitzvah on Saturday, April 26, at Temple […]
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — San Diego State University has announced it will award honorary doctorate degrees to two distinguished San Diegans. Robert Price and Patricia L. Roscoe will be honored during commencement ceremonies on May 16. “We are extremely pleased to confer honorary doctorates on two San Diegans, Robert Price and Patti Roscoe, who have been extraordinary contributors
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – San Diego’s communal Yom HaShoah observance on Sunday, April 27, focused on the Jews who met the Nazi scourge with “Defiance, Rebellion, Resistance,” including, but not limited to, the Jewish partisans who actively waged guerrilla warfare against the Germans. The featured speaker at the commemoration in the Garfield
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Adventures in SD History
By Jeremy Ogul Mission Times Courier SAN DIEGO — After narrowly defeating incumbent Paul Pfingst in 2002, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis sailed through the 2006 and 2010 elections unopposed. Now, nearly 12 years into her tenure as San Diego County’s top prosecutor, two challengers are waging campaigns to oust her. One is Bob Brewer, a
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By J.J. Surbeck SAN DIEGO — After much finagling, the Student for Justice in Palestine had managed on Wednesday, April 23, to bring in front of the Associated Student (AS) Council an anti-Israel resolution targeting the usual US companies “supporting Israel’s war crimes against the Palestinians, and … bla-bla-bla.” One can admire the anti-Israel groups for
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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – With a steady drumbeat on the buzzer and an apparent photographic memory for every little fact in Siddhartha Mukherjee’s book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, James Dohleman led his UCSD team to a runaway victory in a three-way contest against Pt. Loma Nazarene
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– On Sunday, April 27, at 1:30 p.m. the Jewish Federation of San Diego County will present a special Holocaust commemoration (Yom Hashoah) program, “Defiance, Rebellion and Resistance.” It will be held in the Garfield Theatre of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. The program will
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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County
The following essay was written by Jessica Cohen, a high school student participating in a U.S.-Israel Social Entrepreneurship Program cosponsored by the Rady School of Business at UCSD and the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles. Between the period of April 13 and June 1, Cohen and other students in the program will attend five
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International, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
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Adventures in SD History
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)—Harvey Milk’s American Diner will be participating in this year’s annual Dining Out For Life Thursday, April 24 and will have some of San Diego’s leaders helping out during the day. Their guests include: San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and former City Council Member Carl DeMaio, who will be serving lunch. For
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San Diego Calendar
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Two members of the Jewish community are seeking election as California Superior Court judges in the June 3 election. Carla Keehn, a federal prosecutor, is opposing Judge Lisa Schall for Office No. 20, while Brad A. Weinreb, a California deputy attorney general, is seeking to prevail in a three-candidate race
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County