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A bissel this, a bissel that – San Diego Jewish news and chatter

(Column 10, January 17, 2011) __________ News topics _________ Rethinking American Jewish Education * San Diego Israel Coalition is actively promoting the appearance at Congregation Beth El of Rabbi Daniel Gordis, who will be delivering three lectures Feb. 11-12 as the Scholar in Residence.  On Friday evening following Shabbat Services, Gordis, senior vice president of […]

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

Blindness, race, sexual orientation all subjects at the San Diego Jewish Film Festival

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — The 21st Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival sponsored by the Leichtag Family Foundation is presenting a number of short but engrossing documentaries, three of which I had the pleasure of screening: Ingelore, Wrong Side of the Bus and He’s My Girl. Ingelore, the shortest of the three running

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Reps. Hunter, Bilbray and Issa introduce legislation to protect cross on Mt. Soledad

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) –U.S. Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-California) on Wednesday  introduced the War Memorial Protection Act to allow the inclusion of religious symbols as part of military monuments.  The legislation follows the latest ruling from the Ninth Circuit declaring the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial unconstitutional. “The latest ruling on the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial is a

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A bissel this, a bissel that—San Diego Jewish news and chatter

  (Column 8, January 11, 2011)    By Donald H. Harrison   San Diego and Israel Boris Goldenberg, 20, grew up in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, with his mother and grandmother, knowing very little about his Jewish background.  However, at the age of 17, he started studying Hebrew at a local Jewish community center.  That led to

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, September 16, 1955, Part 5

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Milestone in Legal History Southwestern Jewish Press, September 16, 1955, Pages 18, 19, 21 Editor’s Note—The now famous Prinz v. McGinley libel trial in Newark, N.J., marks the first time in American court history that a notorious anti-Semite has been brought to justice and convicted for defamation.  In

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Well-organized counter-rally tells Israel’s side on 2nd anniversary of Operation Cast Lead

Singing and Dancing Counter Anti-Israel Protest By Yiftach Levy SAN DIEGO – An intense week of preparations involving scores of emails and phone calls all over San Diego County and beyond culminated in the gathering in Balboa Park of hundreds of pro-Israel activists – Israelis, Jews, and non-Jews alike. They came to sing, wave Israeli and American flags,

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, September 16, 1955, Part 4

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Happy New Year (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press, September 16, 1955, Page 13-14 It seems to us that the spirit of the High Holy Days – the sense of solemnity and awe with which we approach the beginning of the New Year – is one of the most constructive

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, September 16, 1955, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff This Can Happen Only In America: The Methodist “Guardian of Israel” Southwestern Jewish Press, September 16, 1955, Page 7 By Harry Golden In a small town in the deep South, the Jewish community, about twenty-five families, organized a congregation and made plans to build a Temple.  The Christians

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, September 16, 1955, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World Staff Bay City Women Present Calendars Southwestern Jewish Press, September 16, 1955, Page 4 The San Diego Bay City Women are presenting to Dr. Malcolm Love of State College 100 school calendars. Mrs. Jack Meyers, Chairman of the ADL program, through whom these calendars are sponsored, advises that the

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A bissel this, a bissel that –San Diego Jewish news and chatter

(Column 6, January 8, 2011) By Donald H. Harrison The Education Beat   * Send your kid to preschool and he or she is less likely to become a criminal.  So said  District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and Republican State Sen. Mark Wyland on a tour of the David & Jillian Gilmour Early Education Campus.  According

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A bissel this, a bissel that—San Diego Jewish news and chatter

(Column 5, January 7, 2011) Mount Soledad Controversy By Donald H. Harrison Two local Republican members of Congress- Brian Bilbray and Duncan Hunter—have written a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Attorney General Eric Holder urging them to defend the Mount Soledad cross as a “secular” monument and work to overturn a ruling by

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‘Sinatra Dance With Me’ is heaven; ‘Menopause…’ not so much

By Carol Davis LAS VEGAS,  Nevada—-I had the good fortune to make my last trip of this past year to Las Vegas to visit dear friends. That said I never pass up an opportunity to see as many shows as possible that I can squeeze in-between my compulsive gambling spirit. It’s all about winning the

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

A bissel this, a bissel that—San Diego Jewish news and chatter

(Column 4, January 6, 2011)   By Donald H. Harrison San Diego and Israel Monica Bauer Federman, spokeswoman for the Anti-Defamation League, which always works closely with law enforcement agencies, says there will be a San Diego Police Department presence at the dueling Middle East rallies on Sunday afternoon in Balboa Park to make certain

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Yeruchem Eilfort-Rabbi

Amazing stories of Jonas Feurzeig’s abilities recounted at his funeral

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As speakers at his funeral told stories on Wednesday, Jan. 5,  of Jonas Feurzeig’s seemingly magical abilities,  more than a few attendees looked at his simple pine casket waiting to be lowered into a grave in the King David section of Greenwood Cemetery.  It would have been shocking,

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