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Route to New Zealand was a sound decision
Editor’s Note: This is the 13th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 By Donald
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodCologne’s amazing Jewish culture
By Oliver B. Pollak COLOGNE, Germany — In 1933 Cologne counted 20,000 Jews. In 1989 it had 1,358 Jews. Today the city of over a million, with the influx of Jews from the Former Soviet Union, has about 4,600 Jews.The Holocaust produced catastrophic trauma. Post-war Germany maintains a leading position in rescuing people from persecution in their homelands, many from majority Moslem
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International, Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, Travel and FoodThe Wind and the Breeze blows in circles
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO–Sam (aka Sam-I-Am) is the State Street Bridge Troll of Rockford, Illinois, just south of Chicago. Sam claims his spot with a lawn chair, braving the bitter winds of February. This is where he waxes philosophically and conducts business. It’s never really clear what that is, but he seems to
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Eric George Tauber, Travel and FoodTraveling in our Parents’ Footsteps
© Oliver B. Pollak FRANKFURT, Germany — Flying in a jet for three hours or more, reading above the clouds, I encounter new and old ideas. I mark my books, take notes and write at 33,000 feet. Completely unmoored from landform and architecture, floating or hurtling at 560 to 615 miles per hour, is exhilarating. Karen
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International, Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, Travel and FoodIdentifying sexual signals in the workplace
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Humans abuse drugs, drink and drive, smoke in spite of potential lung cancer, and eat unhealthy foods—all of which are destructive behaviors. In the brain, sexual excitement is akin to the urges that fuel these addictive behaviors. The neurons in the frontal lobe, which is the main
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Travel and FoodCheesecake cups and ‘yetzers’
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel of Temple Beth Shalom in Chula Vista recently told me of a conversation he had with a young woman working behind the counter of an ice cream shop. Noting her unhappy expression, he told her that she should be very proud of the work
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food