Jimmy Carter urges recognition of Hamas as legitimate ‘political actor’ (JNS.org) The United States and the European Union should recognize that the Hamas terrorist organization “is not just a military but also a political force,” former U.S. president Jimmy Carter wrote in article published by Foreign Policy magazine on Tuesday. “Hamas cannot be wished away,
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — “This isn’t a retirement home. It’s a madhouse!” Walk into the Shiley Theatre at the Old Globe and you will find yourself inside a tasteful drawing room with a chaise, a baby grand piano, a harp, a bass and some music stands. This is an English home
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Travel and FoodPrime minister, defense minister vow to protect residents of southern Israel (JNS.org)Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, and several senior Israel Defense Forces officials met with the mayors of Israel’s southern cities on Monday night, August 4, in an effort to put to rest concerns about the region’s security following the decision to
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-Sixteenth in a Series– By Donald H. Harrison BROWNING, Montana – More than half-way between our previous night’s stop in Lethbridge, Alberta, and our evening’s destination of Kalispell, Montana, grandson Shor and I decided to stretch our legs in Browning, Montana, which is located on the sprawling Blackfeet Indian Reservation. We browsed the Blackfeet
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-Fifteenth in a Series- By Donald H. Harrison LETHBRIDGE, Alberta, Canada – It’s a matter of happy circumstance that Lethbridge is the first Canadian city of moderate size that a traveler from U.S. Interstate 15 will connect with after crossing the U.S.-Canada border. My grandson Shor and I, making a trip from the bottom of
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and FoodBy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO– In 930 CE, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, in the city of Tiberias, a scholar, Aaron Ben-Asher, and a scribe, Shlomo Ben-Buya’a, took upon themselves the daunting task of creating the “most perfect copy” of the twenty-four books of the Hebrew Bible. What they produced is
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Pam Jenoff, The Winter Guest, Harlequin Books, ISBN 978-0-7783-1596-4, 341 pages, $14.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The setting: a mountain village outside of Krakow, Poland. The time World War II. Twin sisters of marriageable age are raising their three siblings together. Their father is dead. Their mother, a patient in a mental
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Travel and FoodBy Laurie Baron This is the first anniversary of my writing this column. Since I am not being inundated by fan mail, I’ve compiled a list of quips from each month of the past year to remind subscribers to the San Diego Jewish World why they read my column or ignore it. * August
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Travel and FoodBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO– It has been ten years since Zach Braff’s directorial debut, the critically acclaimed Garden State. In the interim he has acted in a number of feature films and televisions series, becoming best known for his role as J.D. on the television sitcom Scrubs. When his brother Adam and he pitched
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Travel and FoodFive fallen IDF soldiers laid to rest (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Five Israeli soldiers who were killed by terrorists near the Gaza border on Monday were laid to rest on Tuesday, July 29. They were killed when terrorists emerged from a cross-border tunnel about 150 meters inside Israel and fired an anti-tank missile at an
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Travel and FoodBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — “Congratulations, it’s a boy.” In the traditional view, that single statement determines the course of one’s life. Boys are rambunctious and ambitious, future soldiers and captains of industry. Girls are soft and nurturing, future wives and mothers. But what if your assigned role doesn’t suit you? Well, that’s
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Finis Leavell Beauchamp, The Terrible Beauty of the Evil Man; Kodesh Press (New York, 2014); 396 pages; ISBN-13: 978-0692237885; $14.95 By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Philo of Alexandria once said that every person who has ever become a proselyte walks a similar path that Abraham, our Father, once walked. According to Jewish folklore, Abraham
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