San Diego rally for Israel July 20
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Temecula’s literary legacy: ‘Perry Mason,’ ‘Ramona’
-Third in a series — By Donald H. Harrison TEMECULA, California – Attorney and writer Erle Stanley Gardner invented “Perry Mason,” the fictional defense lawyer of television and pulp fiction fame, who most people my age (68) can’t think of without remembering the actor who played him on television, Raymond Burr. Gardner also was
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USAMassive retaliation against Gaza urged
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — One of the most famous attacks in WWII was when the Allies bombed Dresden. British historians love debating whether the wholesale destruction of this once beautiful city and symbol of humanism and baroque culture was really, “necessary.” Dresden is one of the tragic images that
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Travel and FoodThe man behind the art restorer and spy
By Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California — “I am not an Israeli intelligence agent, nor an assassin,” Daniel Silva replied when I asked if his character, Gabriel Allon, was autobiographical. However, after multiple, highly acclaimed novels, the New York Times bestselling author told me he trusts Gabriel’s character to direct the action, stating that he
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Travel and FoodThe Wandering Review: ‘Obvious Child’
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Gillian Robespierre’s Obvious Child is uneven, as debut films usually are, but it handles the serious subject at the core of its story with sensitivity. It initially seems like a feature length version of Girls with Jenny Slate of Parks and Recreation fame in the role of Donna Stern,
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Travel and FoodSan Diego’s sister region facing danger resolutely
By Michael Sonduck SAN DIEGO –As we stay glued to our TV sets and news feeds, call friends and loved ones and do all we can to learn more about the developing situation in Israel, I want to share news from the Jewish Federation’s Israel Connections Director, Jane Fantel, who is on the ground
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Travel and FoodAvoiding the Clonal Effect
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — The ongoing diversity problem in the tech industry was brought to light again this week by Google’s disclosure of its employment statistics (only 30 percent female and 2 percent black). While some commentators blame the tech culture specifically, my experience with organizations across many industries has led
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Travel and FoodI-15 Jewish sightseeing: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego
–First in a Series — By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Qualcomm Stadium, as it called in its third incarnation since opening in 1967, is a massive concrete structure described as “modernist” by some architects, “brutalist” by others. Either way it is a celebration of structural forms and building materials. Its massive slabs of
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USAUCSD’s Rady School announces Foster speaker series
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The U.S.-Israel Center on Innovation and Economic Sustainability (USIC) at the Rady School of Management on Thursday, July 3, announced the new Stanley Foster Memorial Cal-Israel Innovations Speaker Series. The speaker series will honor the late Stanley Foster, a highly respected civic leader and a pillar in the San Diego
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Travel and FoodAdat Yeshurun, Beth Jacob memorials for Israeli teens
LA JOLLA, California –Orthodox Congregations Adat Yeshurun and Beth Jacob have scheduled community memorial service for Israeli teens Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Sha’ar and Naftali Frenkel. Adat Yeshurun’s will be held immediately following Mincha/Ma’ariv services at 7:45 p.m., Wednesday, July 2, at 8625 La Scenic Drive North, La Jolla 92037. Beth Jacob’s will be held on
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Travel and Food3 more U.S. lawmakers rue murders of 3 teens
WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW)—Three Jewish lawmakers added their voices on Tuesday, July 1, to those of colleagues who already have expressed their grief following news that three Israel teens were found murdered on June 30 and buried together in public ceremonies in Modi’in, Israel, on Tuesday, July 1. Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-Maryland), who was traveling in
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Travel and FoodSchumer wants Sing Sing to be ‘Alcatraz of East’
OSSINING, New York (Press Release) — Standing outside Sing Sing Prison on Tuesday, July 1, U.S. Senator Schumer launched his campaign to build the first-ever museum at the world-famous prison. Schumer announced that he will begin his push to secure federal funds for the planning and design phases, a critical first step in making this
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Travel and Food, USAMandel will tell where CBI’s been and going
SAN DIEGO — Meg Mandel, president of Congregation Beth Israel, will tell the Men’s Club Dinner Forum about the year in review and look ahead into the future at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 16. Mandel has been a member of Beth Israel since she and her family moved to San Diego from Iowa in 2006.
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