By Norman Greene JULIAN, California– If you are fond of dining on a less traveled road in a romantic country inn with an excellent dining room, I have a great suggestion for you. Visit this mountain city east of San Diego. The restaurant at Orchard Hill Country Inn in Julian was a delightful, well […]
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By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Is Your advisor managing your portfolio tax efficiently? The tax rules are getting more complicated than ever and taxes are increasing. It’s hard to keep track of all of the ways our income is being taxed: Ordinary tax, capital gain tax, alternative minimum tax, Medicare surtax… where does it
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Sheryl Rowling, Travel and FoodBy Norman Greene SAN DIEGO– When it comes to birthdays, some adult women prefer a romantic candlelight dinner, a bouquet of long stemmed roses, a dazzling bauble, a pint of Channel, but not my wife. She wanted to ride a horse. I have nothing against horseback riding. I spent many of my youthful summers
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Sports & Competitions, Travel and FoodBEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) – Employees may provide the most honest responses on Mondays and other early days in the week, according to a new study published by a Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researcher. The research paper, published on the Social Science Research Network, involved 427 Israeli soldiers. Each soldier was asked to
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Ten international finalists of the My Family Story International Competition will gather in Israel on June 13 to participate in the My Family Story Awards Ceremony at Beit Hatfutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People. What’s special about this year’s ceremony is that two of the finalists are fifth grade
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM — For the first time in history, thousands of tourists from all over the world are able to view an Israeli archeological exhibit on display at the most visited museum in the world. Private collections owned by Israelis have been on display in the Louvre in the past, but this is
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By Sandy Golden SAN DIEGO — Dalya’s Dancing, Tarbuton’s Yeladim, Yochanan’s Becko Band, and French chanteuse Chantal made the day shine even brighter this past Sunday at the annual House of Israel (HOI) Lawn Program in Balboa Park. It was a celebration of Israel and even the weather cooperated to the success of
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Middle East, San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and FoodBy Anav Silverman TEL AVIV — Turkish Airlines recently hosted an unusual group of passengers flying from Israel to Istanbul. A special group of wildlife animals from Israel’s Ramat Gan Safari and the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo were flown to Turkey on May 7. Turkish zookeepers located at the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Natural Life Park asked
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Travel and FoodHAIFA, Israel (Press Release)– Dr. Irwin Jacobs, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO Emeritus of Qualcomm, was honored on May 20 with the Technion Medal, the greatest recognition by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, awarded only every three to five years. He received the medal during a festive event in Haifa, marking 20 years of Qualcomm activities
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) –The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture’s Jewish Film Festival presents, AKA Doc Pomus. The film screening will be held on Wednesday, May 29, at 7:00 PM in the David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre at the Lawrence Family JCC. The event is sponsored by the Leichtag Foundation. Doc Pomus’ tale is one
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Travel and FoodBy Max Samarov Over the last month the UC Santa Barbara student government has been voting on a resolution to divest from companies doing business with Israel. As a UCSB graduate and former student leader, I spoke at two senate hearings and worked with current students to defeat the resolution. It should now be
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DEL MAR, California (Press Release)– The Tarbuton is launching an Israeli Cultural and Hebrew language themed day camp this summer. Keitana is a three-hour, ten-day, Israeli style summer camp conducted in Hebrew. Two camps are offered each session: Hebrew Immersion for Hebrew Speakers who are proficient in Hebrew and Hebrew Enriched for Hebrew Learners. The
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By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — On May 5th, 2013, in the Spreckels Theatre, City Ballet of San Diego finished its 20th anniversary season with a rousing program of “The Seasons” (Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons”) and Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana.” Complimented by a live orchestra and 100 voice choir, the program encompassed both ends of
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Travel and FoodBy Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Maryann Macdonald has written a children’s book that is also suitable for adults, titled Odette’s Secrets and in a recent e-mail interview she spoke about how she found the “story” in 2006 in Paris and how the book came to be now in 2013 America. To say the
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