Luxury Hotels Beckon (c) Edwin Black TEL AVIV — The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement [BDS] has taken particular aim at Israel’s tourism industry. Tourism accounts for about 11 percent of global GDP and 350 million jobs worldwide—more than ten percent of employment on the planet. In Israel, tourism is more than just sun, seashore, […]
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Edwin Black, Middle East, Travel and Food
NEW YORK (Press Release) — Masa Israel Journey has announced the launch of Masa FastTrack Pro, a cutting-edge program that will serve as a pipeline for elite young professionals to be placed in Israel’s booming job market. This selective program is the first-of-its-kind for Masa, and is geared towards high-performing college graduates demonstrating a competitive
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Mensch-Marks: Life Lessons of a Human Rabbi by Joshua Hammerman; © 2018 Helth Communications, Inc.; ISBN 9780757-321771; 250 pages plus appendix, $14.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Rabbi Joshua Hammerman is the spiritual leader of Temple Beth El in Stamford, Connecticut, as well as a journalist whose column appeared regularly in the Jewish
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori STANFORD, California – The signature landmark on the Stanford University campus is the Hoover Tower, named for one of the students in its very first class, Herbert Hoover, who in 1929 would become the 31st President of the United States. Whereas today, admission to Stanford
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Nicolosi’s Italian Restaurant, 7005 Navajo Road, San Diego, California 92119 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — Recently we took a family trip to Nicolosi’s Italian Restaurant to celebrate my parents’ anniversary. We went at an off hour, so it was pretty slow, but they seemed to have a steady stream of customers coming through
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Can’t Start Passover without the Bread by Leba Lieder and Israel Drazin; © 2013; ISBN 9781481-995467; 30 pages, available via Amazon. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Our columnist, Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin, and his schoolteacher daughter Leba Lieder, created this storybook for children between the ages of 4 and 8. It is a
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO –In our Torah portion this week, Shemini, we read what is considered by the Talmud to be the epicenter of the Torah. According to the Talmud, if you count up all of the letters in the Torah, we find ourselves in this week’s Torah reading, on the Hebrew letter
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Jewish Religion, Travel and FoodPart I of IV: The Air Bridge (c) Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — The virulently anti-Israel movement known as Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions—BDS—is roiling through campuses, overflowing into city councils, encroaching into corporate boardrooms, and now chomping at the essence of Israel’s special niche in the world: its travel and tourism industry. Everywhere, the boycotters
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Edwin Black, International, Middle East, Travel and Food, USABy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Investing inherently involves risk. Even if you put everything into safe Treasury bills, you take on inflation risk. Investing in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, etc. means potentially taking on other risks such as market risk, tax risk, economic risk, single company risk, and more. When looking at how much
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Sheryl Rowling, Travel and Food
Bane Phonkeo, 110 47th Street, San Diego, California By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — My dad and I like to try out new foods, and especially new ethnic food. We’ve been trying to “eat around the world” and have been looking for restaurants that represent different countries. When it comes to Asian food, it’s easy to
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Sandi Masori, Travel and FoodBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Hollywood is catching up with my ”cli-fi” buzzword these days, if the popular TV show “Jeopardy” is any indication. Let me explain: On my cable TV set in Taiwan, where I can watch over 100 channels from around the world in over a dozen languages, I cannot get
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USABy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — When I come across an article which I find interesting, I want to share it with my readers. This column is based on the article “Ten Signs You Know What Matters” by Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D. (Psychology Today, September/October 2018); it was helpful to me and probably
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Republican Jewish Coalition denounces Clyburn’s comparison of Trump to Hitler The Republican Jewish Coalition responded to remarks Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) made to NBC News Tuesday, comparing Donald Trump’s presidency with Hitler’s rise to power. RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said: “Asked about today’s political environment, Rep. Clyburn drew parallels between President Trump and Adolf
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