By Natasha Josefowitz LA JOLLA, California — I was recently asked to speak at a “Women in Leadership” symposium at the University Club as part of a panel organized by the Executive Women’s Council. I found the questions thought-provoking, and so I am sharing some of them here along with my responses. What does leadership […]
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food
Editor’s Note: This is the 29th 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, 13, 14, 15,
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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food
Editor’s Note: This is the 28th 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, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodPlease click here to hear Cantor Merel sing the Avinu Malkaynu, and click here to see Barbra Streisand’s version, sung at a ceremony in Israel honoring Shimon Peres, z”l, on his 90th birthday. By Sheldon Foster Merel ENCINITAS, California — Barbra Streisand’s CD , Higher Ground was released in 1997, and included the Hebrew song, Avinu
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Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — When the Dalai Lama was asked whether he believes in the power of positive thinking, he replied: “I believe in the quiet mind!” That struck a chord within the cacophony of racing thoughts in my very unquiet mind. The quiet mind does not fit in the culture
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — As ever, returning to Israel after two months of absence is something of a culture shock, particularly when it comes to driving a car. One is reminded with alarm that rules are no longer rules, the word ‘courtesy’ does not exist in the Hebrew language, and the overall feeling
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food
Editor’s Note: This is the 27th 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, 12,13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and Food
ATLANTA, Georgia (Press Release) — The Atlanta-based Center for Israel Education (israeled.org) and the Emory Institute for the Study of Modern Israel invite Jewish 10th- and 11th-graders to apply to attend the Teen Israel Leadership Institute during the weekend of Oct. 26 to 28. The institute will feature a series of learning activities to
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Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food
By Oliver B. Pollak BURBANK, California — We have a spate of 75th birthday parties this year. We went to a surprise party for Judy Crassweller, Karen’s cousin on her father’s side. It was a Goldstein reunion. Judy emigrated with their parents in 1955 from Winnipeg to Southern California. She now lives in a “mother
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Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food
By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California. — The New York Times Book Review section used to carry “Author Queries” where working researchers and authors would reach out to readers for information. This use of the press has served well. I am now working on a project that will be based on evidence standing on reader’s
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food
Editor’s Note: This is the 26th 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, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and FoodBy Melanie Ruth Gorelick and Tammy Gilden NEW YORK — Last week, we traveled to both San Diego and Tijuana to learn firsthand about our nation’s immigration crisis as part of a Jewish Leadership Border Mission, led by HIAS and ADL. Participants on the mission met with the Mexican Consul General, immigration lawyers and advocates,
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International, Travel and Food, USA
Congressional Gold Medal honors memory of Anwar Sadat’s peace-making with Israel History was made in the US Senate when it unanimously passed a bill to honor former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat with the Congressional Gold Medal. S.266 is a bill, co-sponsored by 71 Senators, is a bipartisan legislation that was introduced by Senator Orrin Hatch
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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA