Brew Coffee Spot, 6101 Lake Murray Blvd , San Diego, California 91942 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — After much back and forth as to where we should meet, a book publishing client and I ended up at the Brew Coffee Spot. This was my first time there, and I was utterly charmed. The space is […]
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and Food
By Jerry Klinger CHENEY, Washington — The Great Drum was rhythmically beaten by ten Native American Salish Singers seated about it. Their Song drifted over the Palouse Prairie as it had before for untold years. Hundreds gathered on the high ridge above Eastern Washington University, below the white colored water tower with the school’s
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USA
POWAY, California (SDJW)– Brian Spongberg, whose family owns the Wendy’s franchise at 10536 Crafsman Way in San Diego, was at his restaurant April 27 when he learned of the shooting that day at the Chabad of Poway. Deeply saddened, “I got in touch with Rabbi Goldstein and came up with this idea to raise
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San Diego County, Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Tifereth Israel Synagogue celebrated Yom Ha’atzma’ut, Israeli independence day, on Thursday night, May 9, with songs, four American perspectives on Israel, and the kind of dairy dinner you might be served in Tel Aviv. Oscar and Olga Worm own Bekker’s Catering, which typically serves non-kosher food. But the
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I have had the privilege over the years of interviewing many Survivors about their experiences during the Holocaust. After doing a number of these interviews, I noticed a pattern. When they were recounting for me all the horrible things that had happened to them and their families
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Donald H. Harrison, International, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
Himalayan Curry and Grill, 10330 Friars Rd. #104, San Diego, California 92120 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — As part of our “Eat around the world” program, my dad and I dropped by Himalayan Curry and Grill, a cute little Indian, Nepalese and Tibetan restaurant. I have to admit, I’m not sure what the difference is
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and Food
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Politics isn’t going anywhere for several more weeks. Officials are busy with the ceremonies for Holocaust Memorial Day, then Memorial Day, and Independence Day. And meanwhile, the various parties likely to be in the government coalition are making extraordinary demands. Those may be whittled down as Bibi reaches the four
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Middle East, Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — You who are still reasonably young, how do you picture yourself in old age, like in your 80s, 90s, or even at 100? Do you see yourself as a tottering old person, disabled and dependent on others, or do you picture yourself as dispensing sought-after wisdom, adventurous,
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food