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Chris Jennewein is the editor of the Times of San Diego with which San Diego Jewish World trades stories under auspices of the San Diego Online News Association.
A California Court of Appeal on Tuesday rejected without comment what is likely the last attempt to stop construction of a Jewish student center across from the UC San Diego Campus in La Jolla. [Chris Jennewein]
Appeals Court backs Hillel at UC San Diego Read More »
Chris Jennewein, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationCity and county officials announced Monday that the San Diego Convention Center will be used for three months to temporarily house unaccompanied immigrant minors amid a surge along the border. At the same time, local nonprofit organizations have stepped up to house families and individual adults in hotel rooms. [Chris Jennewein]
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Chris Jennewein, International, San Diego County, USAAfter four years of bending to President Trump’s every chaotic whim, the Republican Party finally located its spine on New Year’s Day in 2021. The Republican-controlled Senate’s 80-13 vote to overturn Trump’s veto of the carefully negotiated, bipartisan annual defense bill was a sign that the party of Abraham Lincoln — at last — realized that conscientious government is more important that a lame-duck president’s fragile ego. [Chris Jennewein, Times of San Diego]
OpEd: Senate Republicans Finally Find Their Spines Read More »
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In today’s column, I would like to share with you current editions of websites that I routinely visit as I familiarize myself with Jewish news from around the world. If you have the time and inclination, I’m certain that the hard-working staffs who publish these websites would very much welcome your readership and support, as, of course, do I. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Chris Jennewein, Donald H. Harrison, Joe Gandelman, Ken Stone, Michael Ordman, Miriam RafteryTimes of San Diego isn’t Uber, or Lyft or DoorDash. But like those multi-billion-dollar companies, it will be severely impacted by Assembly Bill 5, the controversial legislation that will make most independent contractors become traditional shift employees.
Times of San Diego: Collateral Damage for AB5? Read More »
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Sara Jacobs, who narrowly lost a bid for Congress in the 49th District last year, announced Saturday her candidacy for the 53rd District seat held by retiring Rep. Susan Davis.
“This is an all-hands-on-deck time,” Jacobs said in an email to supporters. “Our country is at a defining moment, and I believe it’s more important than ever to have representatives who understand the federal government, can repair what’s been broken by the Trump Administration and years of dysfunction in Washington, and who have a forward-looking vision for a more equitable future.”
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Chris Jennewein, San Diego County, USABy Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — San Diego’s celebration of its 250th anniversary this week was a welcome reminder that what brings Americans together in 2019 is stronger that what divides us. While Washington was reeling from President Trump’s suggestion that four Congresswomen from immigrant families to “go back” to the
250th celebration based on enduring American values Read More »
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By Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Poway of Chabad Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who was injured during Saturday’s anti-Semitic attack, appeared with President Trump in Washington Thursday at the National Day of Prayer. “My life has changed forever, but it changed so I could make change,” Goldstein said at the White
Trump honors Chabad of Poway at White House Read More »
Chris Jennewein, San Diego County, USABy Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO –San Diego State University President Elliot Hirshman announced Wednesday he has accepted the presidency of Stevenson University in Maryland. His last day at SDSU will be June 30. Hirshman has served as the president of SDSU since 2011. “The last six years have been the most extraordinary
SDSU President Hirshman to leave for Stevenson U Read More »
Chris Jennewein, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — The San Diego parent of an American killed during the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, is suing Hillary Clinton over the incident. The conservative advocacy group Freedom Watch filed the suit Monday in Washington on behalf of Patricia Smith of San Diego, whose son Sean Smith was a State Department
Patricia Smith sues Clinton for son’s death in Libya Read More »
Chris Jennewein, Middle East, USABy Chris Jennewein SAN DIEGO — Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump wasn’t drafted during the Vietnam War because of a series of student deferments and then a diagnosis of bone spurs in his heels. In another American war, nearly four decades later, Army Capt. Humayun Khan died when a taxi driven by a suicide bomber exploded
Trump and Khan: Two different views of America Read More »
Chris Jennewein, International, USABy Chris Jennewein SAN DIEGO — God is in the details, and that includes the hellish enterprise of waging war. You wouldn’t know it from the Republican political rhetoric, but for 771 days through Tuesday, a largely American air armada has been pummeling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, better known as ISIS. Navy jets
ISIS is being pummeled on a daily basis Read More »
Chris Jennewein, Middle East, San Diego County, USABy Chris Jennewein SAN DIEGO –The party that ended slavery and won the Civil War a century and a half ago is having a difficult year nationally. As presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump attacks Mexican immigrants, re-tweets white supremist memes and slams the business community, the traditional Republican coalition is reeling. In San Diego, Kevin
San Diego mayor shows GOP an inclusive way Read More »
Chris Jennewein, International, San Diego County, USABy Ken Stone, Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Score one for Twitter over Facebook — and for Rep. Scott Peters over a blackout of House history. The San Diego Democrat, who turned 58 on Friday, turned to a pair of twentysomething press aides to be the first and primary broadcaster Wednesday of an unprecedented Democratic
How Scott Peters Foiled Blackout of House Sit-In Read More »
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