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Somedays I Can’t Humor the Headlines By Laurie Baron The Rapist: With Apologies to Edgar Allan Poe and Christine Blasey Ford Once upon a high-school party, stalking girls who might be tarty, They selected one who came upstairs and jumped her on the second floor. He held her down, though quite drunken, on a mattress […]
Humoring the headlines: September 27, 2018 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, USA
By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – While the pro-Israel lobby does its work through public testimony, private meetings with members of Congress, and by making reportable contributions to the campaigns of candidates who support Israel, the opposing Arab lobby goes about its business in other, more subtle, ways, says Mitchell Bard, author of
Author tells SWU of workings of the ‘Arab Lobby’ Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USA
Editor’s Note: This is the 30th 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:
Tales of two cruise directors Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (SDJW) — This city has been commemorating the 40th anniversary of the midair collision between a private plane and a Pacific Southwest Airlines flight on Sept. 25, 1978 that resulted in the deaths of 142 people in the air and on the ground. The late Hal Wingard, husband of our music reviewer Eileen
Hal Wingard song recalls San Diego air tragedy Read More »
Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Travel and Food
German court dismisses appeal against Kuwaiti Airways discriminatory policy A German court in Frankfurt on Tuesday rejected an appeal by an Israeli passenger barred from boarding a Kuwait Airways flight because of the airline’s strict policy of banning all Israelis. The case had been brought by the Israeli, represented by The Lawfare Project, after he
Editor’s E-Mail Box: September 25, 2018 (4 items) Read More »
International, Lawrence Baron, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food
By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — “He paints the soul, not just an image.” So begins the new documentary by PBS, featuring the life and work of Andrew Wyeth, and introducing viewers to one America’s great twentieth century painters – an artist whose work appealed to critics and audiences alike, an artist who spoke in
Revisiting Andrew Wyeth, American painter Read More »
Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The Joyce Forum Short Film Festival is triply new. It will screen on October 6th and 7th at the David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre of the Lawrence Family JCC separately from the San Diego Jewish Film Festival becoming the first Jewish shorts film festival in the world. As the
Joyce Forum Short Film Festival’s special joys Read More »
Lawrence Baron, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Dana Milbank, an American author and political op-ed columnist for The Washington Post, has horrified me by his latest article for his newspaper: “America’s Jews are watching Israel in horror” (washingtonpost.com 9/21/18) There’s been much talk about American Jews pulling away from Israel, which has undeniably occurred as
Are American Jews really horrified about Israel? Read More »
Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA
By Jerry Klinger GLENDALE, Oregon — Historic markers are simple things. Some are a few words. Some are longer. Some are so long few read beyond the first line, if at all. Every marker is a story. They are the stories of people, like you and me, who dreamed dreams, lived hopes, made choices,
Glendale, Oregon, remembers its Jewish colony Read More »
Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USA
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Brett Kavanaugh conferred with White House advisers on how to deny the charge of attempted rape. They presented him with a number of alibis employed by powerful men in similar situations and counseled him to choose one and adapt it to his circumstances. * Bill Clinton: “I did not try to
Humoring the headlines: September 22, 2018 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Scaffolding, a Hebrew-language film with English subtitles, is a story of Asher (Asher Lax), a troubled 12th grade student, whose temper gets him in trouble with teachers, administrators, and other students alike. Asher has no respect for boundaries, nevertheless he has about him an innate sense of justice.
Scaffolding movie constructs troubled youth’s story Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — So, this is the moment I’ve been waiting for. My new book is out. Hooray! So far it’s only available as an ebook, but the paperback version is in the pipeline and will be available soon, I hope. It’s taken about two years to write, which is almost
Dorothea’s book: ‘All Quiet on the Midwestern Plains’ Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Eitan Weiss, deputy chief of mission for the Israel Consulate General in Los Angeles, said during a lunch-time interview here on Thursday that Israel’s Palestinian opponents neither want peace nor have any regard for the truth. Those pushing BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) against Israel “have no problems
Israeli diplomat: Truth, peace under Palestinian attack Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
Intelligent Lives, a documentary by Dan Habib, scheduled for release September 21. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Intelligent Lives, a documentary by Dan Habib about the high potential of people with mental disabilities, is scheduled for New York City release Sept. 21 and around the country thereafter. Narrated by Chris Cooper, whose son
‘Intelligent Lives’ tracks 3 adults with mental disabilities Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA