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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Students at San Diego State University and a representative of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) evidently feel that a strong offense is a good defense. On Wednesday, May 4, at a campus news conference reported on local television, they called for the resignation of SDSU’s President Elliot Hirshman because […]
Editorial: Chutzpah at SDSU Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Now that we are well and truly entrenched in the digital age it comes as no surprise to find that this has been adopted and adapted to its own ends by the community of Jews originally from German-speaking lands, otherwise known as Yekkes. Ever since I joined Facebook
Social networking among far- flung German Jews Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO -If you’re old enough to remember Virginia Slims cigarettes, then “Rapture, Blister, Burn” will be a great blast from the past. Clearly, playwright, Gina Gionfriddo, did her homework, and delivers a well-researched, detailed time line of the Feminist Movement. It is no surprise that she was awarded the Susan Smith Blackburn
Play offers a debate between a feminist and a homemaker Read More »
Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – After meeting with some of the students who blocked the campus police car in which he was a passenger for approximately two hours last week, SDSU President Elliot Hirshman, who is Jewish, and others issued a statement on Monday abhorring Islamophobia but not mentioning anti-Semitism. As reported in Tuesday’s
SDSU anti- bigotry statement omits anti- Semitism Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Laurie Baron FALMOUTH, United Kingdom -Ted Cruz named Carly Fiorina his running mate because she is even more unlikable than him. After he introduced her at a rally, he did not notice when she fell off the stage replicating the response of most Americans when she withdrew from the presidential race earlier this year.
Humoring the headlines: May 3, 2016 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO –If you had a chance to dine with celebrities and bigwigs, would you feel delighted, intimidated … or both? This was a once in a lifetime opportunity offered to Eric Hanes, the late father of Dr. Ann Charlotte Harvey, Professor Emerita of SDSU’s School of Theatre, Television and Film.
Suppose you were invited to dine with Marlene Dietrich Read More »
Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Donald Trump’s name was associated with a problem that attracted the attention of the Israeli police last month. What happened? A. Thousands of pounds of Trump Steaks were seized because they were stamped as kosher but they did not actually have kosher certification. B. A local bottled
Jewish Triva Quiz: Trump products Read More »
Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor Masori LA JOLLA, California – The Six Million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, along with five million other people deemed undesirable by the Nazis, are so hard to conceptualize. Artists and teachers have struggled to represent the Six Million in concrete terms; for example, Six Million tiny squares;
Butterflies, stones, candles help mourn Shoah victims Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – If you didn’t have the chance to watch the John Goldschmidt comedy film Dough at the San Diego Jewish Film Festival in February, you will have another chance when the film begins an exclusive run at the Landmark Theatre May 6. It’s an enjoyable tale about an old Jewish
‘Dough’ bakes up some laughs Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE — The ESRA organization for English speakers (esra.org.il) had a beautiful hike in Ramat (hills of) Menashe during the intermediate days of Passover. This is one of the two regions of the Land of Israel in which the ancient tribe of Menashe resided. (The other area is located in the
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Middle East, Steve Kramer
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Fifteen years after their liberation from Auschwitz, three female survivors have found each other and decide to celebrate their reunion at the French beach resort of Berck-sur-mer, in To Life, a film by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann. Although the women want to simply enjoy the moments, their repressed memories from
Survivors reunite, deal with memories in ‘To Life’ Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –As I weigh the rhetoric of the U.S. presidential election, I find that Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on the right and Bernie Sanders on the left understand that Americans who grew up on the notion that “the United States is the greatest country in the world” have become
Support candidates who unite, not divide Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, USA
-54th in a series– Exit 22, Los Coches Road, Lakeside, California ~ Historic Lakeside By Donald H. Harrison LAKESIDE, California— Los Coches Road translates from Spanish to “The Cars Road” which makes one wonder if, perhaps, somewhere nearby there is “The Trucks Road” or “The Bicycles Road” or yet another road for some other form of
I-8 Jewish Travel: Klauber was a Lakeside legend Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and FoodBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — The Playwrights Project has once again proved that it does not shy away from weighty or unpopular topics. “I’M GOOD: Incarcerated Men Getting Over Obstacles Daily,” is the collaborative effort of the playwrights of the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility. Partnering with the SDSU School of Theater, Television and Film,
Playwrights Project tells stories in prisoners’ words Read More »
Eric George Tauber, Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & Broadcast