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By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The BDS movement is a matter of great concern for Israelis. It grew from the misnamed and UN-sponsored “World Conference against Racism,” held in Durban, South Africa in 2001. This NGO hatefest against Israel developed the strategy to use “soft power” against Israel, perhaps because numerous military actions […]
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — One of my favorite concepts in logic is the reductio ad absurdum (Latin: “reduction to the absurd”) argument, which is a logical method of argument that proves the falsity of a premise by following its implications to a logical but absurd conclusion. The latest news regards the nullification
Conversion by Rabbi Lookstein should be honored Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Although Bernie Sanders finally endorsed Hillary Clinton, some of Bernie’s diehard supporters say they will vote for Trump rather than Clinton. My advice to them: after you have felt the Bern; you’re far safer feeling the lukewarm than playing with fire. * Next week’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland will
Humoring the Headlines: July 14, 2016 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
-65th in a Series- Exit 54, Kitchen Creek Road, Cleveland National Forest, California By Donald H. Harrison CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST, California – The Pacific Crest Trail intersects with Kitchen Creek Road about 30 miles from where the trail begins on the U.S.-Mexican border and about 2,620 miles from where it ends on the U.S-Canada border.
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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Life is full of strange coincidences. I first encountered the story of Charlotte Salomon about twenty years ago, when an exhibition of her work, a series of paintings with captions describing her life and entitled Life? Or Theatre? was held at the Royal Academy in London. It made
Artist Charlotte Salomon’s life told in free verse Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish History
By Jerry Klinger July 18, 1947, in international waters off the coast of Sinai, a shadowing British battle fleet attacked an unarmed American Chesapeake Bay steamer, the President Warfield. They had been shadowing the lumbering vessel since she left Sete in France. A warning to stop and submit to boarding came from the light cruiser
In memory of a fallen hero from Exodus-47 Read More »
Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, USA
How to Hang A Witch by Adriana Mather; Alfred A. Knopf; © 2016; ISBN 978055-3539479; 358 pages including author’s notes; $17.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Adriana Mather is the author and Samantha Mather is the fictional protagonist of this mystery-romance-supernatural novel for young adults that draws upon the Salem Witch Trials for
Detective, romance story based on Salem Witch Trials Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration has announced that it will not cut the U.S. troop deployment in Afghanistan to 5,000 as planned, but will leave 8,400 soldiers to support the Afghan government in its fight against the Taliban. President Obama said, “Compared to the 100,000 troops we once had there, today, fewer
What is rationale for U.S. troops now abroad? Read More »
International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ In the wake of a series of mass shootings in the United States, the governments of Bahrain, the Bahamas, and United Arab Emirates have issued advisories to their citizens about the dangers of traveling in the United States. The NRA considers this a great achievement. * Donald Trump denounced the
Humoring the headlines: July 10, 2016 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Days of Awe by Lauren Fox; Penguin Random House Vantage Books: © 2015; ISBN 978030-7388278; 256 pages; $16 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Isabelle’s life is ruined after her best friend and fellow school teacher, Josie, died when her car plunged off an icy road. She was so devastated by the loss that her marriage
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Reformations are good for the soul. They keep the religious leaders and faiths in check. In the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century, people began to read the Bible critically for the first time without having the local priest spoon-feed it to them while they sat on
U.S. government should welcome Islamic reformers Read More »
International, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Do you remember what Stuxnet is? In 2010 a computer worm caused 2,000 centrifuges to malfunction at the Natanz nuclear enrichment plant in Iran. Officials in Israel and the United States denied responsibility for the sabotage, but hoped it would set back Iran’s nuclear program. When it spread to computers
The Wandering Review: ‘Zero Days’ Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
-64th in a Series- Exit 51 Buckman Springs Road, Pine Valley~Gaskill Brothers Stone Store, Campo By Donald H. Harrison CAMPO, California – During the 1870s, the San Diego mercantile firm owned by Abraham Klauber and Samuel Steiner supplied groceries and dry goods to general stores all over Southern California and Northern Baja California. One of
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and FoodBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─The FBI report on Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information on her private email server has reinforced the perception that she is less trustworthy than Donald Trump. Spun another way, she should be compared to a veteran physician who has been unsuccessfully sued for malpractice during the course of a long
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire