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Scholar’s spiritual journey to Judaism began in Vatican

By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – A doctoral student in religious anthropology told the Fletcher Hills Kiwanis Club on Saturday morning, Oct. 24, that her spiritual journey, which included conversion to Judaism, began one morning on a high school trip from San Diego County to St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City. Jenn Lindsay, […]

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food

Hadassah learns about heart healthy lifestyles

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Hadassah’s heart-health event on October 18th began with a brisk walk, led by Suki Lurie, along a canyon across from the Prybs Cardiovascular Center, near where “Girlfriends Take Heart!’ took place.   The walkers returned to enjoy a heart- healthy breakfast, catered by Felicia G. This was followed by welcoming

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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Children’s story prepares them for December dilemma

Dear Santa, Love, Rachel Rosenstein by Amanda Peet and Andrea Troyer, illustrated by Christine Davenier, Doubleday, © 2015, 32 pages of text; ISBN 978-0-553-51061-4; $17.99/ By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – It’s coming b-a-a-a-ck. The December dilemma. That’s when American Jewish kids want to be like the other kids and celebrate Christmas. In this

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, USA

Challah making draws hundreds for Shabbat San Diego

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – No doubt about it, the Jewish community of San Diego made a lot of dough Thursday night, Oct. 22. And community members will bake it into challot (challahs) in time to serve them with Friday night Shabbat dinners throughout the county. It was all part of the Shabbat

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, San Diego County

Mahler’s love of nature inspires Jerusalem Symphony

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — No end of composers have been inspired by nature, and have gone on to inspire countless audiences in turn. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, and the French nineteenth century composers are just a few examples of this. But the composer whose music is above all the embodiment of

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

I-8 Jewish travel: Center keeps minds, bodies alert

-27th in a Series– Exit 10, College Avenue, JFS College Avenue Older Adult Center By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Older adults who seek a low-cost meal plus both intellectual and physical stimulation often drop by the College Avenue Older Adult Center operated by Jewish Family Service in space rented from Temple Emanu-El at 6299 Capri

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

The real reason Arabs are killing Jews

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — There is carnage in the streets of Jerusalem and throughout Israel. The Arabs who call themselves Palestinians, primarily ones who are “millennials,” are responding to the relentless incitement of “President” Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority: a lifetime of brainwashing in schools, on TV,  in the mosques and

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Middle East, Steve Kramer