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I-8 Jewish Travel: Young Israel of San Diego

October 1, 2015

-24th in a Series- Exit 9, Waring Road, San Diego ~ Young Israel of San Diego By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—“Rabbi” means “teacher” and Rabbi Chaim Hollander teaches Judaic Studies at Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood and at Young Israel of San Diego in the San Carlos neighborhood, […]

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

Which is worse — Iran or ISIS?

September 30, 2015

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — “Who was worse, Hitler or Stalin?” It isn’t a parlor game, but rather the historical equivalent of “ISIS or Iran (or proxy Syria)?” You can play it either way, but “a plague on both their houses” didn’t cut it in 1941, and doesn’t in 2015. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

Child abuse makes important novel hard to read

September 30, 2015

The Devil in Jerusalem by Naomi Ragen; St. Martin’s Press © 2015; ISBN 978-1-250-04313-9; 306 pages, $25.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This novel is well-written and suspenseful, yet exceedingly difficult to read. It is about child abuse with descriptions so graphic it will make almost any reader shudder or cringe. Author Naomi

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison

Never Again: Holocaust news of September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

The Holocaust legacy that packs a punch By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org Shot three times by the Nazis in Poland, Bernard Fleischer was down for the count. But just as he was about to be finished off, the German soldier’s gun froze. Assuming he’d die anyway, the soldier left Bernard in a barn. Bernard survived and later

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Jacob Kamaras, Sports & Competitions

A fond farewell to a genuine Raphael

September 30, 2015

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Three years ago, when I was looking for someone with whom I could converse in German, an acquaintance put me in touch with Margaret Raphael. After a brief telephone conversation I made my way to her home in one of Jerusalem’s established neighbourhoods, and we began a friendship

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Obituaries & memorials

Humoring the headlines: September 29, 2015

September 29, 2015

By Laurie Baron MARGATE, New Jersey‒ After his absence from television for fabricating stories about his role in the news he was reporting, Brian Williams covered the Pope’s visit to the United States for MSNBC. He did well until he reminisced about how he and the Pope smoked pot during his audience with Francis. *

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Amid chaos, ‘The War Reporter’ introspects

September 28, 2015

The War Reporter by Martin Fletcher; St. Martin’s Press © 2015; ISBN 978-1-250-07002-9; 306 pages, $25.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Set in Sarajevo (Bosnia) during the siege, and in Belgrade (Serbia) ten years afterwards, this novel tells of television journalist Tom Layne briefly encountering Serbian General Ratko Mladic near the former war-torn city and trying

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison

Why huts are going up in La Jolla, Del Mar

September 27, 2015

By Michael R. Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — Beginning on the evening of Sunday, September 27, 2015 until a week later, many people will leave the security, warmth, beauty and permanence of their large, expensive, well appointed, nicely manicured homes. They will retreat into a simple, sometimes wobbly, unpretentious temporary shelter, covered by nothing more than

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, San Diego County

I-8 Jewish travel: The reclusive bibliophile

September 24, 2015

–23rd in a series– Exit 9, Waring Road, San Diego ~ Benjamin Branch Library By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – At this point I still can’t tell whether the tale of the reclusive bibliophile who only came to the public’s attention after he died, very much alone, is a “Jewish story” or not.

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food

‘Let There Be Water’ relates how Israel got it

September 23, 2015

Let There Be Water by Seth M. Siegel; St. Martin’s Press; © 2015; ISBN: 978-1-250-07395; 337 pages including appendices, notes, bibliography and index, $27.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Most of Israel has an arid climate, and there is a paucity of water in the rivers that flow from the mountains in the

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East

An Israeli takes a tour of Jerusalem

September 23, 2015

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Under the auspices of The Zionist Council in Israel – Anglo Division, Michal and I and friends joined a group headed for Jerusalem for the Selichot prayers at the Kotel – the Western Wall. These are traditional penitential poems and prayers which are said in the period leading up

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Middle East, Steve Kramer

Houston, we have a religious problem

September 22, 2015

By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org HOUSTON, Texas — In a scheduling conflict of Abrahamic proportions, a Houston-based think tank is hosting George Mitchell—former U.S. senator from Maine and the Obama administration’s former envoy for Middle East peace—on both Jewish and Muslim holy days. “The Negotiator: Senator George Mitchell’s Adventures in Law and Politics” will be held from

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Jacob Kamaras, Jewish Religion, USA

Humoring the headlines: September 21, 2015

September 21, 2015

By Laurie Baron MARGATE, New Jersey‒ House Republicans are fighting against the renewal of Michelle Obama’s guidelines for federally supported school lunch programs because they violate the American right to life, liberty, and gluttony and the 2nd amendment guarantee to bear arms and body fat. * Donald Trump failed to repudiate a supporter who contended

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

We repent on Yom Kippur, and then what?

September 20, 2015

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — This high-holiday season may have been just the spark some needed to awaken – or re-awaken — their Jewish heritage. Still others remain in the midst of great spiritual strivings during the upcoming auspicious days of Succot and Simchat Torah. Wherever you are personally, no matter. What

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell

I-8 Jewish Travel: Young Israel of San Diego

Which is worse — Iran or ISIS?

Child abuse makes important novel hard to read

Never Again: Holocaust news of September 30, 2015

A fond farewell to a genuine Raphael

Humoring the headlines: September 29, 2015

Amid chaos, ‘The War Reporter’ introspects

Why huts are going up in La Jolla, Del Mar

I-8 Jewish travel: The reclusive bibliophile

‘Let There Be Water’ relates how Israel got it

An Israeli takes a tour of Jerusalem

Houston, we have a religious problem

Humoring the headlines: September 21, 2015

We repent on Yom Kippur, and then what?

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