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I-8 Jewish travel: The unlikely political duo

-Ninth in a Series- Exit 3, Taylor Street, San Diego — Robinson-Rose House, Old Town San Diego State Historic Park SAN DIEGO –The visitor information center on the plaza of Old Town San Diego State Historic Park is located within the two-story Robinson-Rose House, named for attorney James W. Robinson and businessman Louis Rose. Robinson lived in […]

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

Obama helps Iran control Iraq, Syria, Lebanon

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — “Strategy” is the summer watchword in Washington — strategy for handling ISIS, strategy for Syria, strategy for Middle East peace. The President says, “We don’t have, yet, a complete strategy” for ISIS, but presumably one will emerge. In this atmosphere, the debate over sending more American troops to Iraq, and

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

At the very least, U.S. should encrypt sensitive data

By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –While most people were watching the debate over the NSA’s “metadata” collection program, a potentially more serious event occurred. Under the rules of metadata, personal information, including the contents of phone calls, is inaccessible; only the general outlines of phone numbers and duration are available. That, one

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International, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USA

I-8 Jewish Travel: CalTrans District 11

-Eighth in a series- Exit 3: Taylor Street, San Diego — Wadie P. Deddeh State Office Building SAN DIEGO — No, Wadie P. Deddeh isn’t Jewish.  He’s an Iraqi Christian, whose success in San Diego County rising from a professor at Southwestern Community College to a state Assemblyman and eventually to a state Senator was

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

France, U.S. horse- trading over Israel’s security?

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes, if you smash two stories together, you end up with something interesting; sometimes you get something worrisome. This is one of the latter. The first story is about France, a member of the P5+1 negotiating a deal with Iran on nuclear capabilities. The French government has expressed increasing

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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

‘Growing Greatness’ Gala focused on students, food

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The theme of Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School (SSDHDS)’s 52nd fundraising gala on Sunday, June 7, was “Growing Greatness” and what better venue to stage it than at the Hall of Champions in Balboa Park, a sports museum conceived and implemented by the late Bob Breitbard, who

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Marcia Tatz Wollner, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, The World We Share