AAA-Writers and photographers

Below are the names of writers who are currently active.  For others, living and deceased, please type their name into the search box above the masthead on our home page, www.sdjewishworld.com

Abayudaya tells of journey in behalf of his fellow Jews

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Some day Armstrong Gidongo will be an airplane pilot, but it’s debatable whether he will ever experience as exciting a trip as the eight-month solo journey that he took  as a boy, not yet 18, from his impoverished village of Navugoya, Uganda, to Israel, where he hoped

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

San Diego teacher returns from pioneer’s hometown in Germany; school exchange celebrates Louis Rose

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—At a student assembly in the Grundschule (Elementary School) of Neuhaus an der Oste, Germany, the town’s Mayor Georg Martens proudly received a copy of a proclamation signed by San Diego’s Mayor Kevin Faulconer celebrating the “sister” relationship between the school which Martens was visiting and the Cabrillo Elementary School

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

Rescue Tape ad demeans women, promotes violence

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Disgusting! As occasionally happens, one day last week I found myself trailing behind my husband as he undertook several missions involving the purchase of equipment connected with repairs to the house and improvements in the garden. Thus it was that I found myself looking around in an admittedly

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East

Humoring the Headlines: June 13, 2014

  By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―A California Superior Court ruled that tenure for public school teachers is illegal because it denies students access to quality education by guaranteeing tenured teachers their positions despite their teaching records. Will federal judges recuse themselves from hearing subsequent appeals of the case because they all hold lifetime appointments? *

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

San Diego County Jewish deaths: June 10, 2014

SAN DIEGO (SDJW)–The following death notifications have been received by San Diego Jewish World.   More information may be obtained from the cited sources.  We offer condolences to the families and friends of the deceased. Bill “Papa” Brunelle, an active member of the Jewish community, has died, it was announced by Chadad at La Costa

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San Diego County, Yeruchem Eilfort-Rabbi

‘Motherhood’ book unappealing for secular readers

Tzippora Price, Mother in Action: Exploring the Inner World of Motherhood, Menucha Publishers, ISBN 97816145130-7, 133 pages. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — First of all, the title is a misnomer, as the first part of the book is concerned with the author’s personal journey from college student in the USA to devout Jewess

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education