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By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — There is a possibility that Israel, alone, might have to interdict Iran’s atomic weapons project. However, a distinguished expert on Iran at Tel Aviv University thinks that is unlikely. I heard Professor Litvak at the monthly lecture sponsored by the English Speaking Friends of TAU. Meir Litvak is […]
Being on nuclear verge may suit Iran’s political goals Read More »
Middle East, Steve Kramer
By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – With a steady drumbeat on the buzzer and an apparent photographic memory for every little fact in Siddhartha Mukherjee’s book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, James Dohleman led his UCSD team to a runaway victory in a three-way contest against Pt. Loma Nazarene
UCSD team wins ‘Jeopardy’ competition at Grossmont Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
The Lion’s Gate; On the Front Lines of the Six Day War by Steven Pressfield; Sentinel/ Penguin, (c) 2014. ISBN 978-1-59523-091-1, 430 pages including index and bibliography, $29.95. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — ‘The Lion’s Gate’ is a fascinating attempt to present the events before and during the Six Day War of June 1967,
Narratives recapture the chaos, pride of Six Day War Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Anyone who has flown to Israel has experienced the tough, pointed questioning that Israeli security officers will ask tourists about why they are going to Israel, who they are going to see, what their business is, and so forth. The questioning is intense, blunt, and intended to screen out anyone
Israel and U.S. tussle over tourist visas Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-A teenage boy from San Jose stowed away in the wheel-well of a Hawaiian Airline jet flying to Maui and survived. When asked why he did this, he replied that there was more legroom there than in the economy seats. Since he nearly died from hypothermia and lack of oxygen, Hawaiian
Humoring the Headlines: April 22, 2014 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Two members of the Jewish community are seeking election as California Superior Court judges in the June 3 election. Carla Keehn, a federal prosecutor, is opposing Judge Lisa Schall for Office No. 20, while Brad A. Weinreb, a California deputy attorney general, is seeking to prevail in a three-candidate race
2 Jewish community members seek election as judges Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The shakeup at Manischewitz continues. To maximize profits, its new owner, a subsidiary of Bane Capital, has decided to produce Yom Kippur foods targeted at Jews who eat on the Day of Atonement. The company is still debating whether this line of products will be called Half Fast or Not So
Humoring the Headlines: April 18, 2014 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Ben Kamin, Dangerous Friendship: Stanley Levison, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Kennedy Brothers, Michigan State University Press, © 2014, ISBN 978-1-61186-131-0, 256 pages including bibliography, notes and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Martin Luther King Jr. had as a trusted aide a millionaire friend, who was an attorney and a successful real estate
Book tells of Martin Luther King’s best white friend Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Michael Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — My car has a world-class GPS system in it. It’s a genuine, high-tech, (the kind I need our 13-year-old to explain), sure-to-get-me-where-I-want-to-go virtual assistant that guides me in my travels. Only problem is, I said I wanted to get to “happiness,” and it was stymied. Some GPS system
A personal GPS system for life Read More »
Michael MantellBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is tempting to simply list all the ways the Obama administration — particularly Secretaries Kerry and Hagel — has been wrong on foreign and defense policy. After all, Russia/Ukraine, Syria, Iran, China, and Israel/Palestinians are nothing to sneeze at. But finding a common thread among the mistakes might
Hubris is reason for U.S. foreign policy failures Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — One of the most important feminists fighting for women’s rights in the Islamic world is a woman named Ayaan Hirsi Ali. This remarkable woman was born in Somalia where she was raised as a Muslim. She spent her youth and young adulthood in Africa and Saudi
Brandeis was wrong to cancel Ali’s honor Read More »
Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Yishai and Ilana are students at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, but they weren’t visiting San Diego County in that capacity earlier this week. They came as two former active-duty 1st lieutenants of the Israel Defense Forces, and, as such, could be identified only by their first
IDF soldiers have highs and lows on SDSU visit Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –Returning from a four-week jaunt across the USA in which we visited six cities and met countless relatives and friends – both old and new – it took no time at all to get used to the pace of life in Israel. That may be due in part to
An Israeli tourist’s reflections on America Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The Manischewitz Company announced this week that it has been sold to Sankaty Advisors, a subsidiary of Bain Capital. Sankaty plans to outsource the production of matzo to Third World countries with hot climates. Following the Passover tradition, slave laborers will carry the flattened matzo dough on their backs to bake
Humoring the headlines: April 11, 2014 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire