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By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California –My 13-year-old grandson, Shor, and I went on a dramatic psychedelic trip on Thursday evening, May 8—not self-induced, but rather one devised by Madge Miller and directed by Jerry Hager, the theatre arts professor and former Seaport Village mime. Hager took Miller’s adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s story […]
A trippy ‘Alice’ now playing at Grossmont College Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
Jacqueline Semha Gmach (with Hillary Selese Liber), From Bomboloni to Bagel: A Story of Two Worlds, Gefen Publishing House © 2014, ISBN 978-965-229-641-2, 288 pages including glossary and epilogue. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –This is a difficult, shockingly honest book, by the woman who helped to engineer, and who perhaps even personifies, San
Tunisian-born Jackie Gmach shares her American torment Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The flight of a U-2 spy plane over Los Angeles snarled air traffic over Southern California by confusing the FAA’s computer systems. Everyone is concerned that it caused many commercial flight delays, but no one seems concerned that the Air Force is conducting spy flights over the United States? * Russia
Humoring the headlines: May 6, 2014 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — This week, Israel is celebrating its 66th year of independence as the Jewish State. The accomplishments of Israelis throughout this period and in the years leading up to Israel’s independence are unequaled. What other nation has achieved its freedom despite being surrounded by countries unalterably opposed to its
A check-up for Israel on its 66th birthday Read More »
Middle East, Steve Kramer
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Why do Palestinians seem to get better press than Israelis in Western media? Journalistic bias is only part of the answer, Amotz Eyal, the founder of the Tazpit News Agency of Israel, told a gathering Sunday night, May 4, at Beth Jacob Congregation. In a slide and video presentation, Eyal
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — My students are half my age, so it’s not every day that I’m called “Sonny.” But what do you expect from a show called Old Jews Telling Jokes? There was the usual bickering, kvetching and “How the hell should I know where our seats are? You
Sometimes it’s kosher for a Jew to be a ham Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — “What makes you happy?” A recent survey in England asked people that question and, after obtaining thousands of replies and running the various statistical analyses, came up with the result that on the whole people are happier after the age of 55 than when they were younger. Various explanations
The little things that provide so much happiness Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, Calidfornia — Jewish tradition has long taught that if God had not given the Ten Commandments, man would have had to learn ethics from nature. Obviously, some animals exhibit cruel behavior, but many higher animals show a profound ethical regard for their species and sometimes even other species!
Empathy of animals and moral imperatives of man Read More »
Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, The World We Share
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Carine Chitayat, the founder and CEO of the Adopt a Family Foundation stood in the main foyer of the Museum of Photographic Arts, where there were gathered numerous San Diego County residents whose hearts have gone out to the families of southern Israel who endure rocket attacks
Emotional fundraiser supports terror victims in Israel Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego CountyBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Now that he has been banned from NBA Basketball, Donald Sterling is looking into a new line of work. ESPN reportedly has rejected his proposal for a new program in which he would interview only white NBA players. * Senate Republicans blocked an attempt to vote on raising the minimum wage,
Humoring the Headlines: May 2, 2014 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Former IDF Lt. Hen Mazzig, who coordinates Israel advocacy for StandWithUs’s Pacific Northwest Chapter on 15 college campuses in and around Seattle, Washington, says the American Jewish community may be too focused on interacting with present-day elites, while pro-Palestinian advocates are building a constituency among the college
Israel advocate says pro- Palestinians excel on campuses Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — David Siegel, Israel’s Consul-General in Los Angeles, said Thursday, May 1, that his government is still hopeful that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority “will reevaluate their position and come back to the negotiating table and move away from Hamas.” While the “ball is in
A Shepherd’s Song: Psalm 23 and the Shepherd Metaphor in Jewish Thought by Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel, Kodesh Press, New York, NY; ISBN 978-0-61599-132-0 ©2014, $22.95, p. 360, plus Notes and Index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Psalm 23 is arguably the most well known of the one hundred fifty psalms. Its opening
‘A Shepherd’s Song’ analyzes Psalm 23’s metaphor Read More »
Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
By Steve Kramer TEL AVIV — Did you know that metropolitan Tel Aviv has a park that is bigger than New York’s Central Park? Or, that the park’s most unique feature is a mountain of trash? That’s what you’ll find at recently opened Ariel Sharon Park, almost 2,000 acres of reclaimed land, located in Israel’s
Israel boasts a beautiful park carved from trash Read More »
Middle East, Steve Kramer, The World We Share, Travel and Food