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San Diego Jewish World editor Donald H. Harrison has returned to San Diego from a round-trip cruise to Hawaii. This is the seventh article in a series about that trip. By Donald H. Harrison HALIIMAILE, Maui, Hawaii — This rural area of Maui is where they grow and pack Maui Gold Pineapple, so […]
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Donald H. Harrison-Third in a series– The Gaon of Vilna and His Messianic Vision. By Arie Morgenstern, Translated by Naftali Greenwood. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House, 2012, Pp. xiii + 446; plates. Cloth, $29.95. I would give this book 4 stars! By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — When I received Morgenstern’s book, The Gaon of Vilna and His
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Most modern Jews have considerable difficulty understanding why the Satmar, Chabad, Belzer, and other Hassidic movements oppose Zionism. In this short article, I will try to explain some of the theological and exegetical background regarding the history of this problem. In the course of the
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
Editor Donald H. Harrison is back from a roundtrip cruise between San Diego and the Hawaiian Islands. This is the sixth in a series of articles based on that experience. By Donald H. Harrison ABOARD MS ZAANDAM– Violinist Michael Bacala says he was inspired as a child by the Rocky movies starring Sylvester Stallone, especially
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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Travel and FoodBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO –Yale Strom expresses pride for his latest documentary, Letter to Wedgewood, which will be screened at 4:00 p.m. this Sunday, March 10 at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, 6660 Cowles Mountain Blvd., San Diego. It not only features extensive interviews with Gabriella Labson, the subject of the film, but it has photos, letters
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Eileen Wingard
San Diego Jewish World editor Donald H. Harrison recently returned from a round-trip cruise between San Diego and Hawaii. This is the fifth article in a series about that trip. By Donald H. Harrison VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii — As our van wended its way from the berth of Holland America Line’s Zaandam in
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C.–Shared values and democratic systems count for a lot in the political world — and they can advance military cooperation — but national security interests can evolve without them. No one would mistake Saudi Arabia or Bahrain for a country that shares American values, yet the U.S. Central Command works closely
U.S. reduces Israel to a military client, not a partner Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana BryenThe Gaon of Vilna and His Messianic Vision by Arie Morgenstern, translated by Naftali Greenwood. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House, 2012, Pp. xiii + 446; plates. Cloth, $29.95. I would give this book 4 stars! -First in a series — By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –The Vilna Gaon’s life is the stuff that
The Vilna Gaon: a rationalist and a mystic Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
Editor Donald H. Harrison has recently returned from a roundtrip cruise between San Diego and the Hawaiian Islands. Following is his fourth in a series of stories. By Donald H. Harrison KURTISTOWN, Hawaii — Usually my thinking about coffee runs no deeper than “do I want sugar or artificial sweetener to go with it?” although
Decisions, decisions. How should we choose our coffee? Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
Editor Donald H. Harrison has recently returned from a roundtrip cruise between San Diego and the Hawaiian Islands. Following is his third in a series of stories. By Donald H. Harrison VOLCANO, Hawaii — The artist who created a Hawaiian Christmas ornament for the White House Christmas tree during the presidency of George W.
Jewish Hawaiian artist created White House Christmas ornament Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –One of the most memorable experiences I had growing up in the Orthodox Jewish world, as a young man, was the sanctity the community placed on human life. In matters of Kashrut and Shabbat, there was little compromise among the Hassidic and Haredi communities. They live in
Our duty to one another supersedes ‘rules’ Read More »
Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USA
Editor Donald H. Harrison has recently returned from a roundtrip cruise between San Diego and the Hawaiian Islands. Following is his second in a series of stories. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — If you want the chance to meet someone and have an interesting conversation, involving hearing another perspective, take a cruise, like
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — An amazing letter written by 21-year-old Gabriella Labson from Munkarcs, Czechoslovakia, to Lord Josiah Wedgewood in London, resulted in the rescue of Gabriella and her younger brother from the Nazi scourge. Lord Wedgewood was a member of the British House of Lords, a gentile Zionist who had visited Munkarcs,
Documentary on San Diegan saved by Lord Wedgewood Read More »
Eileen Wingard
Editor Donald H. Harrison has recently returned from a roundtrip cruise between San Diego and the Hawaiian Islands. Following is his first in a series of stories. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The late Ted Geisel of La Jolla, a.k.a Dr. Seuss, enthusiastically wrote in one of his children’s books about
International flavor on a cruise to Hawaii Read More »
Donald H. Harrison