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By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel–Many people who read the front page of Haaretz one day last week while they were having their breakfast, including yours truly, suddenly felt sick to their stomach. In huge, black letters the main front-page headline read: ‘69% of Israelis Support Apartheid.’ The text of the article, which occupied […]
Debunking the Israeli apartheid myth Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Here is a recap of our bipartisan endorsements for national, state and local offices. In making our independent evaluations, we paid particular attention to American Jewish community concerns, both foreign and domestic. President — Mitt Romney U.S. Senator — Dianne Feinstein Congress, 51st District — Juan Vargas Congress, 52nd District
Recapping SDJW’s political endorsements for Nov. 6 Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, USA
With Great Power…The Stan Lee Story by Epix 1821 pictures, 2012, 80 minutes, ISBN 0788616153. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– Stan Lee (né Stanley Martin Lieber) started in the comic business in the 1930s by perfecting the character “Captain America,” and watched the industry grow in the 1940s. He suffered a setback in the
Documentary tells Stan Lee’s story with a POW Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
The Elected and the Chosen: Why American Presidents Have Supported Jews and Israel by Denis Brian; Gefen Publishing House, 978-965-229-598-9, 415 pages including bibliography and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –The nice thing about writing a biography about someone who is no longer living is that the record of the person’s life is
The two Presidents Johnson and the Jews Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–When I wrote my editorial reluctantly endorsing Mitt Romney, I anticipated that there would be many people who would disagree with me. I had such a difficult time deciding the right course of action, it was only natural that other people pondering the election could reach different conclusions. Some supporters
Israel must be a major concern in presidential race Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
By Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Most of you are familiar with Macbeth, which is considered to be one of the most psychologically gripping plays by Shakespeare. Macbeth tells the story about a Scottish lord named Macbeth, who chooses evil as a means of attaining power. He commits regicide to become king and
In spirit of Halloween, here’s the Witch of Endor Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — As a native of San Francisco, I have always been a Giant fan since the time I first started collecting baseball cards as a young child. I remember watching the 1962 World Series when the Giants faced the dreaded New York Yankees, led by Roger Maris and
Giants know the meaning of working together as a team Read More »
Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Travel and Food
The Surgeon’s Wife by William H. Coles, AuthorHouse, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4567-6255-1, 201 pages, cover price not listed. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — There are a handful of Jewish characters in this novel about two surgeons who struggle over the love of a woman and the ethics of offering surgeries to help obese people
Jewish characters in doctors’ novel are peripheral Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
Editor’s Note: The following column is in rebuttal to SDJW’s “reluctant endorsement” of Mitt Romney By Norman Greene SAN DIEGO — In the half century that I have been voting, I have always concentrated on the candidate, rather than the party. I have tried to discern his intellect, his passion, his commitment to issues and
Israel has done well with Obama as U.S. president Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California —There is hardly a day that passes when I don’t marvel at the power of individuals to move mountains and change history. Abraham believed he could change and transform the world. It is all the more remarkable, when we consider Abraham’s age. The Torah tells us that
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Bobby Greene doesn’t like to take credit. She typically defers to her husband Norman Greene, who is the current president of the Louis Rose Society for the Preservation of Jewish History. Sometimes, she even tries to say my biography of Louis Rose was responsible . But we
The lady deserves the credit Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –How we got onto the topic of education about the Holocaust I don’t quite know, but in a recent conversation with some friends I happened to say that I didn’t think it appropriate or beneficial for Israeli high-school students to go on school trips to Poland to visit concentration
Should Israeli kids skip concentration camp visits? Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–I am very thankful for the “mute” button on the television’s remote control. That way I don’t have to listen to the strident ads by which San Diego mayoral candidates Carl DeMaio and Bob Filner and congressional candidates Brian Bilbray and Scott Peters, and all their respective “independent” backers, presumably
Are kindergartners running for public office? Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — It’s a pity that gentiles don’t study Talmud. While there are a number of arguments in the Talmud that are pedantic and unexciting, the study of this ancient rabbinic work teaches people how to critically examine a text. During the second debate, President Obama called the
Transcripts tell story of White House and Benghazi Read More »
Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East