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A son’s personal account of the White House fete for his father, Israel’s President Shimon Peres

    By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — I received a phone call from a happy Yoni Peres on Wednesday night, June 13, a few hours after his father, Israel’s President Shimon Peres, was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House. Yoni, a veterinarian who occasionally […]

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

Multiple meanings of pre-school and grade school graduations

    By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– Earlier this week, my 11-year-old grandson Shor participated in a ceremony marking his promotion from elementary school to middle school.  Next week, his 5-year-old brother Sky will participate in another ceremony commemorating his advancement from pre-school to kindergarten. Like most parents, grandparents and occasional great-grandparents, we were

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Donald H. Harrison

Famed Washington D.C. rabbi dies in San Diego County

 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Rabbi Stanley Rabinowitz, who helped comfort President Lyndon B. Johnson and the nation after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, died in his sleep Friday, June 8, in the nursing facility of Seacrest Village Retirement Community in Encinitas Rabinowitz, 95,  longtime rabbi of Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation in

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

La Jolla Community Planning Association to Hillel: “No! No! No!”

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–A La Jolla planning group had three answers to Hillel of San Diego’s request to build a religious, intellectual and spiritual center on land it owns near the UCSD campus:   “No,” “no” and “no.” There were three interrelated questions before the La Jolla Community Planning Association on Thursday evening, June

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County