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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 […]
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
Multiple meanings of pre-school and grade school graduations Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
Foreign Letters, Directed by Ela Their (USA: 2012) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Accessibility to films with Jewish themes has never been greater. Before the mass marketing of VCRs in 1975 and the founding of the first annual Jewish film festival in San Francisco in 1980, the only Jewish movies the majority of filmgoers
The Wandering Review: ‘Foreign Letters’ Read More »
Lawrence Baron
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Amid the Arab upheaval of past 18 months, a question has crept among the speeches, demonstrations, riots, elections, battles and massacres – Is Israel better off, or worse off, for the revolution among its neighbors? Certainly Wael Ghonim of Google, and the positive nature of the short-lived “Arab Spring” raised
The bitter fruits of the Arab Spring Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Talmudic wisdom urges us to be circumspect with our behavior as a community when a tragedy strikes home. Because of our collective and corporate sense of identity, we are all responsible for the moral condition of our communities. This idea can be seen in one of
Requiem for a friend, John Smithson Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
By Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort CARLSBAD, California–On Monday, June 11, ’12, history was made as the National Hockey League’s Los Angeles Kings became champions. Wait a minute! What does a Chabad Chasidic Rabbi know about hockey? Actually, not a lot (but I am teachable). The Los Angeles Kings were born a mere couple of years after
Hockey Kings capture Chabad rabbi’s heart Read More »
Jewish Religion, Yeruchem Eilfort-RabbiBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Two dogs, two cats, a mouse, a wolf, and a horse co-starred Monday evening, June 11, in Animals I Have Known, a production by Write Out Loud which also co-starred four humans, who read the animal tales at the Theatre at Old Town. With red light bathing the
Animals are the co-stars of Write Out Loud production Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
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
Famed Washington D.C. rabbi dies in San Diego County Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, USA
Superman: The High Flying History of America’s Most Enduring Hero by Larry Tye, Random House, 2012, ISBN 978-1-58836-918-5; 409 pages including appendices and bibliography, $27. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Was Superman Jewish or Christian? Author Larry Tye lays out the claims for each religion in his history detailing the character, his history
Superman: Was he a Jew or a Christian? Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Not that he’s holding his breath, but there’s still a slim chance that Mat Kostrinsky may yet win a place in a runoff election against Scott Sherman in the 7th City Council District. Sherman’s 50.59 percent winning percentage does not include an uncertain number of the 88,000 “provisional”
There’s still a chance Kostrinsky can make runoff Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –The life of a spiritual leader is never easy—especially if you happen to be a man named Moses. Kvetching comes with the territory of working for a Jewish community. It’s a tradition. I am reminded of the old joke, “How many congregants does it take to screw
Torah’s stand against racism is relevant for today Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Awaiting the performance of Victor Ullmann’s one-act opera, Der Kaiser Von Atlantis, on Friday evening, June 2, I recalled the other performances in San Diego of music created in the Nazi’s Show Ghetto of Terezin. On February 5, 1989, at the 54th Street Jewish Community Center, the JCC Music Committee
Holocaust victim Ullmann’s opera was well performed Read More »
Eileen Wingard
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
La Jolla Community Planning Association to Hillel: “No! No! No!” Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –City Councilwoman Marti Emerald, as a result of her decisive victory with over 72 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s election, is in an enviable position. She doesn’t have to worry about a runoff–she won outright. She doesn’t have to wait until December to assume office–she’s already there. It’s
Re-elected Emerald pledges help for newcomers Read More »
Donald H. Harrison