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Somber yet light-hearted workers pack candles for Shoah rite

April 7, 2011

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO, April 7 – Fueled by kosher pizza, members and guests of the Tifereth Israel Men’s Club participated Thursday night in a ceremony that was both solemn and light-hearted: the packing of yellow candles for congregants to light at their homes the evening of April 30, Erev Yom Hashoah – the evening […]

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In a green, tikkun olam sort of way

April 6, 2011

By Donald H. Harrison SANTEE, California, April 6 – I don’t drive an electric car, or even a hybrid, but I can be proud, in a green, tikkun olam sort of way, about my tires. They’re filled with nitrogen, so I’m at least doing something about that global warming. A fellow at a tire shop here explained

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Unique contrasts highlight TICO-Pianka concert

April 5, 2011

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO–The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO), conducted by David Amos, presented a concert of unusual quality and unique contrasts on March 29 at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. First, they secured the services of a fine violinist, Uri Pianka, former concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic and the Houston Symphony. The program concluded

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Eileen Wingard

Case study: How state’s fiscal crisis affects Grossmont College

April 5, 2011

By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – Grossmont Community College is a study in fiscal contrasts. On the one hand, work is being completed on a new student center and administration complex, the last in a series of shiny and modern buildings and additions paid for by bonds that voters approved in 2002. The

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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education

Customer service is not really a lost art

April 5, 2011

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO, April 5 – There’s a commercial on television that has been drawing chuckles about a hapless bride and groom. You hear an off-camera voice ask whether the groom takes the bride for his lawfully wedded wife, but there’s no person to whom the groom can direct his answer –

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

World should know: Hezbollah is planning next war against Israel

April 4, 2011

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Richard Goldstone wants us to believe that if only Israel had cooperated with the cabal investigating Operation Cast Lead, the result would have been different. What then has he to say about the new IDF report that Hezbollah has been digging under hundreds of villages in southern Lebanon, hiding

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

The ‘apartheid’ calumny against Israel

April 4, 2011

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The term ‘apartheid’ is being bandied about with increasing frequency with regard to Israel. The crime of apartheid is defined by the 2002 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as ‘inhumane acts of a character similar to other crimes against humanity committed in the context of

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East

Two immigrants in an Italian restaurant

April 4, 2011

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO, April 4 – An Israeli and a Nigerian walked into an Italian restaurant last night, and …. No, this is not a joke. The restaurant was Pernicano’s in Scripps Ranch, and after they both ordered veal parmigiana, the two septuagenarians compared memories of the times when their native countries

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Donald H. Harrison

Goldstone mea culpa: too little too late?

April 3, 2011

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –“If I knew then what I know now…” So goes Goldstone’s lament in The Washington Post. Openly blaming Israel for his lack of understanding that the IDF is a moral military force and the Government of Israel a civilized government (1), Goldstone insists that, “The purpose of the Goldstone Report

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

On jackets, blue jeans and dress codes

April 3, 2011

By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California, April 3 – Last night, Nancy and I had the opportunity to look into what could become our future and that of other Baby Boomers. We visited a fashionable condominium complex run for senior citizen residents by a well-known hotel chain. The high-rise building has many of the

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Donald H. Harrison

‘Grandpa, what’s this button?’

April 2, 2011

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO, April 2– “Count to three, and I’ll make the magic happen.” Grandson Sky, aged 4, dutifully counted. “One-two-three.” The television screen jumped to life, and an episode began of “The Land Before Time,” perhaps Sky’s most favorite show. It’s about dinosaur youngsters and their adventures. This one, telling the

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Donald H. Harrison

When a song leader corrected the composer

April 1, 2011

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California–Marc Lavry is one of the composers whose song “Emek” will be sung by the Congregation Beth Israel Sabbath and Festival Choir at the 4:00 performance of “Sing Out!” on April 3 at the Lawrence Family JCC. Sharon Russakoff, who will be singing in both the San Diego Jewish Women’s Choir/Sisterhood

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Eileen Wingard

Louis Rose Point dedication here on video

April 1, 2011

SAN DIEGO — The dedication of Louis Rose Point on March 24, 2011–the 204th birthday of the pioneer Jewish settler– was captured on videotape by Edward Zeiden, who donated his work to the Louis Rose Society for the Preservation of Jewish History. Following is that videotape, beginning with an introduction by Norman Greene, president of

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History

Sister schools in Louis Rose’s hometown and adopted city approved by San Diego School Board

March 30, 2011

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Board of Education on Tuesday, March 29, formally approved a sister-school agreement between Cabrillo Elementary School here and the Grundschule of Neuhaus-an-der-Oste, Germany, thereby making partners of schools in the hometown of Louis Rose and his adopted home in San Diego. Rose, an entrepreneur who

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education

Somber yet light-hearted workers pack candles for Shoah rite

In a green, tikkun olam sort of way

Unique contrasts highlight TICO-Pianka concert

Case study: How state’s fiscal crisis affects Grossmont College

Customer service is not really a lost art

World should know: Hezbollah is planning next war against Israel

The ‘apartheid’ calumny against Israel

Two immigrants in an Italian restaurant

Goldstone mea culpa: too little too late?

On jackets, blue jeans and dress codes

‘Grandpa, what’s this button?’

When a song leader corrected the composer

Louis Rose Point dedication here on video

Sister schools in Louis Rose’s hometown and adopted city approved by San Diego School Board

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