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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Sometimes, we have to distinguish between goals and tactics. A case in point: A member of our Jewish community is justifiably outraged by the campaign to ban circumcisions as inhumane, and is particularly up-in-arms by a cartoon book depicting mohels as blood-thirsty, bearded torturers – caricatures reminiscent of […]

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO  — Increasingly, Congressman Bob Filner (D-San Diego) is showing his disdain for Israel and, along with it, the American Jewish communty which holds it dear. Having in the last several years refused to sign a resolution condemning the Goldstone Report, which former South African Judge Richard Goldstone himself later renounced,

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Liam Dillon, who is distinguishing himself as a political reporter for the Voice of San Diego, has reported that Democratic County Chairman Jess Durfee has threatened to oppose any Democrat running for office who has endorsed a Republican candidate against a Democrat in a non-partisan race. To

Following updates and corrects previous version   By Donald H. Harrison   SAN DIEGO—It was no surprise that Sheriff Bill Gore endorsed his former boss, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis.  After serving as the FBI special agent in charge in San Diego and before joining the sheriff’s department as Number 2 to Sheriff Bill Kolender, Gore

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – About the only thing good I can think about the circumcision battle in San Francisco is that it has brought the Muslim and Jewish communities together in defense of their religious freedom and parents’ right to choose what is best for their children. Bringing action to prevent a

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—I believe that Alan Bersin, a member of our Jewish community who served as a U.S. Attorney in San Diego and later as San Diego Unified School District superintendent, may have shown me a way to persuade my wife that we should get another dog. We had one dog that

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The press releases from Washington are forever interesting. For example, astronaut Mark Kelly, the final commander of space shuttle Endeavor, has announced his retirement from NASA to spend more time with his wife, Congressman Gabrielle Giffords, who is recuperating from the injuries she sustained when a madman opened fire in