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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Ever since 1852, the year Lewis Franklin was appointed foreman of the county Grand Jury and Louis Rose was elected as a member of the city Board of Trustees, Jews have played leadership roles in the affairs of the City of San Diego. So it’s not surprising that […]
Jews active in civic affairs key to future of mayor’s office, Balboa Park Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Sometime before the Bill Clinton impeachment trial, the nation decided that a politician’s sexual conduct—in or out of marriage—wasn’t of our concern. Even the Republicans who were leading the charge to force Clinton out of the White House weren’t saying that it was because he had sex with
Anthony Weiner, what are your responsibilities now? Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Up in San Francisco, a measure headed for the Nov. 8 ballot asks city voters to ban male circumcision inside the city limits. Some see it as a thinly veiled attack on Jews and our religious beliefs. Others accept take proponents at their word that they are just
Answering San Francisco’s circumcision haters Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Having read about Palestinian demonstrators’ plans for massing along Syria’s border with Israel, I had a fantasy about what Israel could have done…. Instead of shooting tear gas, rubber bullets and in some cases live ammunition, soldiers in my fantasy would have pulled back the gates and as the Palestinian crowd rushed
A fantasy on the Golan Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Over the weekend, the Syrian government killed 122 people. What’s that? You say some of them were killed by the IDF? No. The Palestinians killed on the Syria-Israel border were sent to their death by Bashar Assad, desperate to deflect attention from the more than 1,200 Syrians he has killed
Blame Syrians for Palestinian deaths at Israel border Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
By Norman Greene SAN DIEGO — Ohr Shalom Synagogue, winner of a Save Our Heritage Organization award, held a Dedication event Sunday, June 5, to acknowledge its “Restoration of a Sacred Place Award” and to thank all those responsible for the $4.6 million restoration project. Welcomed by Ohr Shalom’s president Al Shelden, congregants and
Ohr Shalom dedicates its restored, historic synagogue Read More »
Adventures in SD History, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish HistoryBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Call it Jewish pride, but if I had my druthers, I’d like to see the San Diego mayor’s race come down to a race between two members of our community: District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, a Republican, and Congressman Bob Filner, a Democrat. Now, it’s not that I have
How about Dumanis vs. Filner in San Diego mayoral finale? Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — At the anniversary of the Six Day War, we are reminded of the existential threat Israel faced. Egypt was massing troops in the Sinai after closing the Straits of Tiran and expelling the UN peacekeeping force. Syria was massing troops on the Golan after years of shelling Israelis in
Israel ready for military challenges from Iran-backed neighbors Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — We watch the news on TV where we are informed that murder and mayhem, death and destruction are raging all around us. Regimes are changing in the wake of mass demonstrations, some more violent than others, in several countries nearby. But we look out of the window and
If Middle East is in turmoil, why does life seem so pleasant? Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 28th of Iyar, corresponding this year to 1 June, marks the day Jerusalem was reunified in 1967. Separated from the Jewish people by the 1947 UN Partition Plan, Jerusalem was to have been corpus separatum, an area legally separate from its environs. The UN decreed, “In view of
Press release hints change in U.S. stance toward Jerusalem Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
Nachas Ruach: Torah-Based Psychotherapy and Tools for Growth and Healing by Dr. Naftali Fish, Targum Press, Brooklyn, NY; ISBN 978-1-56871-50099-9 ©2011, $29.95, p. 304 plus bibliography By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California–Abraham J. Twerski, M.D., founder and medical director emeritus of Gateway Rehab, in Pittsburg, PA, relates in an opening letter to the book Nachas
Psychotherapy for the haredim Read More »
Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO –Coptic Christians in Egypt are increasingly concerned for their safety and well-being; the “spring” has quickly turned cold and threatening for this historically maligned minority in the land of the Nile. The despotic ruler of Yemen refuses to loosen his bloody grip; Gadhafi still runs and mutilates the Libyans;
President Obama underappreciates Israel Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—As the California commander of the Jewish War Veterans, Allen Miliefsky kept a busy patriotic and inter-religious schedule on Memorial Day. At Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, he and JWV Post 185 commander Rick Nathanson laid a wreath at the Casket of the Unknown, and later dedicated a small monument
JWV leader navigates patriotic and religious cross-currents Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California –The enthusiastic audience, which filled the JCC’s Dorothea and David Garfield Theatre recently, was thrilled by the artistry of three young Israelis, violinist Asi Matathias, a Pinchas Zukerman disciple, pianist Victor Stanislavsky, competitor in the recent Van Cliburn Competition, and mandolinist Avi Avital, a grammy-award nominee. Matathias and
Three Israeli musicians provide a memorable AICF concert Read More »
Eileen Wingard