By Pamela Pollack-Fremd LA MESA, California — Honesty is not always the best policy. Or so that appears to be true in the Japanese film written by Atuko Hirayamagi and Boris Frumin. Ms. Hirayamagi also directed the film. Setsuko/Lucy (Shinobu Kutsuma ) is a dissatisfied middle aged office worker/tea lady. She is alienated from her […]
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast
In Memory of Ozzie, Our Anatolian Shepherd, 2003-2018 By Laurie Baron Book 1 Genesis In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and carved out spaces for dog beaches and parks. God created Dog in his/her own temperament to make sure Adam and Eve and their descendants never felt alone and to bring
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Lawrence Baron, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire
JERUSALEM (Press Release)– As Passover cleaning has already begun in many houses across Israel, United Hatzalah is taking the opportunity to send out a public service announcement with health and safety tips regarding the holiday covering everything from cleaning to hiking. As in previous years, due to the high volume of emergency calls received by
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Jewish Religion, Middle East
HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) –After two weeks hospitalization in Rambam’s maternity ward, a young woman returned home March 7, somewhere in embattled Syria, determined and happy. Two weeks ago, doctors had offered a grim choice – to die at her son’s imminent birth, or to let her son die. After examining the ultrasound results of
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
This is the first in a series of stories developed by editor Donald H. Harrison during his January 1-March 1 hiatus in which he collected stories in ports and at sea aboard the MS Maasdam on a cruise from Sydney, Australia, back to San Diego. Articles in this series normally will run on Thursdays
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We’re reading snippets, unconfirmed, of what is said to be the Trump Administration’s proposal for an Israel-Palestinian peace accord. Israelis can’t bet less than 10 agorot on the deal, the equivalent of 3 US cents. One and five agorot coins are no longer in circulation. Americans, living with sillier traditions, and
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Nefesh B’Nefesh aliyah organization is hosting a fair for prospective Southern California immigrants to Israel from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 18, at Shalhevet High School, 910 S. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles. The annual North American aliyah fairs (www.nbn.org.il/mega) were created by Nefesh B’Nefesh to enable
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — If Israelis want to be proud of their current prime minister, they should avoid reading local media and stick to American television. Binyamin Netanyahu’s current visit to the United States is obviously a great success. He’s the president’s guest at Blair House next to the White House where only
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Middle East, USAQueen for a Day by Maxine Rosaler; Delphinium Books, © 2018; 9718832-85753; 243 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In this novel, Mimi is the mother of a strange, yet wonderful, boy named Danny. At first, Mimi didn’t want to admit that her son was developmentally disabled; she told herself repeatedly that
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Alan Bersin, who became well known locally as U.S. Attorney in San Diego and later as San Diego’s School Superintendent, before going on to government service at the state and federal levels, will address the San Diego World Affairs Council at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, on the subject:
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International, San Diego Calendar, USABy Michael Mantell, Ph.D SAN DIEGO — What lesson have we not learned from one of the most basic principles in Judaism, “Love your fellow Jew as yourself”? It’s preached on pulpit after pulpit, regardless of the sex of the rabbi, the color of the rabbi’s tallit, whether the rabbi wears a kippah or not,
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, Travel and Food