HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — A pagan amulet used by a senior clergyman at the church in Hippos (Sussita), a fresco depicting the Greek goddess Tyche on a wall by the church; and a figurine of one of the regular participants in the alcohol-soaked processions devoted to the god of wine Dionysus all tell […]
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s hard to get away from the men at the top of the two governments most important to these fingers. They appear to be close to one another with respect to policies of mutual interest, and they are both at the focus of severe criticism, with many of their countrypeople, and
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA“I don’t like to be alone. And one thing a song will never do is leave you alone.” –Irving Berlin By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Hershey Felder has a devoted following in this town made evident by the packed house just a few days before Christmas. A gifted and animated pianist and
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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — While most kids are reprimanded for “acting up,” not so in the Ellenstein household, where David and his younger brother, Peter, were encouraged to follow in their father’s footsteps. When I suggested that perhaps acting was in his genes, David quipped, “and in my corduroys.” I wanted to know
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin; © 2018, G.P. Putnam’s Sons; ISBN 9780735-213180; 345 pages; $26. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This is a story of four young Jewish siblings who visit a fortune teller in New York City, who tells them the exact dates that they will die. The woman’s predictions take root
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter; Penguin Books; © 2017; ISBN 9780399-563096; 398 pages plus acknowledgments; $16. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Having already achieved New York Times best-seller status in hardback, this novel of survival has now been issued in paperback, hopefully to acquaint an even wider audience with the
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonBy Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Binyamin Netanyahu’s days as prime minister of Israel may be numbered. He may, after all, not beat the long tenure of David Ben-Gurion, the founding father of the state. There’re indications that the police may be close to recommending indictment of Netanyahu on one or more charges based on the
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Middle EastBy Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — I am helping in the preparation of an exhibit at the Richmond Museum of History — “Pioneer Jews to the Present: Jews of Richmond and Contra Costa County.” I am reaching out to San Diego Jewish World readers who may have memories, photographs, artifacts or stories about Richmond and
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Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−At Mar-a-Lago undocumented elves are decorating Trump Force One to look like a giant sleigh. It will be powered by coal. Forget hitching up reindeers. Their survival is sketchy now that drilling will begin in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. * The President doesn’t need much padding to resemble Santa Claus.
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — A favorite old story of mine (okay, almost all my favorite stories are old), tells of the four Moskowitz brothers – Lowell, Norman, Hyman and Max – who develop what is the prototype of the modern automobile air conditioner. They take their idea to Henry Ford, who is very
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Joel H. Cohen, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Trump’s speeches, and what has happened since, remind us once again about the marginality of Jews. Some may feel comfortable, and justly, given his realism about Jerusalem the Western Wall, and non-Israeli sources of problems throughout the Middle East. But Muslims, and Europeans, are rabid, or upset about what he
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Effective January 1, 2018, pursuant to Senate Bill 2 (SB2 –Atkins) certain documents for recording at your County Recorder office will be charged an additional $75 fee that can go as high as $225 per transaction above the current recording fees. San Diego County Assessor/Recorder/Clerk Ernest J. Dronenburg reminded constituents
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