Flu breaks out at San Diego’s migrant shelter

By José A. Álvarez County of San Diego Communications Office SAN DIEGO (Press Release)  — San Diego County Public Health officials are responding to an influenza outbreak among asylum seekers recently flown to San Diego from Texas by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “We have identified individuals with flu symptoms and […]

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A proposed compromise for solving immigration issues

By Lawrence Krause, PhD ENCINITAS, California — “What’s On Your Mind” is a discussion group that meets twice a month at Seacrest Village Retirement Communities. Its purpose is to let residents get to know each other better and also to promote critical thinking (average age of residents in independent living is eighty-nine). Rather than just

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Funeral May 23 for Prof. Janet Brody Esser

By Lawrence Baron SAN DIEGO — Janet Brody Esser died early morning May 22 from cancer and injuries related to a recent auto accident. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she received her BA from the University of Iowa, MA in art history with an emphasis on anthropology and archeology from California State University, Long Beach,

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An inclusion award for Michael Phelps

BOSTON, Massachusetts (Press Release) — The Ruderman Family Foundation, an international leader in disability inclusion, presented its Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion to Michael Phelps at a ceremony on Tuesday, May 21, at the Four Seasons in Boston. Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, was honored with the award in recognition of

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The floods of Gilgamesh and the Bible

By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — There are remarkable similarities between the biblical story of the flood and the more ancient version of Gilgamesh. The Babylonian epic Gilgamesh was written on twelve tablets around 2000 BCE and has survived in several versions. It was discovered in 1839 among the ruins of a

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