By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Meeting Gorbachev, a documentary on the life of the Soviet Union’s final leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, will be shown at Landmark’s Ken Cinema at 4061 Adams Avenue beginning on May 24th. The 90-minute tribute by Werner Herzog and Andre Singer is both informative and a bit disappointing. Informative because […]
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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania –Credit David M. Friedman, our man in Israel, for his powerful bid to erode America’s support for Israel. In so doing, he can be counted upon to become Rashida Tlaib’s and Ilhan Omar’s new best friend. Oh, did someone say he is in fact continuing his ongoing efforts to
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Middle East, USABy Rep. Mike Levin OCEANSIDE, California — Recently Jewish families around the world celebrated Passover, a time of renewal, freedom and reflection on our shared values. At Chabad of Poway, located just outside of my district in San Diego County, the conclusion of these holiest of days was interrupted by evil. Lori Gilbert Kaye was
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USATimes of San Diego SAN DIEGO — “Four months of campaigning reminds me how much better I am at practicing law than politics,” he said in statement shared with local media. Briggs announced his candidacy in January, following Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s annual State of the City speech in which he called for a removal of
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San Diego CountyTo read previous installments, please click on the number desired:1,2,3 The Religious Lure © Edwin Black JERUSALEM — When the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement [BDS] mounted a campaign against Israel, it targeted more than Israel’s economy, including tourism—which has nonetheless flourished beyond any expectation. The “D” in BDS really stands for delegitimize. So the
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Edwin Black, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Travel and Food, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s been a tough time on Israel’s southern border. Gaza is a slim slice of land on Israel’s and Egypt’s borders. If Israel is small, about the size of New Jersey, Gaza is tiny, about 11.5 percent of Rhode Island’s size, with perhaps 2 million of population, about twice the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Some of the most embarrassing mistakes that occur in human communication happen when people experience an unfortunate “slip of the tongue.” The words come out differently than what we consciously intend for them to mean. Sigmund Freud was a remarkable man whose interests spanned across the
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International, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USABy Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra NEW YORK — On the eve of the twentieth anniversary of the end of Kosovo war, that country is facing a dramatic large-scale brain drain. Every day, young professionals wait in long lines in front of EU embassies to apply for visas to legally leave Kosovo in the search
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, USASANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) — More than 80 organizations on Wednesday applauded the University of Michigan for its adoption of a Blue Ribbon Panel report that states that faculty should base decisions, such as letters of recommendations and other academic judgments “solely on educational and professional reasons,” never on politics. The panel was established after University
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — The following is from my book Mysteries of Judaism without the footnotes. The semi-holiday Lag B’omer is based on an unsubstantiated and unlikely tradition. Lag B’omer means the thirty-third day since bringing the barley harvest (omer) to the tabernacle and later temples to thank God for the barley harvest.
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SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The alleged shooter at Chabad of Poway was arraigned in federal court on Tuesday on 109 hate crime charges. These were in addition to one charge of murder, three charges of attempted murder, and one charge of arson filed against him in San Diego Superior Court. U.S. Magistrate Michael Berg entered
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori EL CAJON, California – The city of El Cajon boasts a large population of refugees from Iraq, with some estimates running as high as 60,000. Behind Detroit, the city is said to have the second highest concentration of Iraqi Christians (Chaldeans) in the United States.
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