Nabucco Hebrew Slaves Chorus ~ Concert on Red Square
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Travel and FoodJews in the News ~ February 18, 2019
By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – The interview of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe by Scott Pelley of CBS’s 60 Minutes show has set off a controversy following McCabe’s comments that in the wake of the firing of FBI Director James Comey, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein volunteered to wear a wire to
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, USAFarhud Day marks the murderous Nazi – Arab alliance
By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — When International Farhud Day was proclaimed at a conference convened at the United Nations headquarters on June 1, 2015, its proponents wanted to achieve more than merely to establish a commemoration of the ghastly 1941 Arab-Nazi pogrom in Baghdad that killed and injured hundreds of Iraqi Jews. Jews had thrived
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Edwin Black, International, Jewish History, Middle EastDe Toqueville foresaw FB’s danger to democracy
By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — There is a fascinating chapter toward the end of Alexis de Toqueville’s Democracy in America titled “What Kind of Despotism Do Democratic Nations Have to Fear?” in which the author attempted something truly extraordinary – to describe a social condition which humankind had never before encountered. We find him
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Sam Ben-Meir, USANoshing with Sandi ~ Chiba Japanese
Chiba Japanese, 10435 San Diego Mission Rd, San Diego, California 92108 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — Walking distance from the Mission San Diego Alcala is a little Japanese restaurant called Chiba. It’s a tiny little place, where you will probably have to share table space with other diners due to the close quarters, but it’s not
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and FoodWill Likud finalize Netanyahu bid for P.M. again?
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We’re now in a hot spot, a few days before the parties must finalize their existence and candidates prior to the April election. And who knows how long before the announcement about Bibi’s indictment? Each newscast provides us with commentary, and often another survey. Intellectually, it’s a mess. But we
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastJews in the News ~ February 17, 2019
By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson told Roger Stone, his defense attorneys, and prosecutors not to make any statements that might prejudice a jury in the case in which he is accused of lying to Congress in its probe of possible Russian connections to President Trump’s successful
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International, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAJews in the News: February 16, 2019
By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL — House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler of New York, joined by five of his subcommittee chairs, including Reps Steve Cohen and David Cicilline, respectively of Tennessee and Rhode Island, informed President Trump on Friday of the commencement of an immediate investigation into his declaration of a national emergency and
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