Editor’s E-Mail Box: March 8, 2019

Berrie and Seidle named to Leichtag Foundation board of directors Philanthropist Angelica Berrie, president of the Russell Berrie Foundation and a co-chair of the Jewish Funders Network, and Charlene Seidle, executive vice president of the Leichtag Foundation, have both been named to the board of directors of the Leichtag Foundation, it was announced by Jim […]

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International, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, USA

Academic sightseeing in the Galilee

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –An acquaintance connected with the UK’s UIJA (United Israel Jewish Appeal) suggested that I write an article about the Western Galilee College for the AJR Journal (Association of Jewish Refugees), for which I write a monthly column entitled ‘Letter from Israel.’ The college, situated just outside the ancient city

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

Bus Station Project helps immigrant travelers

    Story and Photos by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — While the political situation for asylum seekers who come to the United States’ southern border seemingly changes day by day, Mimi Pollack, 65, and Paula Sassi, 71, are among the few constants. Twice a week since last July, the two women have driven

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

Goldfaden, Lazarus celebrated at Astor Judaica Library

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Abraham Goldfaden’s beautiful melody, Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen, opened the Jewish Poets of the Past program, in an arrangement for violin and viola, in which my daughter Myla Wingard played  violin, and I played the viola. This presentation, March 5, at the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego County

Latino Film Festival Preview: ‘Division Ave’

Division Ave, produced by Lorena Rodriguez, Michal Birnbaum and Nadav Remez, 2019, Spanish, English, Yiddish, 14.5 minutes; to be screened during the San Diego Latino Film Festival on  Saturday, March 23,  at 3:30 p.m., at AMC Fashion Valley 18 (Screen 9), 7037 Friars Road, San Diego. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This short

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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Minnesotan responds to Ilhan Omar

By Beth Kieffer Leonard Jewish Democratic Council of America   MINNEAPOLIS —  Minnesotans are no strangers to political trailblazing; however, we are also known for honesty and kindness. Representative Ilhan Omar is certainly a trailblazer, yet her recent anti-Semitic tweets and statements are deeply offensive. They have caused consternation among Minnesota voters, including myself, not

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