There goes the sun, doo doo doo doo. A partial solar eclipse from New York City View of a partial solar eclipse from a rooftop in New York City. Glenn Orzepowski Americans from coast to coast were psyched for August 21, 2017—and for good reason. This afternoon, the moon passed in front of the sun, […]
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe onetime attorney of late pop icon Michael Jackson will now defend disgraced television icon Bill Cosby in his upcoming re-trial for sexual assault, the actor’s spokesman said Monday. After Brian McMonagle quit earlier this month, his California-based co-counsel Angela Agrusa also filed a motion asking to be taking off the trial. The pair helped
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAPresident Donald Trump enjoyed the eclipse Monday like millions of Americans. But unlike millions of Americans, he went against the much-repeated and often-emphasized advice of NASA, ophthalmologists and moms everywhere and looked at the sun without glasses. Ben Jacobs, a reporter for The Guardian, wrote in a White House pool report that at about 2:39
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USAAUSTIN, Texas — University of Texas President Gregory L. Fenves abruptly announced late Sunday that four statues of people with Confederate ties would be removed immediately from the school’s South Mall. The bronze likenesses of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Albert Sidney Johnston and Confederate Postmaster John H. Reagan will be relocated to the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAA monument to Christopher Columbus that was over 200 years old was smashed with a sledgehammer Monday morning to combat a “culture of white supremacy.” A YouTube channel titled “Popular Resistance” posted footage of men in hoodies destroying a monument to Columbus and his famous voyage in 1492. The individuals carried signs that read “Racism:
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—An outdoor party at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel on Monday night celebrated San Diegan Sol Lizerbram’s approaching inauguration in November as national president of Jewish National Fund. The organization, noted Russell Robinson, its executive director, is 115 years old and going strong. In fact, it is in the middle of
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego CountyBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France –Spending part of the summer in central France has constituted our annual vacation for several years now. We enjoy the peaceful atmosphere, the beautiful scenery, and the cooler weather. If there are any musical events we are happy to attend them, but they are not the main reason for our
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Members of local law enforcement, always concerned about the possibility of terrorism, are meeting on Tuesday with Israeli experts on the subject at a one-day conference sponsored jointly by the San Diego Sheriff’s Department and the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). One of the
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Middle EastBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Trump Tweets that General Kelly deleted before they were sent. * I heeded great advice from my amazing generals to dispatch more troops to Afghanistan. Vlad also assured me that it worked wonders for Russia when it was fighting there. He never deceives me. BFF! * Best solar eclipse the world
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — This past week, some of my congregants asked me: What does Jewish tradition have to say about solar eclipses? Like many ancient peoples, the Jews did not develop a scientific understanding of eclipses until much later in its history. Before we examine what exactly Jewish tradition
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Some rabbinic sages say that solar eclipses are bad for gentiles, while lunar eclipses are bad for Jews (based on the idea that gentiles follow a solar calendar, while Jews follow a lunar calendar). In the Gemara Sukkah 29a, it says “When the sun is eclipsed it is
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — What’ll it take to get rid of Trump? It won’t be easy. It shouldn’t be, given his election. One should be careful of messing the aura of legitimacy, even for a boor who can’t express a sentence in his native language, has flirted with a government considered a serious antagonist
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The Jewish community day at Petco Park would have been better if the Padres had won instead of losing 4-1 to the Washington Nationals, but still there was much to enjoy: New hats with Padres inscribed in Hebrew and the Flag of Israel emblazoned above the bill; kosher
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Sports & CompetitionsEntrepreneurs in Far Eastern nation invited to participate in competition that will bring them to Jerusalem for 5 days of tech immersion By Times of Israel staff President Reuven Rivlin (c) oversees the signing of an Education agreement in Vietnam (Koby Gideon /GPO) As Israel and Vietnam negotiate a free trade agreement, the Israeli Embassy
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