Nadler: ‘Childish games’ hurt U.S.-Israel relations

Compiled by Donald H. Harrison U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-New York) said House Speaker John Boehner jeopardized bipartisan support for Israel by inviting Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a Joint Session of Congress.  He urged both Netanyahu and Boehner to “consider measures to mitigate the damage this political maneuvering has inflicted.” Here is […]

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

SDJW will publish for free our people’s eulogies

Dear Readers, As a service to bereaved families—as well as to Jewish historians and genealogists – San Diego Jewish World embarks today (Jan. 30, 2015) on a program to print the eulogies delivered by our local rabbinate for recently deceased members of the San Diego County Jewish community. In doing so, we would like to

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Donald H. Harrison, Obituaries & memorials

U.S. barely confronting the Russian bear

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is a mistake to belittle Vladimir Putin. Dislike and distrust him, fine. Believe he is a monomaniacal empire-builder determined to restore Russia’s former colonies and holdings, OK. To snicker at his bare-chested antics, particularly with animals, is probably unavoidable. But for all that, Putin is a man with a

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International, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Netanyahu visits wounded IDF soldiers

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister, Moshe (Boogie) Ya’alon traveled on Friday to Rambam Health Care Campus to visit the two soldiers injured in a blast two days ago near the Har Dov border. The soldiers are in stable condition. The Prime Minister and Defense Minister thanked the soldiers for their service

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Jewish ethics through the medium of animation

By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California — Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School and the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture teamed up Thursday  evening, Jan. 29, to teach Jewish ethics. Not to the students of the Orthodox day school; the 7th and 8th graders had already had their opportunity to chew on this

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Jewish Arts Month comes in March

  ATLANTA (Press Release)– Jewish Arts Month, an annual educational initiative sponsored by the American Guild of Judaic Art, takes place March 2015. Activities aim to promote a greater appreciation and understanding of the special significance of contemporary Judaica, Jewish art, and the meaning behind the Torah commandment, Hiddur Mitzvah, to beautify ritual objects or art for one’s

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Travel and Food

‘Lincoln and the Jews’ subject of exhibit

NEW YORK (Press Release)–Marking the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the New-York Historical Society will present the exhibition Lincoln and the Jews, on view March 20 through June 7, 2015. Through several never-before-exhibited original writings by Lincoln and his Jewish contemporaries, the exhibition will bring to light

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Jewish History, USA