The Jewish singers: Peter Green
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Travel and FoodHumoring the headlines: August 7, 2015
The Fox News Presidential Debate By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ It opened more like a sporting event than a political debate with the moderators observing that the venue was where the Cleveland Cavaliers play their games. Though the moderators are supposed to be impartial, Megan Kelly anointed Carly Fiorina the Snow White of the earlier
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireDeals vs. ideals face leaders of Israel, U.S.
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There is hardly a city or town in Israel’s Jewish sector without a street named for Shaul Tchernichovsky, and his picture is on the 50 shekel bill. Currently we hear several times a day that this is the 140th anniversary of his birth, with frequent renderings of his poetry in
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAJewish news briefs: August 7, 2015
Leading Jewish Democrats Schumer, Engel to vote against Iran deal (JNS.org) U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, two leading Jewish Democrats in Congress from the state of New York, will vote against the Iran nuclear deal. In particular, Schumer’s impending decision on the deal had been the source of intense public lobbying
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Middle East, USANovel details survival from child abuse, lover’s death
Even You by Marilyn Oser; Mill City Press, Minneapolis; © 2015; ISBN-13: 978-1-63413-546-7; 261 pages, $15.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—This is an intense book. At times it educated me. At other times it made me shudder in revulsion. On fleeting occasions, the author’s fascination with the little ironies of words made me laugh.
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Donald H. HarrisonWherever you feel God, that is holy ground
By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — “Take off your shoes,” God admonished Moses at the site of the Burning Bush. “You are standing on holy ground.” What was God actually saying? Moses was not at the Vatican. He was not at the Mosque of Omar. He was not even in Jerusalem. He was in
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Jewish ReligionThe Jonathan Pollard case in review
Editor’s Note: Below, you see investigative reporter Edwin Black’s original Jonathan Pollard article published 13 years ago in 2002. For this scoop, Black visited Pollard in prison, at that time the first journalist to do so, plus Black extensively interviewed his attorneys and reviewed their evidence, and also interviewed then ex-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Casper Weinberger, and many other
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Edwin Black, Middle East, USA
School Sup’t Marten: ‘Every child has a gift’
By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org SAN DIEGO — Cindy Marten respects private educational institutions in the Jewish community and elsewhere, but at the very least, she believes that Jewish parents should give public school a chance. The superintendent of San Diego Unified School District—California’a second-largest school district and the eighth-largest in the country, serving 109,785 enrolled
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Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationRivlin believes Netanyahu hurts Israel
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Israel’s President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin is saying the same thing that you’ve read more than once here. In an interview to be printed in Friday’s Ha’aretz he’ll explain why he thinks that Prime Minister Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu’s rant against United States President Barack Obama is very bad news for Israel. In
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Middle East, USAJewish news briefs: August 6, 2015
Israeli cabinet approves 2015-16 state budget, defense budget still pending (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Israeli cabinet approved the 2015-16 state budget bill in the early hours of Thursday morning, after a tumultuous marathon discussion that began on Wednesday afternoon. The budget was approved with a majority vote among Israel’s 20 government ministers. Defense Minister
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International, Middle East, USAI-8 Jewish travel: Qualcomm Way, Qualcomm Stadium
–16th in a series– Exit 6, Qualcomm Way, San Diego ~ Qualcomm Stadium, By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — In 1997, Qualcomm, a telecommunications industry giant co-founded by Jewish electrical engineers Irwin Jacobs, Andrew Viterbi and others, paid the City of San Diego $18 million for San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium to be renamed for
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Travel and FoodAIPAC disserves Jewish community by closing forum
SAN DIEGO (SDJW)– You won’t see any news report on San Diego Jewish World about the Iran nuclear pact discussion at Tifereth Israel Synagogue on Wednesday evening, August 5, because it was closed to the media so that attendees “could feel comfortable” discussing their views, according to a spokesman for AIPAC that sponsored the discussion. On the one
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, USA