I-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 Food

AIPAC 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

Lowey, a Jewish Democrat, will oppose Iran N- deal

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-New York) on Tuesday, August 4, announced her opposition to the P5+1 agreement with Iran in the following statement: “Preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon is an essential national security imperative. Since the nuclear agreement was reached between Iran and the P5+1 countries, I have reviewed its

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Middle East, USA

Humoring the headlines: August 4, 2015

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The Koch Brothers summoned five Republican presidential candidates to compete for their endorsement and funding.  Charles Koch compared the conservative activism of him and his brother to the civil rights movement.  Under the banner of “Rich Lives Matter More,” the brothers and the candidates sang the anthem of their cause:

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Israeli leftist calls for binational state

By Jonah Naghi JERUSALEM–Dr. Jeff Halper is an American-Israeli anthropologist who is a co-founder and the director of ICAHD (the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions). In an interview he discussed how the approach to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict needs to be reframed. Some of the topics he discussed were the current situation in Gaza, his experience

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Middle East, USA