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Students witness rocket, their experiments destroyed

June 28, 2015

By Donald H. Harrison CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The excitement was palpable in the hours on Sunday, June 28, before the ill-fated launch of the Falcon 9 Dragon rocket that was supposed to bring supplies and new science experiments for the astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Elementary, Middle and High School students from all

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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

The Jewish singers: Joe Dassin

June 28, 2015

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Travel and Food

The sticky business of Israel’s oil policies

June 28, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — You enjoy the complexities and nuances of policy debates? Try working your way through Israel’s efforts to deal with the gas found under its section of the Mediterranean. Several years after the discovery, we seem to be at a peak of dispute about sorting out who should control the stuff,

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Ballet dancing and the study of Torah

June 28, 2015

By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO –For over forty years of my life I began my day (6 days a week) with a morning ballet class. Learning to dance is only part of the matrix that one learns in such a class and my life was changed by that experience. I often feel like a survivor

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Jewish Religion

Mona Golabek returns to San Diego Rep

June 27, 2015

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO –Mona Golabek, the brilliant pianist, author and actress, is excited to return to San Diego for the reengagement of her prize-winning, one-woman play, The Pianist of Willesden Lane. From July 8-26, at the Lyceum Stage in Horton Plaza, she will again portray her mother, Lisa Jura. In 1938, as a

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Eileen Wingard, Jewish History

The Jewish singers: Ran Danker

June 27, 2015

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Travel and Food

Susan Davis: A social worker in Congress

June 27, 2015

By Donald H. Harrison WASHINGTON, D.C — Reflecting on a long career, and what she still would like to do in Congress, Rep. Susan Davis (D-California) suggested that she is more a social worker than a politician, which results in her having a different perspective on many issues. She met with my grandson, Shor, 14,

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA

The hydra- headed problem of Islamic terror

June 26, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The word terror connects with the anxiety that comes from violence that targets civilians. A bus or restaurant that a suicide bomber selects for his or her sacrifice, a roadside bomb laid by someone who chooses to kill without dying, or a group of school kids or supermarket patrons held

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Responding to racist remarks

June 26, 2015

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — A few years ago I was sitting at a table at a synagogue event when one of the guests made a racist remark. The rest of us were uncomfortable and embarrassed. We stared at our plates but said nothing. After a few moments of awkward silence we changed

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USA

Jewish news briefs: June 26, 2015

June 26, 2015

Amsterdam drops plan to be Tel Aviv’s twin city after pro-Palestinian pressure (Israel Hayom/Exclusive JNS.org) A plan to link Amsterdam and Tel Aviv as twin cities was dropped on Thursday after the Dutch capital’s mayor, Eberhard Van der Laan, came under fire from pro-Palestinian activists. Van der Laan has been an outspoken admirer of Tel

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International, Middle East, USA

Humoring the Headlines: June 26, 2015

June 26, 2015

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The Oxford English Dictionary added a new definition for the word “belated:” “The interval between the end of the Civil War, 90 years of Jim Crow Laws, and 50 years of resisting Civil Rights legislation, and the removal of Confederate flag from the flags and license plates of states in

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Fat? Here’s the antidote

June 26, 2015

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Unattractive, stupid, lazy, lacking self-control…is that what you not-so-secretly think of the nearly 70% of adults with “overbesity,” that is, those affected by overweight or obesity? If so, read on. You may be a fat shaming bully and not even know it. I was working out in the

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Michael Mantell, Travel and Food

Widow of Robert Haggiag cleans his vandalized grave

June 25, 2015

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) –Vandalism and garbage throwing is not a new phenomenon at the most ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Amid the thousands of tombstones, some of which have been defaced or smashed into pieces, there are areas full of trash and litter left by local Palestinian youth

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International, Middle East

Ranking three public tours in the U.S. capital

June 25, 2015

Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor Masori WASHINGTON, D.C.– Grandson Shor and I visited the nation’s capital so that he, among other activities, could be exposed to the venues that house the three branches of government We took public tours of the Supreme Court, the White House, and the U.S. Capitol. Rating

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Travel and Food, USA

Students witness rocket, their experiments destroyed

The Jewish singers: Joe Dassin

The sticky business of Israel’s oil policies

Ballet dancing and the study of Torah

Mona Golabek returns to San Diego Rep

The Jewish singers: Ran Danker

Susan Davis: A social worker in Congress

The hydra- headed problem of Islamic terror

Responding to racist remarks

Jewish news briefs: June 26, 2015

Humoring the Headlines: June 26, 2015

Fat? Here’s the antidote

Widow of Robert Haggiag cleans his vandalized grave

Ranking three public tours in the U.S. capital

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