By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel –In almost 40 years of studying these issues, I’ve never seen a better case study of mass media bias and knee-jerk narrowness than an aspect of the current flap about what presidential candidate Mitt Romney said during his trip to Israel. I’m going to focus on a single point because […]
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Middle East
By Loren Kantor Editor’s Note: Loren Kantor often chooses Jews and Jewish themes as topics for his woodcuts. He’s agreed to share images from his work–and the stories behind them– with San Diego Jewish World. Actor Edward G. Robinson is the fourth topic in the series. STUDIO CITY, California–Edward G. Robinson was born
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Second in a Series Photos and story by Donald H. Harrison TECATE, Mexico — Sarah Livia Szekely Brightwood was designated to succeed her mother, Deborah Szekely, as the president of Rancho La Puerta after her brother, Alex, who had prepared for the administrative job, died of cancer in 2002. “I never studied business, never
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Donald H. Harrison
By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO–Choosing your advisor may likely be one of the most important financial decisions you make. All financial advisors are not created equal! Borrowing from the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (www.napfa.org), I will discuss why choosing a Fee-Only advisor is best! A Fee-Only advisor is not a stockbroker or insurance
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Sheryl Rowling, Travel and FoodBy Audrey Jacobs and Glenda Sacks Jaffe ENCINITAS, California– “Visiting Israel gave my life purpose,” Ben said the first time we met when he was interviewing to be an intern at Stand With Us through Hillel of North County. He was a joyful and sincere 25 year old, but became very animated when he spoke about
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San Diego County
By David Brin ENCINITAS, California –Mitt Willard Romney now informs us that he did pay taxes during the last ten years. Thus he attempts to staunch – despite his own refusal to provide proof in the form of tax returns – the assertion of critics like Democratic senator Harry Reid that Romney paid no taxes
Why shouldn’t voters see Romney’s tax returns? Read More »
USA
-First in a series- Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison TECATE, Mexico — Unlike some Mexican cities along the U.S. border, such as Juarez, or Tijuana, where there have been outbreaks of violence between rival drug gangs, or between law enforcement officials and drug lords, Tecate is a quiet town which derives much of
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Donald H. Harrison
RICHMOND HILL, Ontario –Who can say but that Michael Glassman was destined to spot this license plate?
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Jewish Religion
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called cavalierly for the people of Aleppo to rise up against the Assad regime. When they did — as when President Bush (41) called on the Shi’ites and Kurds of Iraq to rise up against Saddam in 1991 — the U.S. declined to support the rebels, and
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Shoshana Bryen, USA
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO –Tonight (Friday, Aug. 17) we celebrate Rosh Chodesh Elul, the beginning of the Hebrew month of Elul, which is the month immediately preceding Tishrei, whose first day is Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. The Rabbis wrote that the Hebrew letters that spell out Elul are an anagram for the
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Jewish ReligionBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–“Anybody but Peres” was the slogan in the Knesset when the Members were choosing between presidential candidates Shimon Peres and Moshe Katzav in 2000. Katzav received 63 votes to Peres’ 57. Some MKs who had promised their support to Peres voted for Katzav. Seven years later, it was clear that “Anybody but
Did Peres anger Bibi, or are they play-acting? Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — You may have heard about Irv Gordon and the world-record mileage on his faithful 1966 Volvo P1800. The car is set to soon cross yet another milestone — 3 million miles on the speedometer! One man, one car, one dream. Irv made it into newspapers in 2007 and
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Travel and Food
By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO –“K’rachaim av al banim, kain Tirachem aleinu…” Like the mercy of a father on children, may You (G-d) have mercy upon us… [Liturgy] A little girl and her father were crossing a flimsy bridge. The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter:”Sweetheart, please hold my
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Jewish Religion
By Candice Mervis TEL AVIV — Professor Daniel Chamovitz is the director of the Manna Centre for Plant Biosciences at Tel Aviv University and author of What a Plant Knows, a detailed look into how plants sense and deal with their environments. Chamovitz grew up in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, a small mill town. He was the
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Science, Medicine, & Education