Why Judaic Studies departments are shielded from criticism

By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — I’ve yet to see, among the criticisms of college ethnic and gender studies departments, a similar criticism of Judaic Studies departments. Is this because, as some charge, Jews have a privileged place in our universities? The pervasiveness of anti-Israel sentiment on campuses, usually with carte blanche or often support […]

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Jewish Religion

Playwright, 83, thanks mother and doctor for life-saving surgery

    By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Although a precedent-setting prostate surgery occurred in New York City, the setting for much of the story is San Diego, where the doctor grew up and the mother of the patient resides. The doctor is Herbert Lepor who on October 31, 2011, performed a radical prostatectomy–the removal of

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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education

Young musicians impressive in Santa Monica concert

By Eileen Wingard SANTA MONICA, California –Since its inception in 1955, under the visionary leadership of Sylvia Kunin, the Young Musicians Foundation has nurtured a long list of outstanding concert artists and conductors. In the past several weeks, I personally attended performances by four YMF competition winners, Violinist Zina Schiff in recital in San Francisco,

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Eileen Wingard

Misadventures in Afghanistan portrayed in ‘Blood and Gifts’

By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California—The West Coast premiere of playwright J.T. Rogers’ Blood and Gifts is now in a solid but wordy production at the La Jolla Playhouse. Not that the words aren’t important, it’s just that the first act of this two-hour plus thriller (as it is marketed) takes too long to get

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Scientists contemplate universe’s origin

A Universe from Nothing: Why is there Something Rather than Nothing? by Lawrence M. Krauss; ISBN 978-1-4516-2445-8 ©2012, $24.99, p. 202 The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe is Not Designed for Us by Victor J. Stenger;  ISBN 978-1-61614-443-2 ©2012, $28.00, p. 341, including notes, bibliography, and index   By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Ellis reaches out to Jewish voters in 1st Council District contest

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — At least four Democrats  and four Republicans will serve on the San Diego City Council, with the swing-vote contest being in the 1st Councilmanic district between Democratic incumbent Sherri Lightner and Republican challenger Ray Ellis.  There is a heavy concentration of Jews in the district, and the election

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Donald H. Harrison

Islamists stir the pot in Sinai

By Yaakov Lappin     WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recent developments on Israel’s southern borders have illustrated the direct relationship between the changes sweeping Arab lands and mounting threats to Israel’s national security. This past weekend, as Egyptians went to the polls, terrorists operating in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula fired two Grad rockets into southern Israel. The projectiles

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