By David Brin ENCINITAS, California –Why freedom of the press concerns us all. Nick Cohen of Standing Point Magazine (UK) does a detailed retrospective and appraisal of my book The Transparent Society: Will Technology Make Us Choose Between Privacy and Freedom? He examines how far we have gone in the directions that I discussed, suggested…. […]
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–There are some general lessons about politics in the current maneuverings of Israeli politicians around the issues of drafting ultra-Orthodox and Arabs. In Hebrew, the terms rhyme — חרדים וערבים– Haredim and Aravim. The issues differ more than they overlap. Lesson #1 is the distance between politics and policy, or between politics
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By David Bedein JERUSALEM–Covering the 1988 elections on special contract for the New York Times,Washington Post and Los Angeles Times, all three bureau chiefs would ask at the end of each day for a report of what Shamir said each day on the campaign trail. There was never much to report, because Shamir’s messages were
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Middle East
By Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California– The first free elections in the history of Egypt have produced a parliament dominated by a majority of radical Islamists , and a president who emerged from the ranks of the fundamentalist Islamist “Muslim Brotherhood” movement. It is said that “Revolutions are started by intellectuals, carried out by fanatics, and
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Middle East
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — Let’s get one thing clear, Richard III Duke of Gloucester is a demon and not because his body is deformed. There is not one redeeming quality about him to admire yet he manages to con at least one member of royalty, Lady Anne (Vivia Font) whose husband and father-in
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — There is a remarkable amount of interest in China about Israel and Jews, as I discovered during a trip to China sponsored by SIGNAL, the Sino-Israel Global Network and Academic Leadership. The most obvious reason is that the Chinese–one important official called it the “little superpower–perceive that Israel in
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International, Middle EastBy Carol Davis VISTA, California — Legally Blonde The Musical that earned seven 2007 Tony Award nominations is back in San Diego County, at the Moonlight Amphitheatre in Vista through July 14th. It is making its Southern California Regional Music Theatre premiere and it’s not only zippy, fast paced and high-spirited; it’s also fun for
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, TAIWAN — The things you learn when you aren’t even looking anything up. Here I was reading the newspaper the other day about some new movie called Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter based on a novel by some American novelist named Seth Grahame-Smith, and I had no idea the dude was
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Travel and Food
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Jews are not buried in the clothes they wore during their lives. Rather, we are dressed in tachrichim, simple white burial garments. This reminds us that no matter how many material blessings one accumulates during a lifetime, we are all equal in death. Additionally, tachrichim remind us
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Jewish ReligionNine Lives of Israel: A Nation’s History through the Lives of Its Foremost Leaders by Jack L. Schwartzwald.; Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company: 2012. By Edward Alexander CHICAGO– “History,” wrote the Victorian sage and hero-worshiper Thomas Carlyle, “is the essence of innumerable biographies.” Jack Schwartzwald, a professor of medicine at Brown University,
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Travel and Food
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO–Choreographer John Malashock is no stranger to any facet of the art world and his upcoming celebration of 25 years of dance is evidence of this glowing passion. Citing Twyla Tharp as an inspiration, Malashock expresses his love of storytelling through dance. He avers that he likes “letting emotion inform the
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Eva TriegerBy J.J Surbeck LA JOLLA, California –This past weekend (June 22-24), the La Jolla Country Day School launched its first Young Leaders Film Festival. It was marketed to the general public rather than being an internal academic exercise (taking advantage of the fact that school is out during the summer). Four films were presented twice over
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Among the things that keep me in touch with my former homeland are the family members and friends who respond to my columns. The friends include people I’ve never met in person. Some have trekked to French Hill in order to shake my hand and share in some goodies, face to
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Ira Sharkansky, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Two Jewish officeholders–Congressman Bob Filner and District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis– were rivals in the recent primary for San Diego mayor, from which Filner emerged a runoff candidate. But on Wednesday, June 27, anyone perusing press releases might get the impression the two former rivals were reading from the
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar