By Donald H. Harrison SKAGWAY, Alaska – Carlin “Buckwheat” Donahue bought and sold oil leases in Colorado, acted in Skagway’s gold-days pageant, and tended bar, before he found his Princess. “Thanks to them, I’ve had a wonderful career,” he boomed. Princess Cruises has been bringing passengers to Skagway since the 1980s, and holds the […]
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Donald H. HarrisonWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The following statement was issued Tuesday by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, and European Union): The Quartet is greatly concerned by Israel’s recent announcements to advance planning for new housing units in Ariel and East Jerusalem, and reiterates its position in this regard, in particular its statement
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Middle East
By Shoshana Bryen Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –The President of Honduras has indicated that his government will support a vote in favor of “Palestine” in the United Nations General Assembly in September. Honduras, of all countries, should know better; not about Israel, but about importance of truth. When Manuel Zelaya, then President of Honduras, subverted the
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — There’s something intriguing about watching two intelligent adults spar over their intended romance leading up to their ultimate marriage…or not. In playwright John Morogiello’s witty and appealing Engaging Shaw now on the Sheryl and Harvey White Stage at the Old Globe Theatre, Rod Brogan (Shaw), Angela Pierce (Charlotte Payne-Townshend),
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — The dust has finally settled and the California Citizens Redistricting Commission has concluded its work. The final maps for Congress, the Board of Equalization, State Senate, and State Assembly have been released. I wrote previously of a possible map that included most of the Jewish community in our region.
Redistricting creates some comfortable districts for local Jewish incumbents Read More »
San Diego County
By Cynthia Citron Cynthia Citron ENCINO, California– A decade before the thousands of people who had invested their money with Bernie Madoff realized that they had lost it all, a Boston-based securities analyst was blowing his whistle loud enough to wake all of Wall Street. But Wall Street wouldn’t listen. Harry Markopolos, who had gathered
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Cynthia CitronBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Some time ago, a Texas friend wrote to ask how Glenn Beck’s pending mission to Israel was being received here. My response: it wasn’t. A few days ago, I wrote to him again with the news that Israel Today, the most conservative of the daily papers, had a story about Beck’s upcoming visit
Glenn Beck want to protect Israel but doesn’t understand it Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison JUNEAU, Alaska – Back in the summer of 1982, when daughter Sandi was 9 and son David was 7, Nancy and I purchased a recreational vehicle and set out on a three-month family vacation to explore America. One of the first “big stops” was the Grand Canyon, and, en route to Arizona, we talked
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Susan B. Tuchman, Esq. NEW YORK — The United States Supreme Court in Washington D.C. will be hearing an important case this fall that could affect the right of U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem, Israel’s capital, to formally identify with their birthplace in the State of Israel. In 2002, Congress passed legislation permitting American
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Middle East
By David Strom David Strom SAN DIEGO — Alvin Rosenfeld, the author/editor of several important books about the Holocaust, has written a book that is thoughtful and challenging to our perceptions of what the Holocaust means. The End of the Holocaust is a critical survey of the vast range of assaults on our collective Holocaust
Have foes and even sympathetic friends “ended” the Holocaust? Read More »
Jewish Religion
By Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD — If you were to guess Sarah Treem’s age by her looks alone, you’d probably say, “Not a day over 21.” If you were to guess her age by the quantity and quality of her output and accomplishments, you’d probably say, “Forty-one. Maybe even 51.” What does Sarah Treem say?
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Cynthia Citron
By Donald H. Harrison JUNEAU, Alaska – At the end of a 20-minute drive from the cruise ship terminal to the visitor center’s parking lot for the Mendenhall Glacier, the MGT bus driver announced that return trips would leave from that very spot on the hour and the half hour until the last departure
If you can bear the jokes, wildlife watching in Alaska can be fun Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
By Donald H. Harrison KETCHIKAN, Alaska – Just as stories can be transcribed into writing in books, they also can be told with immense carvings on totem poles. The extended family that owns and operates Potlatch Park here has been producing both kinds of literature for the education and delight of the many visitors to
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California —It’s hard to believe that the very same playwright, Eugene O’Neill, who penned Long Day’s Journey Into Night, The Iceman Cometh, Morning Becomes Electra and Desire Under the Elms also is responsible for his one and only lighthearted comedy Ah, Wilderness. But then again, he was much younger and his
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast