Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, June 15, 1956, Part 4

R to L, front row: Mrs. Al Slayen, Pres., Women’s League; William Schwartz, Pres., J.C.C.; Bill Starr, 1st Vice-Prtes, JCC; Sidney Rose, Chairman of Bldg. Comm.; Mrs. Victor Selten, co-chairmen of Bazaar with MNrs. Marvin Bobrof; Supervisor Frank Gibson. R to L,, rear row: Edward Breitbard, former Pres. J.C.C.; Architect George Lykos   Compiled by […]

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‘I just followed orders’—Lipstadt book dissects Eichmann Trial

  The Eichmann Trial by Deborah E. Lipstadt, Schocken, 272pp. By David Strom SAN DIEGO — It has been fifty years since the Adolf Eichmann trial. Deborah Lipstadt, renowned historian and professor, has written a new account of the Eichmann trial. Eichmann was one of the world’s most notorious war criminals. He sat in an

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Travel and Food

Enemy missiles? (Yawn) U.N. vote on Palestine (Yawn) What about the high price of cottage cheese?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Israel aspires to be a normal country, but can’t make it.   Two issues dominant in recent news are the price of cottage cheese, and a prolonged labor dispute between physicians working in the public sector (the vast majority of the country’s medicine) and several governmental agencies about salary, working conditions, and

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, June 15, 1956, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff La Jolla Playhouse Announces Season Southwestern Jewish Press, June 15, 1956, Page 5 The La Jolla Playhouse opens its tenth season June 26 with the comedy, “Bus Stop.”  Also planned are productions of the two Strindberg one-act masterpieces, “Miss Julie” and “The Stronger” and the musical comedy, “Pal

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, June 15, 1956, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff As the Psychologist Sees You Southwestern Jewish Press, June 15, 1956, Page 3 By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant Good in School, Bad At Home The bewildered expression on the faces of many parents is caused by the Dr. Jeckle-Mr. Hyde character of their offspring. Not tht the

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‘Amigos’ volunteer builds cement and human bridges in Nicaraguan hamlet of El Quebrachal

Editor’s Note: This is the sixth article in the World-At-Home series, in which we posit that one can “travel” around the world without leaving San Diego County, through interactions with the people and resources within the county. By Donald H. Harrison CARLSBAD, California –When Ana Reyes recalled her stint of a few summers ago as

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Donald H. Harrison

In the long run, Arab Spring may open Middle East to modernization

      By Lloyd Levy        LONDON–We are witnessing  the most remarkable events across the Arab World, but  the direction of travel, and the end game, are impossible to foretell.   The situation does have many similarities with the Eevolutions that swept the Jewish World in the late 1880’s and early 1900’s. 

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International, Lloyd Levy

S.D. mayoral battle is on for Jewish vote, financial backing

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Tom Blair reported in his San Diego Union-Tribune column on Friday, June 17, that some Democrats were backing Republican Bonnie Dumanis in the approaching officially non-partisan race for mayor, and suggested that Democrat Bob Filner should take note.  The veteran columnist listed Murray and Elaine Galinson, Lynn

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Jordan at the crossroads

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C.  — The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) is generally sympathetic to the difficulties faced by Jordan’s King Abdullah II. He is a Hashemite ruling a mostly Palestinian and Bedouin country; an excellent security partner to Israel because Israel ensures that he will not be overthrown by Palestinians who believe

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen