By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–It wasn’t exactly news when sources back in my hometown of Cincinnati announced that the wrecking ball would finally bring down our venerable, exhilarating, dangerous, and soul-defining Woodward High School—a churning microcosm of America from which we graduated in 1970. For some time, the school had stood ready for imminent […]
While high school stood, it stood for a lot Read More »
USA
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — For more than 60 years, the United Nations has worked mightily to prevent the Arabs from paying the price of their rejection of the independence of Israel in 1948 and to stoke the fires of Palestinian irredentism: denying resettlement to Arabs who fled the Arab war against Israel; five
Palestinian vote could set precedent for secessionist movements throughout world Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
Editor’s Note This article focusing on Honduras is the fifth in the World-At-Home series, in which we posit that it’s possible to “travel” around the world without leaving San Diego County, through visits to local venues and interviews with San Diegans involved in diverse foreign projects. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – When Tamar
Peeling back labor misunderstandings on a Honduran banana plantation Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The lead story in Monday’s Ha’aretz carries the headline, “U.S. pressuring Netanyahu to accept Obama’s peace plan; Israeli source says Americans frustrated with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for hampering U.S. efforts to stop Palestinians trying UN route to statehood in September” It is not clear if this is coming
Is Palestinian reconciliation unraveling? Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The House of Israel’s membership on Sunday celebrated the Balboa Park institution’s transformation from what some had called an “embarrassment” to what City Councilman Todd Gloria described as the “best” of the national cottages that comprise the 75-year-old House of Pacific Relations. The House of
House of Israel is rededicated with modernized interior Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES–Bakersfield Mist is a brilliant new play written and directed by Stephen Sachs and starring the husband and wife team of Jenny O’Hara and Nick Ullett at the always-wonderful Fountain Theatre. The play is based on a true story, and Sachs has raised it to a fine art, literally. A foul-mouthed ex-bartender
Suppose you found an art masterpiece in a junk shop… Read More »
Cynthia CitronBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Three family members of different ages and interests decided to tour four art museums in counterclockwise direction in Balboa Park—the Museum of Photographic Arts, the Timken Art Gallery, the San Diego Museum of Art, and the Mingei International Museum. One family member, my grandson, Shor, 10, loves to
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Donald H. HarrisonNEW YORK (Press Release) –The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday urged the international governing body for basketball to reverse its decision prohibiting an orthodox Jewish athlete from wearing a T-shirt under her jersey during an upcoming tournament. To abide with Jewish rules of modesty for women, Israeli national team player Naama Shafir normally wears a
Let Orthodox women wear T-shirts under jerseys—ADL Read More »
Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In CJ, the quarterly magazine of Conservative Judaism, two rabbis – Aaron Alexander and Daniel Greyber – have authored an article entitled, “Tefillin On A Plane.” It recalls the time when an Alaska Airlines Flight was boarded by FBI agents in Los Angeles investigating some Orthodox men who
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Donald H. HarrisonWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Friday met with Jewish community leaders from across the nation at the White House to underscore the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) commitment to partnering with faith-based communities to prevent, prepare for and respond to threats and announce the expansion of DHS’ “If You See Something, Say
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USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C — In honor of Russia’s National Day on Sunday, Russia House took out a full-page ad in a Washington newspaper. The first text line reads, “Twenty years ago, Russia completed the process of liberating about two dozen nations, itself included, from communist rule.” Funny, the Poles, Czechs, Estonians and
Central European history not a template for Mideast Read More »
International, Shoshana BryenBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –The United States has added another Muslim country to the list where its soldiers are fighting. The administration that is dead set against condemning Islam is now active in Yemen as well as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Somalia, and Libya. Some are major battlegrounds, others provide occasional activity against targets of
U.S. now fighting in seven Muslim countries Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, USABy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES –Her email address begins with “nifttt”, which she says stands for “nothing is funnier than the truth.” (It could also stand for “nifty,” which she most certainly is.) For actor/director Jenny O’Hara, it’s a serious mantra. As it is for her hilariously entertaining husband, actor Nick Ullett. Los Angeles
Jenny O’Hara, Nick Ullett team in theatre and life Read More »
Cynthia CitronBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Ever since 1852, the year Lewis Franklin was appointed foreman of the county Grand Jury and Louis Rose was elected as a member of the city Board of Trustees, Jews have played leadership roles in the affairs of the City of San Diego. So it’s not surprising that
Jews active in civic affairs key to future of mayor’s office, Balboa Park Read More »
Donald H. Harrison