“We are only 6% of the world population. We cannot impose our will on the other 94%. We cannot right every wrong, reverse each adversity…We cannot be the American solution to every world problem.” —John F. Kennedy “We have no commission from God to police the world.”—Benjamin Harrison By Isaac Yetiv LA JOLLA, California — “In foreign affairs,” De […]
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Story and Photos by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—The Jewish Federation and scores of affiliated communal organizations celebrated Israel’s Independence Day on Sunday, May 15, at a new, more public, location than in past years, seeking to draw the general public’s attention both to Israel’s cause and to the variety of interests represented within the
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego CountyBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Some years ago, Ehud Barak said that if he had been born a Palestinian, he would probably have become a freedom fighter. It was a rare hint of personal warmth in a man described by colleagues as one of the coldest fishes in Israeli politics. Barak’s military career featured a
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By Lloyd Levy LONDON–The death of Osama Bin Laden had been long in the coming, and many people celebrate that he has reaped what he has sown. Nevertheless I do believe that his portrayal in the “West” has been deliberately misleading. Blaming something called Al-Qaida, for the world’s terrorism is a deception, a politically
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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Some remarkable treasures of poetic talent were unearthed during this year’s Jewish Poets —Jewish Voices evenings! This third year of the poetry series in the Astor Judaica Library at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center included local song writers as well as local poets. On February 22, Mexican-born
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By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — “Memory is the only thing that grief can call its own,” Sean O’Casey wrote, and there is grief and memory enough to go around in his classic play Juno and the Paycock, now being performed at the Odyssey Theatre in West Los Angeles. Set in Dublin in 1922, the play
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Cynthia CitronCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Senior Citizens Group Formed To Aid In Leisure Time Activities Southwestern Jewish Press, March 30, 1956, Page 15 A Coordinating Committee on aging has been established by the San Diego Federation of Jewish Agencies, according to an announcement by Dr. A.P. Nasatir, President. Jewish organizations represented on the
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), who has been a steadfast supporter of Israel and a Middle East peace that’s based on the state’s full recognition by its neighbors, has written to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking that they stop U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority for as
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Middle EastMILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, D-Wis., on Friday announced that he will not seek another term in 2012. Kohl is currently serving his fourth term in the U.S. Senate, which will expire at the end of the 112th Congress on January 3, 2013. He delivered the following remarks from his Milwaukee Senate office
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)–President Barack Obama issued the following statement on the resignation of U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell: “Over the past two and a half years, George Mitchell has worked as a tireless advocate for peace as the U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle East. His deep commitment to resolving conflict and advancing
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By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – At Grossmont College, more than 40 full-time and part-time faculty members instruct some 700 students in English-As-A-Second-Language. You might think of these ESL teachers as an American welcoming committee. They are a generally kind-hearted cadre who help their students to navigate in
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Donald H. HarrisonSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Soille Hebrew Day School has announced that Rabbi Meir Cohen will be joining its administrative team as the school’s principal, commencing July, 2011. Rabbi Cohen is described by Headmaster Rabbi Simcha Weiser as “a brilliant, warm educator who is passionate about improving the lives of students, both academically and personally.” “Our school
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San Diego CalendarBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Why the fascination with this little corner of the world? Israelis and Palestinians are not engaged in the bloodiest of conflicts. Neither of us can claim to be the most threatened or oppressed. Yet Israelis are at the focus of supervision, criticism, and the threat of sanctions, while the Palestinians are coddled.
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Ira Sharkansky, USANEW YORK (Press Release) – For over 50 years, the American Bible Contest has tested the Biblical knowledge of students from Jewish schools and institutions across the United States. Sponsored by the Jewish Agency which sponsors similar Bible contests, known in Hebrew as Chidon Tanach, throughout the Diaspora, the American Bible Contest began this year with
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