Palestinian vote could set precedent for secessionist movements throughout world

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

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

Peeling back labor misunderstandings on a Honduran banana plantation

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

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Donald H. Harrison

Is Palestinian reconciliation unraveling?

By 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

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

House of Israel is rededicated with modernized interior

     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

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

3 generations find pleasure at 4 Balboa Park art museums

 By 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. Harrison

Let Orthodox women wear T-shirts under jerseys—ADL

NEW 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

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Travel and Food

Homeland Security Dept; Jewish organizations announce anti-terror partnership

WASHINGTON, 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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USA

Central European history not a template for Mideast

  By 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

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International, Shoshana Bryen

Jenny O’Hara, Nick Ullett team in theatre and life

  By 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

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Cynthia Citron