Letters to the editor: two writers challenge AJE speaker on Islamic-Jewish relations

By Linda Sax Snaid SAN DIEGO –Professor Ghada Osman has been invited repeatedly by the Agency for Jewish Education (AJE) to lecture on “Encounters Between Islam and Judaism.”   Her most recent presentation at the Dove Library in Carlsbad on February 28, 2011, is part of the AJE ‘Scholar Lectures on Jewish Studies.’ I was extremely

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

How Middle Eastern countries teach children about the ‘other’

 By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — A chance encounter led me to the offices of IMPACT, the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education, where I was able to learn about their work and see for myself the fruits of their labour from its acting director, psychologist Shelley Elkayam. Situated in

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Science, Medicine, & Education

Diamond lust, Apartheid’s after-effects shape ‘Groundswell’

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–Several months ago I wrote about a documentary that was being shown as part of the Jewish Film Festival called The Wrong Side of the Bus. It was about a noted professor of psychiatry who was born, grew up and went to school in South Africa during the days of Apartheid.

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, December 23, 1955, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Lasker Lodge News Southwestern Jewish Press, December 23, 1955, Page 5 By Lou Levitt The new officers for the forthcoming year were elected at the last regular meeting. They are Dr. Milton Millman, president; Edmund Herman, 1st vice president; Samuel Bennett, 2nd vice president; Harold P. Lasher, 3rd

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Adventures in SD History, San Diego County

Western media’s bias shows in coverage of Fogel family murders

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — So constant are the lies told in mass media coverage of Israel-Palestinian issues that it is hardly worthwhile to critique individual articles any more. Following the horrendous murder of the Fogel family, a number of Internet—but not print—writers have pointed out that various mass media institutions have  either not

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International, Middle East, USA

Disquieting questions about U.S. objectives in Libya

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Remember John Kennedy’s sending advisors to protect the South Vietnamese and the rest of Southeast Asia from Communism, Lyndon Johnson’s escalation after the attack on American ships in the Gulf of Tonkin, George W. Bush’s explanation for attacking Iraq and his later declaration of victory, as well as pronouncements and claims about

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Ira Sharkansky

A bissel this, a bissel that…San Diego Jewish news and chatter

(Column 28, March 21, 2011) Compiled by Donald H. Harrison * UPCOMING EVENTS (In Chronological Order) * Current trends in the Middle East will be the subject of a panel discussion at 7 p.m., Monday, March 21, at Congregation Beth Israel.  Panelists are Hisham Foad, SDSU Assistant professor of economics on “The Economic Roots of

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Donald H. Harrison

Israeli soloist Pianka to play Barber’s Violin Concerto twice with TICO

By David Amos SAN DIEGO–The 75 member Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra will present two programs of great variety and musical interest, on Sunday, March 27 at 3 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El, and Tuesday, March 29, 7:30 p.m. at the orchestra’s home, Tifereth Israel Synagogue. Featured as soloist will be the distinguished, retired concertmaster of the

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