I Will Plant You A Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler’s List Survivor by Laura Hillman; Simon Pulse, 2005; ISBN-13 978-1-4169-5366-1, paperback, 271 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — I met Laura Hillman recently at the 105th birthday party for Laura Simon in San Diego. When I learned that she had written […]
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Travel and FoodCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff A Tangible Example of Brotherhood; ‘Christian Friends’ Pledge $9,589 to Fund Drive Southwestern Jewish Press, July 22, 1955, Page 1 112 Voluntary pledges totaling almost $10,000 have been made by non –Jews to the United Jewish Fund’s 1955 Campaign, (according to) Campaign Chairman, Max Rabinowitz. These contributions which
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Adventures in SD History, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO–Beth Am Preschool holds an Open House on Sunday, January 9, from 9:00- 10:30am. The Preschool, located in Carmel Valley, on the Synagogue Campus at 5050 Del Mar Heights Road, and at the Satellite Campus at 11860 Carmel Creek Road, includes a variety of programs for children ages newborn through five years. The Synagogue Campus houses
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San Diego Calendar, San Diego CountyNEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is calling on United Nations member states to declare that they will not participate in the so-called “Durban III” conference, set to be held in New York in September 2011, calling the proceedings “a conference that will undermine rather than advance the fight against discrimination.” The U.N. General
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Middle East
By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel– If I had to pick one sentence to show what’s profoundly wrong with Middle East coverage in the Western mass media, this is the one I’d choose. It’s in a New York Times article entitled, “Israel: Tensions Rise Along Gaza Border” by Isabel Kershner. I’ll put the sentence in
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Middle East, USA
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–When I was attending the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, very little emphasis was placed on “practical rabbinics,” the nuts and bolts of being a rabbi. One piece of advice I do remember was aseh Toratcha keva, “fix a time for your Torah study.” We were warned that
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Jewish ReligionRICHMOND, Virginia (Press Release)– The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a suit contesting public financing of a Baptist housing project in Arlington County, Virginia, saying plaintiff Peter Glassman had not shown the housing project was for anything other than its stated purpose. Here is the court’s opinion.
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Respect and Children (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press, July 8, 1955, Page 5 We were intrigued the other day by the statement of a news broadcaster to the effect that a check-up on juvenile delinquents revealed that Chinese children rarely were brought into court for violation of any laws.
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We Were Europeans: A Personal History of a Turbulent Century by Werner M. Loval, Gefen Publishing House, 2010, ISBN 9789652295224, 520 pages including index, no price listed. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Although he is not a household name, Werner M. Loval has led a life that has brought him into contact with
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Donald H. HarrisonSEATTLE, Washington (Press Release)–The anti-Israel “Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign” group’s bus billboard ad campaign on Seattle buses, that was supposed to begin next Monday, December 27, was rejected on Thursday, Dec. 23. Citing the potential for disruption to transit service, King County Executive Dow Constantine on Thursday approved an interim policy from Metro Transit that calls for
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USABy Rabbi Menachem BarkahanRIGA, Latvia — Here are some of the highlights of 2010 for Shamir, the Jewish community of Latvia: The Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust museum were opened in September 2010 http://www.rgm.lv/?lang=en The Second International Festival of Jewish culture gathered more than 4, 000 visitors for 10 events in Latvia and Lithuania, including international celebrities
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Travel and FoodBy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — What is the highest priority for Iranian foreign policy–I mean the official and public foreign policy, not spreading revolution and terrorism–today? According to the new foreign minister it’s developing strong relations with Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Ali Akbar Salehi, who by the way holds a degree from the Massachusetts
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Middle EastHAIFA (Press Release)–New facts are being revealed about another Jewish population that was persecuted during WWII: Indonesian Jewry – of which very little has been known to date. This community suffered greatly under Japanese occupation, and in a study that set out to provide a first and in-depth examination of the causes for the prejudice
THOMASVILLE, Georgia (Press Release)– Holocaust artist Elmo Gideon, 86, died Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at his home and studios here after a lengthy illness. He has been described as an “artist who borders on being an elemental force” whose own ambitions guided him in the development of revolutionary paints and sculpting compounds, technique, form and application that
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