By Joey Seymour LOS ANGELES — Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s is being overrun by a Nazi invasion. The 15,000 Jewish inhabitants of Bratislava are being harassed daily by brutal acts of anti-Semitism and will soon find themselves being sent to concentration camps. One resident, Imi Lichtenfeld who had been proficient in boxing and […]
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Middle EastThe Jews of Sing Sing: Gotham Gangsters and Gonovim, by Ron Arons. Barricade Books, Fort Lee, New Jersey, 2008, 352pages By David Strom SAN DIEGO–I lived in a very small portion of the American Jewish world. As a child I thought all Jews were religious, kept kosher, and obeyed the laws. Like Ron Arons mentioned,
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USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Here it is, the day before the California primary election, and I seriously would like to see a new third party formed, one which would adopt the motto “Let’s lower our voices.” It has been almost impossible to avoid watching on television the primary battles among Republicans for the California
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USACompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Southwestern Jewish Press, May 14, 1954, page 8 (Display advertisement) You are cordially invited to attend the formal dedication services of the Sholom Mausoleum in beautiful Greenwood Memoiral Park, Sunday, May 30, 2 p.m. Dedicatory services by Rabbi Monroe Levens assisted by Cantor Joseph Cysner. Includes in the
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Adventures in SD HistoryBy Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM–Margy Pezdirtz lives in Oklahoma. Margy Pezdirtz loves Israel. Margy Pezdirtz is willing to stand up for Israel. Here’s how Margy describes events in Oklahoma City last Friday afternoon: ” It was a quiet Friday, one in which I wanted to study and prepare for the coming Shabbat, when my phone rang.
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Middle East, USASAN DIEGO–Ilana Mysior was a musical force in our community. The life of this Israeli-born pianist, who died last March 17 from Marfan’s Syndrome, was celebrated in an evening of music and memories at the First Unitarian Universalist Church on May 22. Her last public performance as piano soloist with the New City Sinfonia under
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By Alex Liff SAN DIEGO–Watching the aftermath of the so called Gaza flotilla unfold can’t help but remind one of the following old joke that goes something like this. A gentleman comes out of a building and sees a crowd gathered below, gesturing angrily toward a roof where one can observe a young man dragging
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The idea of being God’s Chosen People has been as much of a burden as a blessing. Thanks to the prominence of the Hebrew Bible, the doctrine has not been something for us to cherish quietly. It has fueled the animosity and ridicule of adversaries as well as inspiring those who would
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–Years ago, I waited for hours in a line at the Buckeye Book Fair in northeastern Ohio—just for the honor of saying hello in person to the gilded White House reporter Helen Thomas. I purchased her book, which she was promoting, and she signed it for me, a process requiring
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has called for Helen Thomas to be fired from the White House press corps and by her employer, Hearst News, following her public and horrific anti-Semitic statements in an interview. Asked on-air to comment on Israel in the wake of the Gaza flotilla clash, Thomas, said:
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The House of David in the Land of Jesus by Robert Lewis Berman, 2007, ISBN 9781589807204, 354 pages By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—When I recently attended 10-year-old Megan Spector’s performance as the title character in the Pickwick Players’ production of Annie, I had no idea that the musical would prove to be a portal
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staffCongregation Beth Israel Cordially Invites The Entire Jewish Community To The Services of Dedication Of The Home of Peace Mausoleum and Chapel Sunday, May 30th at 10:30 a.m. At Cypress View – 3960 Imperial Blvd. * Solo-Cantor Julian K. miller Memorial Day Service – Rabbi Morton J. Cohn Solo-Cantor
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Who was the Admiral Baker for whom Admiral Baker Field with its two golf courses is named? His son, also named Wilder Baker, replied in a telephone interview from Darien, Connecticut, that in the U.S. Navy, Admiral Baker perhaps was best known as the chief of
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By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California–Better appreciation of the facts about the Gaza flotilla (a flatuated term for that motley group of ships) are emerging, after the jumping to jaundiced judgment to jeer Israel. The key one: Turkey hid behind its radical IHH front to instigate violence and got what it wanted. Why? The obvious answer
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