By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In the current Pickwick Players production of Annie, Megan Spector, 10, a fourth grade student at Solana Highlands Elementary School is a stand-out in the title role at the Moxie Theatre on El Cajon Boulevard. Come fall, she plans to try out for the play Snoopy […]
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Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Miramar National Cemetery was dedicated Saturday, January 30, 2010, by two members of Congress and ranking officials of the military and Veterans Administration with promises that San Diego will once again be able to bury the bodies of its veterans—and not only their ashes—before the end of the year.
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Donald H. HarrisonSAN DIEGO (Press Release)- The San Diego Women’s History Museum will sponsor a wine, cheese and chocolate festival from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, June 4, in the Spanish Village section of Balboa Park, with commemorative wine glasses to be awarded to the first 500 attendees. Dozens of well-known chocolatiers, wine and cheese
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San Diego CalendarStaff Report SAN DIEGO–Our correspondent in Sha’ar Hanegev, Israel, Ulla Hadar, sent along to us video footage of a television newscast devoted to the discovery of American millionaire Fred Monosson’s color movie footage of pre-state and early Israel. The video literally has bounced and forth across the world, as she received it from Michael Rassler, executive
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)- The San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) is proud to announce the launch of possibly the largest online collection of aviation images in the world. By using Flickr.com, the entire SDASM Library & Archives digitized photo collection will eventually be viewable via the internet anywhere in the world. To date,
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San Diego CalendarLA JOLLA (Press Release) – The dates for the 10th Annual Used Book Sale of the Samuel & Rebecca Astor Judaica Library, have been changed to June 9-11 and 13, 2010 during open hours at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS, 1426 Executive Drive, La Jolla. The Used Book Sale closes on
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Every year, the San Diego Museum of Man honors its commitment to American Indian culture through its Art Market and – starting this year-a Film Festival.The Museum of Man’s First Annual American Indian Film Festival, sponsored by Pechanga Resort & Casino and presented by the American Indian Film Institute of San Francisco,
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San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Jewish Family Service of San Diego has created a new program to provide special help to individuals and families who are struggling through the tough economic times. The JFS Economic Crisis Response Program provides free workshops, counseling, and case management services to the entire San Diego community. Upcoming June workshops include: June
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San Diego CalendarBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C–Following the dismantling of Saddam’s army, the U.S.-led coalition began training and equipping a new army and police force while we began building a new government. Even under Saddam, Iraq was a fairly modern country with a mid-20th century infrastructure including a governmental infrastructure, a relatively educated population including women, and
Arming our future opponents for the next go-around Read More »
USA
By Jeanette Friedman NEW YORK–The e-mail came from a news source in Europe, who got it from a guy in New York, who got it from a couple in Los Angeles, who got it from a guy who “just received this from my friend in Israel, who moves in high circles, who heard it from
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Middle East
SAN DIEGO—For more than a month, workers have been laboring at county-owned Heritage Park in Old Town to restore the original Temple Beth Israel and six other historic buildings to the glory of their 19th century conditions, while preparing the overall development for a new life as a reception hall and bed-and-breakfast park. Partners Bill
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Donald H. HarrisonSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Edith Palkowitz, local Holocaust survivor, held 60 students spellbound at the Lindsay Community Day School on Thursday, May 13, as part of the Words Alive Adolescent Book Group program. The Lindsay Community Day School is a part of the Juvenile Community Court School (JCCS) system, which offers an alternative school setting for
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USABy Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–On Shavuos we rejoice as we appreciate our wonderful Torah. Our Sages tell us (Shabbos 88b) that when Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses), was up on Har Sinai (Mount Sinai), receiving the Torah from Hashem (G-d), the Angels were in an uproar. They complained Hashem should give them the Torah, not the
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Israel suffers from two prominent fault lines in its society. Both are complex, and fragment into further splits that confound any simple remedies. One sets the Arab minority against the Jewish majority. Complicating any application of conventional minority/majority analysis is the proximity of the Palestine and the larger Arab and Muslim communities.
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Ira Sharkansky