San Diego County’s Historic Places: Bancroft Ranch House

By Donald H. Harrison   SPRING VALLEY, California—Speculation was popular from the 17th through 19th centuries that Native Americans might have been descended from the Lost Tribes of Israel. In this community off State Route 94, there once lived a famous historian who was among those who investigated the Lost Tribe theory and then dismissed it as being […]

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Donald H. Harrison

Little optimism as Mideast 'peace talks' start anew

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–It is not starting well. One commentator described the talks between Israel and the Palestinians as “beginning on the left foot.” Another called them a “farce.” Several estimated their chances of success as “close to zero,” and attributed their plight to American bumbling. Neither the Israeli Prime Minister nor the Palestinian President

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Another Israel divestment vote at UCSD planned tonight

 SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The student community at UC San Diego is once again facing a divestment debate this evening, Wednesday May 5th. The anti-Israel leadership has already started sending emails, letters, petitions, and propaganda campaigns to promote their mission for the sake of demonizing Israel on campus. The anti-Israel group is calling for their

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Middle East

For refugees, policies of host countries make all the difference

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel–“Refugees.” That word means many different things to many different people. The readership of the magazine of the Association of Jewish Refugees (the British publication for which I also write)  is loosely defined as having once fallen into that category. By today, however, most of those who once sought refuge from a

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East

Tovah Feldshuh, a must see in ‘Golda’s Balcony’

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—There is something magical about seeing Tovah Feldshuh playing Golda Meir in her one-woman show, Golda’s Balcony by William Gibson now playing at the Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park through May 30th. From the moment she walks on to the stage, to the time she takes her last of many

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Carol Davis, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

J Street hails beginning of Mideast 'proximity talks'

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–J Street Executive Director Jeremy Ben-Ami on Monday welcomed the launch of indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinians, scheduled to begin on Wednesday.  His statement follows: J Street welcomes the launch of Israeli-Palestinian proximity talks. While the start of talks is a step in the right direction, those committed to ending

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Middle East, USA