By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California — If it appears during fall that it has been snowing in the California Native Plants Garden at Grossmont College, don’t bother checking the thermometer or calling the Guiness Book of Records. The white precipitate isn’t snow at all, but in fact is a
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Donald H. HarrisonSACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) – Assemblymember Marty Block (Democrat, San Diego) on Tuesday announced that, in partnership with Assemblymember Ira Ruskin (Democrat, Redwood City), he is leading an effort to honor Holocaust survivors and World War II veteran concentration camp liberators during a special ceremony in the Capitol on April 19, at 12:00 p.m., as part of Holocaust
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HAIFA (Press Release)–An emotional first-time meeting took place at the University of Haifa between two survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp: Miriam Yahav, 83, and Nahum Bendel, 82. The two became connected five years ago, in 2005, when Yahav spontaneously stepped up to the stage at a ceremony in Poland commemorating 60 years of the liberation
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Middle EastBy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — One of the unique aspects of dance among the art forms is that it affords us the opportunity to observe not only its fruition, but also its creation. It willingly lends itself to a public birth: the dancers, the choreographer and the audience all participating in the process. John
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By Gerry Greber LA JOLLA, California — San Diego’s Jewish community on Sunday, April 11, held its largest commemoration of the Holocaust in 65 years to remember and honor those who were victims or liberators during the Holocaust. Organized by Michael Bart, a son of Holocaust survivors, the ceremony at the Lawrence Family JCC paid
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AUSCHWITZ, Poland (Press Release)–Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky, flanked by Israel’s former Chief Rabbi and government ministers, led a group of over 10,000 on the annual March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and death camp in Poland, marking Holocaust Remembrance Day, Monday (April 12). “It is easy to say that the lessons of Auschwitz
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)—Harvard University Prof. Susan Rubin Suleiman will lecture Friday, April 30, on the experiences of murdered novelist Irene Nemirovsky, a Jew who converted to Roman Catholicism, but still was sent to Auschwitz under Nazi laws. Suleiman, who served as scholar in residence at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in San Diego, has
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By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES–You wouldn’t think you could make a theater piece out of a textbook on acting, but Beau Bridges and his daughter Emily have done it—beautifully. The book is “Acting: The First Six Lessons” by Polish director and actor Richard Boleslavsky, and if all teachers were as articulate and emotionally charged as
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Cynthia CitronBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The Holocaust leads all other tragedies in the extent of its commemoration. Numerous countries have an annual observance on January 27th, the anniversary of the day in 1945 when the Soviet Army liberated the largest Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. Some of them also commemorate Israel’s observance in the Spring. It comes
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—The Visitors and Interpretive Center of Mission Trails Regional Park is low-tech compared to razzmatazz commercial attractions like Disneyland or Sea World, but it effectively teaches about Native American life and about nature. Its exhibits appeal to a full range of age groups with a variety of learning styles. Whether
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—There are some 40 miles of trails in Mission Trails Regional Park along the San Diego River and surrounding grasslands and mountains. Hikers can view Kumeyaay and Spanish archaeological sites, possibly encounter some endangered animals and some dangerous ones, and be introduced to plants with characteristics so interesting they almost
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Donald H. HarrisonHAIFA (Press Release)–Just one “pulse” of artificial light at night disrupts circadian cell division, reveals a new study carried out by Dr. Rachel Ben-Shlomo of the University of Haifa-Oranim Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology along with Prof. Charalambos P. Kyriacou of the University of Leicester. “Damage to cell division is characteristic of cancer, and
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA (Press Release)–American Jews were treated to two Biden-style “big deals” – one good for the Jews, one not so good. Most Jews probably cheered President Obama’s words when he signed the historic health-care bill into law: “The bill I’m signing will set in motion reforms that generations of Americans have
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Middle East, USABy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California–The season’s heaviest rainstorm descended Wednesday evening, January 20, as fifteen people braved the inclement weather to gather at the JCC Astor Judaica Library for the first of three programs by local poets: Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices. Yael Gmach, who was scheduled to sing an original song in French, was stranded
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