By Miriam Raftery East County Magazine EL CAJON, California – A bill to be heard any day now in the State Senate and then head to the Governor for signature will destroy a free press in California – and we need your help to protect the public’s voices in our media outlet and others. The
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Donald H. Harrison, Miriam Raftery, San Diego County, USA
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s (SWC’s) associate dean and director of global social action, has called on donor nations to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (“UNRWA”) to either pull their funding from the scandal-plagued agency or demand far greater transparency as well as complete restructuring of the UN mechanism for delivering assistance.
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International, Middle East
Items in today’s column:
*Gathering Insights with the ‘Torah of the Week’ Club
*Bry vs. Gloria match for mayor will find Jews on both sides
Our Shtetl San Diego: September 6, 2019 Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Irv Jacobs, MD, Michael Mantell, San Diego County
…The text does not tell us to be just, and to do what is just, but rather to pursue it. It recognizes the complexities involved with justice. The Torah does not want us to avoid or dismiss these complexities, but rather asks that we struggle with them.
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Jewish ReligionMovie producer, song composer Billy Rose was born this day (September 6) in 1899. Among his films was Jumbo, here showcasing the talents of Doris Day.
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
The race to replace Rep. Susan Davis in Congress came into sharper focus Thursday with two fellow Democrats saying they are considering a run in San Diego’s 53rd District and two others saying “count me out.”
Georgette Gomez, Sara Jacobs mull 53rd CD race Read More »
Ken Stone, San Diego County, USA
Items in today’s column
*Melvin Garb Foundation helps Temple Beth Shalom refurbish
*Igbo people of Nigeria count Jews among them
Our Shtetl San Diego: September 5, 2019 Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, San Diego County, USA
-StandWithUs has issued an Action Alert that calls upon FIFA, the international soccer association, to ensure that the Qatari government will issue entry visas to Israeli fans wishing to attend the FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar in 2022. To date, Israel is not included in Qatar’s online list of nearly 250 nationalities an
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Middle East, Sports & Competitions
DALLAS, Texas – American Jewish Committee (AJC) is calling on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to stay the scheduled October 10 execution of Randy Halprin and order a hearing on allegations that the judge presiding at his trial was hopelessly biased against Jews. “The right to an impartial judge is not only a blackletter
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USA
Climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese.” Why doesn’t the President impose a tariff on China on exports of droughts, forest fires, hurricanes, hot weather, melting glaciers, pollution, rising sea levels, and torrential rains to the USA?
Humoring the Headlines: September 5, 2019 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
… Realizing the potentially dire consequences of a war with Iran, Trump is determined not to initiate any hostility against Tehran. Following Iran’s downing of an American spy drone in June, Trump rescinded his order to retaliate against Iranian targets, fearing unnecessary escalation. Iran’s resiliency and its readiness to counter any American attack, even at the expense of suffering major loses and destruction, persuaded Trump, to the chagrin of Netanyahu, that only negotiations would solve the conflict with Iran. …
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USAAllen Funt, creator of Candid Camera, died this day (September 5) in 1999. (Earlier we had mistakenly posted a video about Darryl Zanuck, who, reader Norm Galston of Los Angeles pointed out to us, was one of the few movie moguls who was not a member of the Jewish community.)
Remembering Allen Funt Read More »
Theatre, Film & Broadcast
-Eighth and last in a series – By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — “Well, I’m always open to meeting new people. Of course you can give him my contact info” I tell Harriet, the aunt of my cousin’s wife, whom I’ve met exactly once. Why shouldn’t I trust her judgment? Her intro of this
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Eva Trieger, Lifestyles, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Rep. Susan Davis said Wednesday she would retire after the current term in Congress — her 10th — thus inviting a Democratic gold rush in the heavily blue 53rd district.
“I have struggled to make this very difficult decision,” she said in a statement. “I will not seek another term in Congress. My decision today represents a desire to live and work ‘at home’ in San Diego.”
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Ken Stone, San Diego County, USA