By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Still angry over an aide coughing while he was answering a television correspondent’s question, President Trump has contracted with an Israeli company for a system to repress natural body noises in the Oval Office. The company, Sha Shtil (“Shh, quiet”) Research, Ltd., headquartered near Tel Aviv, is regarded […]
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Rei Do Gado,939 4th Avenue, San Diego, California 92101 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — Right across from Horton Plaza is a family owned churrascaria, or Brazilian Steakhouse, called the Rei do Gado (King of Cattle). It’s a cute all-you-can eat restaurant featuring meats that are barbecued on the spit in the Brazilian style, using salt,
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — One of the Democratic candidates running for President is Cory Booker, the former Newark mayor who later was elected to the U.S. Senate. Booker has had a long relationship with the Jewish community. He once headed Jewish student societies while a student at the University at
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By Donald H. Harrison KETCHIKAN, Alaska – A lot of Americans find themselves seemingly rooting for a Canadian team against an American one, and vice versa, during the “competition” at the Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show, but it’s all in fun with no real assault on national pride actually intended. Audience members on the right side
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Donald H. Harrison, Sports & Competitions, Travel and FoodIn honor of comedian Buddy Hackett (here appearing with Dean Martin), who died on this date (June 30) in 2003 at the age of 78.
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Travel and FoodBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Democrats are in denial when they claim that Israel’s perception within the party is solid. Its image has ebbed among Democrats and other Americans, primarily on the liberal side, and it is difficult to determine how much. Israel’s image can be revitalized, though the conditions for it will
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Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — I recently attended the first day of a two day ‘Law & War’ conference in Jerusalem held by Shurat HaDin, a terrific organization that fights Israel’s battles by legal means, using court systems around the world to go on the offensive against Israel’s enemies. Its motto: “Bankrupting Terrorism
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International, Middle East, Steve Kramer, USAIn honor of writer Irving Wallace, author of The Chapman Report, which was made into a movie starring, among others, Jane Fonda. Wallace died on this date (June 29) in 1990 at the age of 74.
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Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz LA JOLLA, California — In October 1939, the SS Saturnia brought my family over to America as frightened and hopeful refugees from war-torn Europe. Tragically, the ship was torpedoed on her return trip. In March 1948, I was on her sister ship, the SS Vulcania, with my parents returning to Europe for
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Continuing Jfest 2019, the Lyceum’s Main Stage was nearly filled to capacity for Blueish: Jews & The Blues. Not too shabby for a Monday night. This concert featured a Jfest favorite, ethnomusicologist Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi. They were joined by three special guest artists: Blues mavens Robin Henkel,
Debates Updates By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−On the first night, Beto O’Rourke, Julián Castro, and Cory Booker briefly spoke in Spanish to woo Latino voters. On the second night, moderator José Díaz-Balart posed his question to Pete Buttigieg in Spanish who replied in kind. This threw Pete off his initial plan to answer one question
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireIn honor of Mel Brooks, who was born this date (June 28) in 1926
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Confessions of a Yiddish Writer and Other Essays by Chava Rosenfarb, McGill-Queens University Press © 2019, 282 pages including appendix and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Chava Rosenfarb was recognized as a novelist and essayist of substance by those of the post-Holocaust, shrinking, Yiddish-speaking world, but it remained for her daughter,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish HistoryBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — It pains me to write this, but there seems to be a straight line between the rejection of the UN Partition Plan by the Arab countries in 1947 and the Palestinian Authority’s current refusal to attend the Bahrain workshop arranged by the USA in an attempt to move
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