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Disquieting questions about U.S. objectives in Libya

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Remember John Kennedy’s sending advisors to protect the South Vietnamese and the rest of Southeast Asia from Communism, Lyndon Johnson’s escalation after the attack on American ships in the Gulf of Tonkin, George W. Bush’s explanation for attacking Iraq and his later declaration of victory, as well as pronouncements and claims about […]

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Ira Sharkansky

A bissel this, a bissel that…San Diego Jewish news and chatter

(Column 28, March 21, 2011) Compiled by Donald H. Harrison * UPCOMING EVENTS (In Chronological Order) * Current trends in the Middle East will be the subject of a panel discussion at 7 p.m., Monday, March 21, at Congregation Beth Israel.  Panelists are Hisham Foad, SDSU Assistant professor of economics on “The Economic Roots of

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Donald H. Harrison

Educating children who’ve been abused, abandoned; former headmaster of Yemin Orde tells his experiences

By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California—Chaim Peri spent nearly three decades as the headmaster of a unique residential and educational complex near Haifa, Israel, known as Yemin Orde.  Typically, 500 students live and go to school there, with 150 graduating each year.  The high school was located a five-minute walk from the residential village

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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education

Comedy descends into viciousness

By Cynthia Citron WEST HOLLYWOOD, California— Girls Talk is an uproariously funny play—for about 20 minutes.  Then it turns from affectionately teasing banter to passive-aggressive vitriol and it isn’t funny any more. Roger Kumble‘s new play, now having its world premiere at the Lee Strasberg Theatre in West Hollywood, brings together three high-end matrons from Bel

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Cynthia Citron

U.S. Middle East policy undermines friends, strengthens enemies

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel00For a comprehensive statement of current U.S. Middle East policy you can’t do better than the testimony of Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William J. Burns at the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on March 17, 2011. It’s horrifying. Here’s my summary of the key point: The United States will

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Barry Shaw, Middle East, USA

‘Simpatico’: a tale hard to track… but well played

By Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California— New Village Arts Theatre in Carlsbad has, over the years, mounted four of Sam Shepard’s plays: A Lie Of The Mind, Curse Of The Starving Class, True West  and Fool For Love.  Simpatico marks the fifth. For San Diego audiences, these are good choices for this company since they do

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Itamar murders question validity of arming and training Palestinian police

By Shoshana Bryen WASHNGTON, D.C.  — It appears that members of the American-trained Palestinian Security Force on the West Bank abetted the Itamar terrorists, prompting outrage over the fact that American military personnel are training Palestinian Security Forces in the first place. The outrage looks through the back end of the microscope – minimizing and

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

Trio: A 19th century musical romance

By Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD, California –  If Jane Austen had written plays as well as novels and had lived later in the 19th century, she might have written Trio.  This beautiful play has many of the ingredients of an Austen novel: a brilliant heroine, a narcissistic, self-destructive husband, and a delicate romance.  The only thing missing is Colin Firth.  Trio is the triangular love story inspired

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Cynthia Citron

‘The Lieutenant Of Inishmore’ makes torture a source of humor

 By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — ion theatre company, now in it’s fifth season, has established itself as pretty avant-garde. So it’s no surprise that Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant Of Inishmore would be on their wish list of plays to produce. He’s also the playwright who wrote The Beauty Queen Of Leenae (it was a

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast