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In Star Trek, he was Quark the barkeeper; in The Seafarer, he’s a drunk

   By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Some actors shy from the roles that made them famous.  I remember, for example, how  Henry Winkler practically growled at reporters at a United Jewish Federation event who wanted to talk about his role as  Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli  on television’s Happy Days. Not so with actor Armin Shimerman.  He said he knows […]

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

In hands of extremists, Koran justifies Ft. Hood massacre

The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran by Robert Spencer, Regnery Publishing, Washington, DC ISBN 978-1-59698-104-1, 2009, $19.95, p. 232 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D WESTMINSTER, California–President George W. Bush, in December 2006, issued greetings to the Muslim world on the occasion of the Islamic feast of Eid al-Adha, which commemorates both the Hajj and Abraham’s

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Fred Reiss, EdD, San Diego Calendar, USA

The thrill of an archive brought home to San Diego

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—There is something enchanting about historical research. You can visit a library or an archive in almost any city and provided you read the local language with sufficient understanding, you can peel back the mysteries of the past in pleasant academic surroundings. For historians, genealogists and antiquarians, the lure of

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Donald H. Harrison, Lawrence Baron, San Diego Calendar

Blended olive oil may promote Mideast peace

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Quite a bit of it is still hush-hush, but a proposed joint Palestinian-Israeli demonstration peace project to co-market a blended olive oil is evolving into a tri-national effort that also will involve mixing in some olive oil from neighboring Jordan. Oren Blonder, director of the Peres Peace Center’s agriculture, water

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

‘Who is a Jew’ Controversy Pops up in Britain Again

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — When 12-year old M. applied to attend the Jews’ Free School,  the secondary school that was founded in 1732 and serves London’s Jewish community, he was not accepted. The reason? His mother was not born Jewish and her conversion was in accordance with the progressive, not the orthodox,

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson