Obituaries & memorials

Our Shtetl San Diego County: October 12, 2019

Items in today’s column include:
*UC San Diego books former Israeli FM Tzipi Livni for Nov. 11 lecture
*Three Jewish philanthropists to receive UC San Diego Chancellor’s Medal
*San Diego Humane Society hosts training for animal law enforcement officers
*Political bytes
*Fundraising
*Coming our way
*Remembering Sy Brenner

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Funeral May 23 for Prof. Janet Brody Esser

By Lawrence Baron SAN DIEGO — Janet Brody Esser died early morning May 22 from cancer and injuries related to a recent auto accident. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she received her BA from the University of Iowa, MA in art history with an emphasis on anthropology and archeology from California State University, Long Beach,

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State Senate adjourned in memory of Lori Gilbert Kaye

She was murdered during gunman’s attack at Poway of Chabad East County Magazine SACRAMENTO, California — In the wake of the shooting in Poway, Senator Brian Jones (R-Santee) adjourned the Senate floor session on April 28th in memory of Lori Gilbert Kaye, a Chabad of Poway synagogue congregant who died during the synagogue shooting on

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A farewell at Chabad for Lori Kaye, murdered by terrorist

By Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California – Fifteen people mounted the bima at Chabad of Poway to remember and praise Lori Gilbert Kaye and to sing their appreciation for God and America.  Hundreds more were inside the sanctuary.  And a crowd stretching well down a walkway was outside listening to the story of a woman

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Wounded rabbi pays tribute to slain congregant

To watch the NBC interview click here By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, recuperating from the loss of an index finger in the shooting at his synagogue in Poway, paid tribute from his hospital bed to a congregant who may well be responsible for saving his life. Interviewed by telephone by

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Jews in the News: February 24, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – The Associated Press was credited with three stories involving Jews in Sunday’s San Diego Union Tribune.  In one, Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California had an impromptu debate with students who demanded that she support the Green New Deal, which she responded would never receive enough votes

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Jews in the News ~ February 23, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL  – U.S. Rep. Mike Levin accompanied by fellow Democratic Congressmen Steny Hoyer, Juan Vargas and Scott Peters visited the San Diego-Tijuana border, with Levin telling the San Diego Union-Tribune,  “I see no crisis other than the crisis the president is manufacturing.”  Meanwhile The New York Times reported that U.S.

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Jews in the News: February 21, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL –Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion for a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling banning excessive seizure of property by law enforcement agencies following an arrest.  According to a New York Times story, she said excessive seizures violate the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing equal protection of

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Jews in the News ~ February 20, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – President Trump has nominated a replacement for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.  He is Jeffrey Rosen, who currently serves as Deputy Transportation Secretary under Secretary Elaine Chao, the wife of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. .. Jared Kushner and Michael Flynn are persons of interest

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