By Stanley Tiger SAN DIEGO –Denied his 104th birthday by just ten days, Herman Wouk, best known for The Caine Mutiny (1954), passed away peacefully in his sleep last Friday, May 17. He lived a blessed life. His most famous novel, based on his WWII navy service, was also a two year Broadway hit and […]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Obituaries & memorials, USAShe 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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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Numerous activities have been scheduled to memorialize Lori Kaye, who was murdered by a gunman at Chabad of Poway last Saturday. San Diego State University students and the Jewish Studies Program plan a noon vigil on Wednesday, May 1, in front of Scripps Cottage on campus to stand “against all
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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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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, USATo 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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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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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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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, USABy 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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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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By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson told Roger Stone, his defense attorneys, and prosecutors not to make any statements that might prejudice a jury in the case in which he is accused of lying to Congress in its probe of possible Russian connections to President Trump’s successful
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International, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the sidelines of the international conference on Iran currently being held in Warsaw. Netanyahu thanked Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence for pulling together the conference in which “an Israeli prime minister and the
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, USA, Yeruchem Eilfort-RabbiBy Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff, in a New York Times report, says his committee will be “making sure the policy of the United States is being driven by the national interest, not by any financial entanglement, financial leverage or other form of compromise.” President Trump responded that Schiff
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Donald H. Harrison, Eva Trieger, International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASAN DIEGO — Jeremiah (Jere) Robins, 59, greatly loved by family and friends, passed away on January 16. He was a loving, generous, energetic, gregarious, funny and passionate family man and loyal friend to many. Born in Philadelphia, Jere grew up in Cleveland and settled in San Diego after college. Jere was Chairman & CEO
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This following column, with a format that is easier to read in a hurry, replaces the Editor’s E-Mail Box. It allows for recognition of members of our community in the diverse roles they play. If you, or a member of the Jewish community whom you know recently did
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