San Diego County

San Diego book tells of sadistic exploitation of homeless and one man’s redemption

A Bum Deal: An Unlikely Journey from Hopeless to Humanitarian, by Rufus Hannah & Barry Soper, Source Books, ISBN -13: 97801-4022-4471-1; 2010, 238 pages, $24.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – For people in this city, one of the most startling things about this book is that its events occurred, in great measure, in […]

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Folksinger Peter Yarrow serenades Natan Sharansky at emotional Jewish Federation meeting

-First  in a series- Photos and Story by Donad H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Folksinger Peter Yarrow, who once sang as part of the trio of Peter, Paul and Mary at rallies to free Soviet Jewry sang a pair of songs to former Soviet Refusenik and current Jewish Agency for Israel chair Natan Sharansky at

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Jewish Book Fair schedules variety of programs in North San Diego County

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– The 16th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair, thanks to a generous grant from the Leichtag Family Foundation, will present four events in North County at two locations.    On Sun., Nov. 14 at Temple Solel in Cardiff:  Sheila Isenberg will present her biography of heiress and resistance hero Muriel

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‘Gee’s Bend’ quilts together a Civil Rights era story

By Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California — It takes more than lynching, water hoses, police batons or stampeding horses to stop a movement and keep a people down. The story of such a people caught in the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement is documented, to some degree, in Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder’s Gee’s Bend

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

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 15, 1955, Part 4

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff $220,000—Too Much? (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press, April 15, 1955, Page 7 The United Jewish Fund Drive for $220,000 will prove this year whether we as a community along with every other Jewish community in the United States, are willing to meet our obligations at home and abroad. The

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D.A. to run commercials against insurance fraud on area movie screens

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– District Attorney Bonnie M. Dumanis on Monday, Oct. 25, announced a new public awareness campaign featuring a series of short ads placed on over 340 movie screens in theaters across San Diego County aimed at curbing insurance fraud. Insurance fraud costs California consumers an estimated $15 billion dollars every year and

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 15, 1955, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish world staff Double Talk Southwestern Jewish Press, April 15, 1955, Page 5 By Janet & Linda Solof Hitting the spot was Easter vacation For “us kids” to get some relaxation So now we are studying very hard. Working for a good report card Seen enjoying vacation and the sun at

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‘Hannukah Happening’ planned Dec. 5 at Lawrence Family JCC

LA JOLLA, CA (Press Release)– The 27th Annual Hanukkah Happening will take place at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus,  on Sunday, December 5, , from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.   Hanukkah Happening is San Diego’s largest Hanukkah event for families and is fun for people of all ages and faiths. Price for

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Jewish book festival will feature three literary chefs

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – The 16th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair  presents three approaches to fresh, healthy and delicious food with Terra Restaurant’s Executive Chef, Jeff Rossman on Fri., Nov. 5 at 10 a.m.; kosher baker Paula Shoyer on Sun., Nov. 7 at  2 p.m.; and Sam “the Cooking Guy” Zien on

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JFS earns 4-star rating from Charity Navigator

SAN DIEGO  (Press Release)— Jewish Family Service of San Diego has received the coveted 4-Star Rating for the third year in a row for sound fiscal management from Charity Navigator (www.charitynavigator.org ), America’s premier charity evaluator that spotlights fine work of efficient charities and provides donors with essential information needed to give them greater confidence

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Dumanis tells her opposition to California’s marijuana initiative

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has explained why she is opposing Proposition 19 on California’s Nov. 2 ballot.  The measure would legalize marijuana use in the state. In a published statement, Dumanis said: “Proponents of Prop. 19 want you to believe it will improve public safety and increase government revenue through taxing

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A remembrance of Marty Wertlieb

(Editor’s Note: Friends and relatives gathered at Temple Emanu-El on Saturday evening, October 16, in memory of Jewish educator Marty Wertlieb, who died Sept. 18.  Speakers included Rabbis Yael Ridberg of Congregation Dor Hadash and Martin S. Lawson of Temple Emanu-El; Wertlieb’s husband, David, and daughters Jessica and Lise, and Aaron Borovoy, a congregant whom she

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 15, 1955, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Camp Jaycee Opens June 27 Southwestern Jewish Press, April 15 1955, Page 3 The day camp operated by the Jewish Community Center will develop its 1955 program around a mature group of counselors and specialist, according to Leonard Zlotoff, chairman of the program committee. Albert Hutler, who will

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Middle East columnist ponders two ‘day after’ scenarios

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Middle East analyst, author and columnist Barry Rubin, a former U.S. Senate aide who founded an international affairs research institute in Herzliya, sometimes engages in “what happens the day after” speculation. What happens the day after Iran gets a nuclear bomb? he pondered during his visit to San Diego

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, USA