Travel and Food

Entrepreneur Tells of Taking 2 Companies Public and the Deal He Made for the San Diego Jewish Academy

This memoir tells of a man bouncing on the exceedingly rough seas of entrepreneurship and finding emotional safe harbor again and again in the warmth of his family.  It is not your standard how-I-made-a-bundle-and-you-can-too motivational book; it is a very intimate autobiographical portrait of Del Mar resident Richard Jaffe, which he wrote with the assistance of his daughter Charly.  [Donald H. Harrison]

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Bible Inspired Name of Cemetery in Nestor Neighborhood

In Nestor, a neighborhood of San Diego northwest of San Ysidro, a small, two-acre, formerly abandoned burial grounds, recently undergoing restoration, is named the Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Located at 2127 Iris Street, it is so small, it sometimes is called Mount Oliveito Cemetery. It is surrounded by single-family residences. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Food Fight? Anti-Israel Activists Target Kosher Restaurant With Bad Reviews

By Faygie Holt (JNS) Online restaurant reviews are the latest battleground for anti-Israel activists who have recently targeted a kosher eatery in New Jersey with a barrage of antisemitic comments, including claiming that the food was “stolen.” Located on what is referred to as a relatively small “kosher restaurant row” in Teaneck, N.J., Yalla is

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Children’s Literature: Turning Conflict into Cooperation

Their story starts off as a tale of conflict between two towns, one of which grows apples, and the other which raises honey bees.  When the residents of Dvash stripped an apple tree in the town of Tapuchim, the first reaction of the adult residents of Tapuchin was to retaliate against Dvash.  But a little girl suggested that before they do anything, they should seek the advice of their rabbi. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Israeli Agriculture and the Little Landers Movement

At our last stop, Jewish merchants were our focus. Another reason one can anticipate finding a “Jewish story everywhere” is the nation of Israel. Every other country in the world either enjoys or refuses relations with Israel, but whichever the case, it leads to a Jewish-interest story. On a more personal level, there are relationships between the Jews who live in the Land of Israel and people living in other areas of the world. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Israeli Tourism Sector Optimistically Awaits Recovery

By Israel Kasnett (JNS) For two years now, since the outbreak of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, hotels in Israel have seen dramatic drops in stays by incoming tourists; tour guides have lost most, if not all, of their business; and restaurants and other business owners who rely heavily on visitor traffic have suffered catastrophic and

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Middle East, Travel and Food

Travel: The Gates of Jerusalem

From time immemorial until the late nineteenth century, almost all of Jerusalem’s residents lived in the walled Old City. Divided into four uneven quadrants – the Jewish Quarter, the Muslim Quarter, the Christian Quarter and the Armenian Quarter – the Old City looms large due to its rich and multi-layered history, but it is actually quite small, at slightly less than 4/10 of a square mile. To give you a sense of perspective, it is less than 1% the size of modern Jerusalem. [Gedaliah Borvick]

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Middle East, Travel and Food

New Sunday Series Will Probe Jewish Stories Along the Interstate 5

Every Sunday of 2022, with the permission of San Diego Jewish World’s new publisher and editor Jacob Kamaras, I will be posting an installment of a new book that I am writing, tentatively titled Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5. [Donald H. Harison]

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Slow Down the Punchline: A Review of ‘Tuesday Night Comics’ at North Coast Rep

By Danielle Levsky SOLANA BEACH, California — “Tuesday Night Comics” advertises itself as “the funniest night of comedy in San Diego” and though initially promising in its lineup, the evening fell short and inconsistent in meeting this claim. Hosted by by comedian and performer Mark Christopher Lawrence (“CHUCK,” “Kirby Buckets,” 2021 Emmy award nominee, San

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