By Moshe Phillips PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Are you or a family member planning to go on Birthright in 2019? Are you looking for something more than the average “Israel Experience?” Here are some ideas on what to see if you chose to extend your trip and your mind. Don’t give in to the critics of Israel who […]
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Jewish History, Middle East, Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Now through the end of 2020, visitors to the Museum of Man may see the “Living with Animals” exhibit, which offers new perspectives on animals that we consider pets, those that we consider pests, and those that we serve on our plates. The idea for the exhibit
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food
Pampas Argentine Grill, 8690 Aero Drive, San Diego, California 92123 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — Nestled into a little strip mall in Kearny Mesa, across from Montgomery field, is one of the best Argentine restaurants in town. The restaurant is small, with as many tables as they could comfortably fit into the space, so the
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Sandi Masori, Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – “Seal Tours” is the name that Old Town Trolley Tours of San Diego gives its sightseeing excursions in an amphibious vehicle on the waters of San Diego Bay and on land along the Embarcadero and Point Loma. That name might cause a bit of confusion because
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San Diego County, The World We Share, Travel and Food, USA
Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori RAMONA, California – Camels know all about water conservation. Just ask Gil Riegler, the Canadian-born, Israeli-raised owner of the Oasis Camel Dairy located in this inland San Diego County town. “Camels can go two weeks without drinking, lose 25 percent of their body weight in
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, The World We Share, Travel and Food
Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori and Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – San Diego County is the animal capital of the United States, and possibly the world. I say this without reservation or qualification after a 10-day vacation period during which my son David and grandchildren Brian, 10 and Sara,
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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, The World We Share, Travel and FoodBy H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — Christmas was just a blip on my calendar this past year. It didn’t coincide with Chanukah, so there were no candles or latkes. There were no Chinese restaurants nearby, and my Christian friends’ celebration was too far away. I missed Chanukah. I sat and googled Jewish websites, and was surprised
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Travel and Food
Josun Korean BBQ, 4681 Convoy St, San Diego, California 92111 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — We wanted to try something different, so instead of picking a restaurant and then driving to it, we went down to the Kearny Mesa/ Convoy area with the plan of randomly finding a nice Korean restaurant. At random we
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and FoodBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — To tip or not to tip? That is the question. And that is a subject that has occupied my thoughts inordinately for the last few days as the result of something that I witnessed with my own eyes. Until recently my Other Half (OH) and I regarded one
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Travel and Food
By Jeffrey Cohan PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — Acts of shocking violence stained 2018, from the beginning of the year to the end. To recall just a few, there was the mass murder of students at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL; the mass murder of Jews at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh; and, closer
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The World We Share, Travel and Food, USA
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D.Z. Akin’s, 6930 Alvarado Road, San Diego, California 92120 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — Even if the headline did not announce the name of the restaurant I’m reviewing, the mural pictured above would give it away for many Jewish San Diegans. It’s difficult to believe that anyone could be Jewish in San Diego and not know about
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and Food
Editor’s Note: This is the 42nd and final installment in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — We all have patterns of interacting with others; we have preferred ways of communicating, habitual ways of responding or not responding, predictable ways of dealing with conflict. Yet we are only dimly aware of how congruent we are in all our behaviors. Take a look at the
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food