By Lazar Wall RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Freddy was five when he saw a paving stone shatter his dad’s storefront in Berlin. Next, also in front of the family, the Nazis beat up his father. Adolf Hitler had made life unbearable to the Glatts already in 1933, forcing them to scramble to Antwerp. In […]
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — This past week, I enjoyed watching some of the scary zombie movies on Hulu and Netflix; it’s a custom I have kept since I was a boy of seven or eight years old. Halloween was always a fun time for me as a child. Watching scary
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Travel and Food
Editor’s Note: This is the 32nd 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 By Donald H. Harrison AT
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Travel and Food
By Sam Ben-Meir EDINBURGH, Scotland – The Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh is currently exhibiting a substantial selection of Rembrandt’s paintings, drawings, and prints – focusing on those works that reveal the story of “Britain’s Discovery of the Master.” Exploring the significance of Rembrandt to British collectors, artists, and writers provides us with the
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International, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, Travel and Food
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — Maru Davila is a slim woman with lustrous skin who radiates health and confidence. To look at her, one would never guess that she once was almost 60 pounds overweight and struggled with her health. She suffered from many chronic problems, including serious kidney infections, and digestive issues.
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Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, Travel and Food
By Jerry Levens SAN DIEGO — Every cookbook has a story and Israeli Soul, the new cookbook by Michael Solomon and Steven Cook has many. It will be released on October 16. Solomon is the head chef at Zahav restaurant in the Society Hill section of Philadelphia, while Cook is involved in its management. The
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, nor haze on the horizon, so it was a perfect evening to see the green flash. A woman standing next to me had never seen one so I promised her that this would be the day. And so it was,
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food
By Barry Shaw HERZLIYA, Israel — The Swedish mega-yacht, Elida, is approaching Israeli territorial waters after a marathon sail from Gothenburg to Herzliya Marina where it is due to arrive on October 11 at 4 pm. It will be an impressive sight as the 131-foot length and its 148-foot mast height super-yacht enters the marina after
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, Travel and Food
Story and photos by Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Succot is probably Israel’s favorite Jewish holiday. Many Israelis take advantage of the reduced workweek and school vacation to go abroad. But even more use the time to travel throughout the country, attending the many festivals and entertainment activities. During the “middle days” of the
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, Travel and Food
Editor’s Note: This is the 31st 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,
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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food
One Happy Divorce by Jennifer Hurvitz Weintraub; © 2017 Warren Publishing, ISBN 9781943-258543, 93 pages, $12.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – “One Happy Divorce” sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? Author Jennifer Hurvitz Weintraub wouldn’t argue that hers was pain-free, or that she hasn’t experienced periods of loneliness in the five years since
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food
Editor’s Note: This is the 30th 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:
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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (SDJW) — This city has been commemorating the 40th anniversary of the midair collision between a private plane and a Pacific Southwest Airlines flight on Sept. 25, 1978 that resulted in the deaths of 142 people in the air and on the ground. The late Hal Wingard, husband of our music reviewer Eileen
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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Travel and Food
German court dismisses appeal against Kuwaiti Airways discriminatory policy A German court in Frankfurt on Tuesday rejected an appeal by an Israeli passenger barred from boarding a Kuwait Airways flight because of the airline’s strict policy of banning all Israelis. The case had been brought by the Israeli, represented by The Lawfare Project, after he
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