Holocaust anthology provides insight for readers, therapy for writers

Marking Humanity: Stories, Poems & Essays by Holocaust Survivors, Toronto, SoulInscriptionsPress.com, 2010, 312 pages, ISBN 978-0-9864770-0-3. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Canadian journalist Shlomit Kriger has brought together the reflections, stories and poems of nearly 50 Holocaust Survivors in an anthology that covers many aspects—and emotions—of the Shoah.  Marking Humanity could serve as an excellent […]

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History

Ehrenfeld salutes bill protecting First Amendment rights from overseas libel suits

NEW YORK (Press Release)– Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, author of Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed – and How to Stop It, and founder of the movement against libel tourism, praised Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), its Ranking Member, for introducing the “Securing the Protection of our

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Travel and Food

San Diego’s historic places: Montgomery Field as recalled by aviation pioneer Bill Gibbs

        By Donald H. Harrison   SAN DIEGO—Bill Gibbs has been watching the calendar as closely as he used to monitor the instrument panels of his airplanes.  Come October 6, the San Diego aviation pioneer will turn 100 years old, and Gibbs is counting the days.  He had big celebrations with his aviation

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Suppose Turkey Transfers U.S. Technology and Tactics to Iran and Syria

Ed. Note: Turkish media jumped on a sentence in a recent column in which we worried about the potential compromise of Western military technology by Turkey as it expands its relations with Iran and Syria (and Brazil, Hamas and Hezbollah). We weren’t the only ones worried. A member of our Board of Advisors with long

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

New Iran sanctions will make it more difficult for Iran to obtain missiles, other weapons

 WASHINGTON D.C. (Press Release) — William Burns, the U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs, made the following statement on Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on U.S. policy towards Iran and the rest of the Middle East: Chairman Kerry, Senator Lugar, Members of the Committee: Thank you very much for the opportunity to appear

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, July 9, 1954, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Southwestern Jewish Press, July 9, 1954, Page 1 Her First American Doll First of the five displaced families and individuals slated to come to San Diego in 1954 arrived last week from Sweden. According to Dr. Walter Ornstein, chairman of San Diego’s Émigré committee, the Zajd family consisting

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, June 25, 1954, Part 4

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Bay City B.B. Woman Southwestern Jewish Press, June 25, 1954, page 6 Arrangements for the Annual Paid-Up membership affair have been completed and Mrs. Harold Gavin, chairman, announces that Thursday, July 1, 8:00 p.m. in the lounge of the Tifereth Israel is the date, time and place. All

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Adventures in SD History

U.S. mission in Afghanistan becoming increasingly muddled

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — What is the American goal in Afghanistan? To chase al Qaeda, degrade the Taliban, or protect the people from the Taliban’s depredations? Is it to provide consensual government under elected leadership, clean government and services to the people? Or maybe it is to kill bad guys? But what constitutes

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

Jewish license plate ~ GR*R TOV

SAN DIEGO–Our favorite license plate sleuth, Melanie Rubin, spotted this one, translating from English, Hebrew and some license plate-ese to Greater Good.  Given the fact that the owner is a Boston Red Sox fan, we assume that refers to first baseman Kevin Youkilis improving his already formidable batting performance each season.  To view San Diego Jewish World‘s collection of Jewish license

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Quartet praises changes in Israel's policy towards Gaza

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The following statement by the Quartet consisting of the United Nations, United States, European Unon and Russian Federation was issued on Monday in response to Israel’s decision to allow freer flow of non-military goods to Gaza: The Quartet re-affirms that the current situation in Gaza, including the humanitarian and human rights

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