Proximity talks and Rafi's new party are sources of intrigue in Israel

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The morning after the beginning of Israeli-Palestinian “proximity talks” found Israel’s media reporting accusations of deception, and denials, coming from important players in Israel, Palestine, and the United States. Did Prime Minister Netanyahu promise not to build in Ramat Shlomo for two years, as indicated by American and Palestinian sources, or did […]

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Writer who fictionalized Holocaust experiences becomes subject of fictional drama

By Cynthia Citron  LOS ANGELES– “If Jerzy Kosinski were here right now, he’d probably be hiding under the table pouring tea a few drops at a time into your shoe.  He actually did that once to Warren Beatty.”  Playwright Davey Holmes is sitting in Peet’s Coffee Shop talking about the protagonist of his play, More Lies About Jerzy.  With him is actor Jack Stehlin,

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Travel and Food

Kamin’s ‘Nothing Like Sunshine’ is a personal exploration of Black-Jewish relationship

Ben Kamin, Nothing Like Sunshine, Michigan State University Press, 146 pages, $24.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Rabbi Ben Kamin was in the tenth grade in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the April day in 1968 that Martin Luther King was assassinated while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. The murder of the

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Donald H. Harrison

Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, writes intriguing memoir

Eva’s Story by Eva Schloss (with Evelyn Julia Kent), William B. Eerdman Publishing Co, 2010, 226 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—This is an updated version of the memoirs of Eva Schloss, who was the posthumous stepsister of the immortal Anne Frank.  Originally published in 1988, the current edition brings readers up to date

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History

Like Iran, U.S. is arming Lebanon for war against Israel

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The UNIFIL political officer, meeting with the JINSA Flag & General Officer delegation on the Israel-Lebanese border, mentioned a “donors’ conference” in Beirut dealing with the issue of providing arms, funding and training to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF).  She mentioned anti-tank missiles.  When asked against whose tanks the

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

3-Year-Old’s Lag b’Omer haircut indicative of a return to tradition

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–Thursday evening my wife Judy and I returned from visiting our son, daughter-in-law, and two grandsons. Shortly after our first grandson, Neriya, was born, his mother  called and asked us to reserve Lag B’Omer of this year for his upshirin. My son, Rabbi Adam Rosenthal, and his wife, Sarah, were

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Jewish Religion, Travel and Food

ADL offers reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of person(s) targeting immigration rights group

EL CAJON, California (Staff Report)–The Anti-Defamation League of San Diego has offered a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction  of the person or persons who have been attempting to intimidate Estela de los Rios, director of the Center for Social Advocacy here. At a news conference, ADL Regional Director Morris Casuto called

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San Diego Calendar

Israel's Consul General Jacob Dayan protests photo exhibit attack

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)–On March 27, 2010 the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City, CA opened an exhibit entitled Water: Our Thirsty World. The exhibit, which is scheduled to be on display until June 13, features photographs from National Geographic and coincides with its special issue on water. The exhibit aims to “explore the

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