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AAA--Israel

Israel, U.S. differ over strategy for stopping Iran’s nuclearization »

Shoshana Bryen

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –The kerfuffle over the postponement of the highly touted “Austere Challenge 12″ joint US-Israel military…

Jan 27 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Israelis more ‘religious’ than they think they are »

Rabbi Dow Marmur

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM – There’s new statistical evidence that when Israelis say that they’re secular, it doesn’t mean that…

Jan 26 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
AAA--USA

Filner’s ‘Freedom Rides’ a family response to seeing Nazi concentration camps »

By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO –The celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has become a national day of service in many communities.  For Congregation Dor Hadash,…

Jan 25 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »
Rabbi Ben Kamin

Former state senator remembers horrifying sound of MLK’s blood being scraped from balcony »

By Rabbi Ben Kamin LOUISVILLE, Kentucky – Although Georgia Davis Powers is 88 years old, she remains fit, feisty, vibrant, alert, creative, and determined to be remembered as more than a woman…

Jan 19 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
Jewish

Facing the doctrines of the Neturei Karta »

Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel

 By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The Neturei Karta cannot bear looking at the face of a woman—whether a real woman, or merely the image of a woman’s face, which they find “erotic.” The philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas observed that the face is…

Jan 27 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Why there are four tefillin compartments for the head but only one for the arm »

Rabbi Leonard Rosethal

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–When a child becomes Bar or Bat Mitzvah, one of the first mitzvot for which they assume responsibility is tefillin.   One of the verses which the rabbis say refers to the mitzvah of tefillin is in parashat Bo: “And this…

Jan 27 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
Culture

‘How to Succeed’ a timely success for the Welk »

Carol Davis

By Carol Davis ESCONDIDO, CA—It’s a pretty timely event, the dual openings of the Broadway hit, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Lawrence…

Jan 27 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

The Avo built a better ‘Mousetrap’ and theatre goers are flocking there to see it »

Carol Davis

By Carol Davis VISTA, California–Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap began as a radio play in 1947. In 1952 the play opened in the West End in…

Jan 25 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
SD News

Michael Hopkins installed as CEO at Jewish Family Service

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Michael Hopkins was officially installed as Chief Executive Officer of Jewish Family Service by the Board of Directors at its monthly meeting Jan. 24. Retiring CEO Jill Borg Spitzer will continue her connection to…

Jan 24 2012 / Read More »
San Diego history/ Israel connections

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Nov. 16, 1956, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Personals Southwestern Jewish Press, November 16, 1956, Page 2 In the future Lt. Robert Waller will receive his Jewish Press airmail. If any of his friends wish to give…

Jan 15 2012 / Read More »
San Diego

Joyce Forum will again present short films during San Diego festival

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The 22nd Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival, sponsored by the Leichtag Foundation, and presented by the San Diego Center for J ewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center,…

Jan 21 2012 / Read More »
San Diego Jewish calendar Eileen Wingard

Two teens to be featured at Lawrence Family JCC’s ‘Musicians in the Making’ program

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Two remarkable young men will be the next featured soloists on the January 29, Musicians in the Making program at 2 p.m. at the Astor Judaica Library of the…

Jan 22 2012 / Read More »
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The Jews Down Under~News of the Jews of Australia

Posted January 26, 2012 Compiled by Garry Fabian Prime Minister’s new appointment queried  CANBERRA, 27 January – Prime Minister Julia Gillard has moved to strengthen her already close relations with the Jewish community by giving her…

Jan 26 2012 / Read More »
Science, Medicine, Education

The love that sustains a cancer patient

By Yael Rotlevy PETACH TIKVAH, Israel — I am a woman, mother, daughter, sister, pre-school teacher – and a victim of cancer. Anyone spotting me in a crowd  would never guess. He surely would think to…

Jan 25 2012 / Read More »
Miscellaneous Natasha Josefowitz

Is balancing work and home unachievable?

  By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California – When women started to go to work in large numbers as a result of the feminist revolution, we were told that that balancing work life and home life…

Jan 19 2012 / Read More »
Publisher's Corner Rabbi Michael Berk (back to camera) pronounces a blessing over congregants who are past and present leaders of Jewish organizations in San Diego County

In celebration of Jewish leadership, Wolpe examines Moses

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Congregation Beth Israel, celebrating its sesquicentennial year, on Thursday evening, Jan. 19, honored some five dozen past and present leaders from its congregation who have built and led the organizations…

Jan 19 2012 / Read More »
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