By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –The belief in the Evil Eye (in Hebrew, it is known as the Ayin Hara) has existed since time immemorial in cultures all around the world. Ancients believed that the world was suffused with invisible powers that could be utilized as a supernatural weapon against one’s foes. In magic, [...]
LA JOLLA, California — Prof. Joellyn Zollman will instruct an 8-session course in modern Jewish history at the Lawrence Family JCC on Tuesdays, Jan 10- Feb. 28. Students have a choice of taking the class from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. or from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on those dates. “This class examines the [...]
By Cynthia Citron BEVERLY HILLS, California – For those of us who have lived much of our lives in the Kennedy Century, The Color of Rose is a poignant revisit with the fabled family that always seemed an extension of our own. Kathrine Bates’ fascinating play, told through the eyes of the matriarch, Rose, is [...]
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Scientists at the Sde Boker campus of Ben Gurion University of the Negev are making strides in their quest to make the world’s deserts more productive by increasing their yields of energy, food and water, Pedro Berliner, director of the Blaustein Institute for Desert Research told about 50 people Tuesday [...]
By Maj. Gen. Larry Taylor, USMCR (ret.) “A nation that does not prepare for all forms of war should then renounce the use of war in national policy. A people that does not prepare to fight should then be morally prepared to surrender.” – T.R. Fehrenbach, in his classic study of the Korean War, This [...]
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–There has been another explosion in Iran. This one in the city of Isfahan, home to spectacular Muslim architecture, and industrial facilities linked to the country’s nuclear program. There are no reports that the explosion damaged the mosques or madrases. Among the Iranian reports are that it occurred at a gas station. [...]
By Cynthia Citron BEVERLY HILLS, California — In the hands of playwright Kathrine Bates, even history’s certified villains get a sympathetic hearing. Take, for example, Lucrezia Borgia. Bates penned (with Ted Lange) and starred in the one-woman Evil Legacy: The Story of Lucrezia Borgia, performing it first for a dozen friends in her own [...]
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, the White House pulled the props out from under the military government in Cairo, calling for it to yield power. Now. “The United States strongly believes that the new Egyptian government must be empowered with real authority immediately…we believe that the full transfer of power to a [...]
VISTA, California (Press Release) – Congregation B’nai Tikvah will host a festive Hanukkah celebration on Friday, Dec. 9 at 6:30pm complete with the second annual “Iron Bubbies” Latke Challenge. In addition, there will be a full night of fun activities planned including Candle Lighting, a Silent Auction, activities for the kids and a presentation by [...]
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — It is almost becoming a genre in itself. Instead of journeying through space, the final frontier, in a quest for exploration, people intimately associated with Star Trek explore the various permutations of the old television series in a quest for self-exploration. We recently had Captains, in which William [...]
