By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — Everyone dreams of having a grand adventure in life. However, Robert [Bob] Gannon has had many adventures since he learned how to fly in 1992. That same year, he bought a Cherokee 6 airplane [Lucky Lady] after getting a pilot’s instrument license, and flew to Paris, France, [...]
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff United Jewish Fund Sets 23rd Annual Meeting December 8th Southwestern Jewish Press, October 19, 1956, Page 1 The Annual Meeting of the United Jewish Fund will be held on Saturday, December 8, 1956, according to William B. Schwartz, Co-Chairman of the Committee making plans for this event. The [...]
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — The news streaks rapidly, repeatedly, to news of this Arab upheaval to that putative Republican candidate who also doesn’t seem to have any traction to an American government that can’t even pay its own people to the decidedly vacuous Kim Kardashian. But I’m still thinking about the [...]
By Natasha Josefowitz, PhD LA JOLLA, California — I grew up with the admonition from my parents that “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” Also, “Do not share your opinions unless asked, and then do so cautiously.” And, “Keep private thoughts private–especially in marriage.” In other words, don’t share your [...]
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– As Israelis begin to talk about elections, two players – one new, the other recycled – are said to be about to form centrist-right parties. The new player is Yair Lapid, a TV personality and the son of the late Tommy Lapid who once had formed a party that had more [...]
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Tribute was paid to the life of Roberta Dosick on Friday, Dec. 30, by three of this area’s most senior rabbis, including her son, Rabbi Wayne Dosick, leader of the Elijah Minyan of Carlsbad, California. Funeral services for the 89-year-old Roberta Dosick were co-conducted at Tifereth Israel [...]
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Classified Ad: Missing 69 Patriot missiles and 160 tons of explosives? If so, contact traffic police, Kotka, Finland. Iran, don’t bother. Dock workers in the port of Kotka were suspicious of ill-packed crates labeled “fireworks” on a ship bound from Germany to Shanghai. While adding to the existing cargo [...]
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Our celebration of Chanukah this week made the news reports coming out of Israel even more disturbing and ironic. Chanukah is the festival which celebrates Jews fighting for their rights against the Greeks. In Israel, Jews are fighting for their rights against other Jews. An eight-year-old Israeli girl [...]
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– “Ultra-Orthodox (or haredi) Judaism – it can never be stressed too often – is not Judaism as it was practiced in centuries past. Traditional Judaism was fluid, diverse and accommodated itself to the practical requirements of the day. Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, by contrast, is a modern creation, born out of terror and [...]
By Travis Rumans WASHINGTON, D.C. (JINSA) – Breaking news that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey will travel to Israel next month for talks on halting Iran’s nuclear program, coupled with last week’s report that the Islamic Republic threatened to close the Persian Gulf if new, tougher sanctions are imposed on it have [...]
