March 7, 2012

‘Thrillah Megillah’ sung to Michael Jackson melodies

SAN DIEGO — Members of Tifereth Israel Synagogue presented a joyously anachronistic dramatization of the Book of Esther — “The Thrillah Megillah” — retelling the Purim story on Wednesday evening,  March 7, with the songs, dances and costumes of the late Pop/ Rock Singer Michael Jackson. After Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal recited an abbreviated version of […]

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Donald H. Harrison

Symbolic sculpture donated by Mexican artist to San Diego Jewish Academy

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Mexican sculptor José Sacal donated his 7-foot-by-7-foot sculpture First Step, weighing over 700 pounds,  to the San Diego Jewish Academy, courtesy of Jacobo and Hermosa Farca Foundation, at a special unveiling on Wednesday, March 7. This gift was facilitated by the collaborative efforts of WIZO-Tijuana San Diego Organization, KEN Jewish Community

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Book sets out the case for burial instead of cremation

Cremation or Burial?  A Jewish View by Doron Kornbluth, Mosaica Press, 2012, 192 pages including appendices, ISBN 978-1-937887-01-8, No retail price listed. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Doron Kornbluth is a prolific writer, having fairly recently published two books: Raising Kids To Love Being Jewish  and  Why Be Jewish? ,both of which have

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Donald H. Harrison

Some words to Obama that Netanyahu might have added

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Here are some comments that Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu perhaps should have added in his talk with U.S. President Barack Obama earlier this week: “Mr. President, you live in a big country: wide and long with friendly neighbors and oceans. The distance of your journey from Honolulu to

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen