Josh Gerstein, “Israeli lawyer & peacenik guilty of leaking FBI secrets,” on Politico. com Ben Kamin, “Hanukkah connects the land to the Jews forever,” in examiner.com Ben Kamin, “Uncommon rabbi-scholar remembered twenty years later,” on Examiner.com Yoel Meltzer, “Why make aliyah?” on Y-Net News Barry Rubin, “What’s really going on in Palestinian politics: springtime for [...]
Danny Ayalon, “An Open Letter to the Arab World” in Asharq Al-Awsat (forwarded by Jack Forman of San Diego) Theodore Bikel, “Chanukah Song” video on You Tube (forwarded by Phyllis Kahn) Jake Coyle, “Once an underdog, Reitman now an Oscar favorite,” in San Diego Union-Tribune Rabbi Ben Kamin “For Christmas, we’d like Jerusalem, no returns [...]
Judy Lash Balint provides us with a link to her story about a Jewish bride and a father who were arrested for seemingly praying on the Temple Mount. Ulla Hadar, our Shaar Hanegev bureau chief, spotted this piece on Yahoo.com about how peaceful life has become in the wake of Operation Cast Lead on Nahal [...]
David Brooks, “The Hannukah Story” in The New York Times (a different take) Keith Darce, “Scripps Hospital in Encinitas Gets $10 million donation (from Leichtag Foundation,” San Diego Union-Tribune Daniel Gordis, “A Real Miracle or the Doing of Extraordinary People,” in the Jerusalem Post Phil Jacobs, “Sharansky comes to Baltimore,” in Jewish Times of Baltimore [...]
Judy Lash Balint in Jerusalem tells of “anti-freeze” demonstration, favoring continued construction “Jewish Federations of North America Update on Rescue of Yemen Jews” Donald H. Harrison, “Santee Lakes are models of recreation and reclamation,” Examiner.com (Don is now doing general sightseeing stories in addition to his work as editor of San Diego Jewish World. Friends [...]
Judy Lash Balint, “Starting Over: Gush Katif refugees begin again,” The Jewish Star of Long Island. Jane Fantel refers us to a speech in 1991 by Severn Suzuki, a 12-year-old Canadian girl, about global warming. Yarden Frankl refers us to a video dance tribute to the late Australian philanthropist Richard Pratt. Rabbi Ben Kamin, “Afterlife? [...]
