By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, TAIWAN — One of my Taiwanese college students told me this distressing tale about her English professor, and I have no reason to doubt her. The professor, educated in the United States, is a convert to Christianity — having been born in a family that was nominally Buddhist and Taoist, […]
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Travel and FoodJERUSALEM (Press Release)– Shaare Zedek Medical Center announced that four of its senior medical personnel have been dispatched to Haiti as part of the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s search and rescue mission to the earthquake ravaged region. Dr. Ofer Merin, recently named Deputy Director General at Shaare Zedek and Director of the hospital’s Emergency Preparedness and Response
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Middle EastEditor, San Diego Jewish World This past week the San Diego Jewish community lost a bright light, Raquel Bakcht. My wife and I first met Raquel and her husband Natan while attending minyan at Congregation Beth El. There was an aura of love surrounding her and she had the most sparkling eyes. We always looked
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———————————————————————————————— By Cynthia Citron Los Angeles bureau chief, San Diego Jewish World LOS ANGELES–One of the most exquisitely exciting experiences that you can have—in public, at least—is watching a brilliant troupe of actors performing a well-written, well-directed, thoroughly engrossing play. Such an experience is available now at The Lost Studio in Los Angeles, where the American
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Compiled by Gail Umeham Jewish Center News Southwestern Jewish Press March 5, 1954 Page 6 Junior News–In addition to the Puppet Show and Dance presentation on Wednesday, March 17th, 4 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, juniors will be treated to a magic show by Larry Lessner, local teen-age magician. The members of the Arts
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Adventures in SD HistoryBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Israel’s precarious relations with its neighbours have forced it to be always prepared for war. Having had to fight several of them, its army has gained great experience in dealing with and preparing for emergencies. That’s why Israel has been able to respond so swiftly, and apparently so efficiently, to the
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on Friday completed cooperative training exercises in Morocco at the National Center for Nuclear Energy, Science and Technologies (CNESTEN) in Rabat. The four day effort included training in plume modeling, emergency operations center development and infrastructure, training and demonstration on specific radiation detection equipment,
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USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Tragedies bring out the best and the worst in people. “Don’t be duped. Stick with the charities you know. If you don’t, not only will you get ripped off, but legitimate charities won’t get the money they need to help,” warns Councilmember Marti Emerald. To avoid being scammed, look to organizations
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Travel and FoodBy Danny Bloom [This commentary was originally written in 2002 and updated in early 2010.] CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — In a magazine article a few years back, a British expatriate in New York by the name of John Derbyshire wrote that a lingering form of antisemitism is alive and well in the United States —
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USABy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–The San Diego Jewish Film Festival is celebrating its 20th year this season. The Festival is being sponsored by the Mizel Family Foundation and runs from Feb. 10-21. Titles cover the alphabet from A to Z starting with Adam’s Wall and ending with Zrubavel. Against The Tide is a new release
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & BroadcastCOLUMBUS, Ohio (Press Release)–The Center for Child Welfare Policy of the North American Resource Center for Child Welfare (NARCCW) has announced the 2010 winners of the Pro Humanitate Literary Awards, North America’s premier literary awards for the field of child welfare. One book award and three article awards are conferred annually to authors from the
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Father Patrick Desbois ___________________________________________________ By Jeanette Friedman NY Bureau Chief, San Diego Jewish World NEW YORK–Father Patrick Desbois is an unusual Catholic priest, who, at the behest of two French clerics (the Yiddish-speaking Holocaust survivor, Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, and Cardinal Jean Pierre Ricard), officially took it upon himself to obey the commandment, Zachor, to remember.
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–For those who doubt that Israel is a normal country, the arrest of a messiah with who knows how many wives and children should establish its credentials. The most complete report I have seen in English appears in the Times of London. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6988614.ece This puts us firmly in the league with the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–In the 1500s, the King of Tunisia became deathly ill. A Jewish doctor, Reb Yaakov Teib saved his life. Rebbe Yaakov Teib, an accomplished and righteous Torah scholar was well versed in scientific knowledge. The king became very impressed with Reb Yaakov and appointed him his personal physician. One day,
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