SIMPSON BAY, St. Maarten (WJC)–The Jewish community of St. Maarten, a Dutch and French-owned island in the Caribbean, has opened its first synagogue since the 18th century. The shul on the Dutch side of the island is part of a new Chabad Center operated by Rabbi Moshe and Sara Chanowitz. It is part of an […]
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Travel and Food
By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO– A man once asked Hillel to teach him the entire Torah while standing on one foot. Hillel answered, “That which is hateful to you, do not do to your friend. The rest is explanation. Go learn.” Rebbi Akiva once made a similar statement: “Love your neighbor like yourself. This
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Travel and FoodArab Labor, Israeli television sit-com, three episodes, produced by Yoni Faron, directed by Roni Ninio, written and created by Sayed Kashua and Daniel Faron By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Arab Labor is a controversial television sit-com that is aired in Israel and has developed quite an audience because it is politically incorrect, as comedies
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Donald H. HarrisonLIMA (WJC)–Peru has joined other Latin American states in recognizing a Palestinian state. “Today the government communicated to the ambassador of Palestine in Lima recognition of the Palestinian state as free and sovereign,” Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde said in the capital Lima last Monday. He did not specify the borders of the state
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Travel and Food
By Rabbi Dow MarmurJERUSALEM– In order to describe the differences within Orthodoxy we often use adjectives: “modern” for those who seek to combine Torah with derech erets (the way of the world); “national” for many of the settlers; and, of course, “ultra” for haredim. But we can’t count all haredim as one group either. There’re, for
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Jewish ReligionWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–House Speaker John Boehner’s plan to subsidize religious schools in the District of Columbia would undercut civil rights and civil liberties and add to the federal budget deficit, while failing to improve education, according to Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Boehner has announced that he will unveil a bill
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Jewish ReligionWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, along with 11 other Committee Republicans, introduced legislation Wednesdday that would provide legal protections to individuals who report suspicious activity that may reflect a terrorist threat. The See Something, Say Something Act of 2011 would provide civil immunity in
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)– Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-Floridaa) introduced legislation Wednesday requiring terrorists to be tried as enemy combatants, not common criminals. Buchanan’s bill, the “Military Tribunals for Terrorists Act” will mandate that any terrorist who attacks the United States or its people be interrogated, prosecuted and tried in military court, not civilian court. “The American
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Wednesday designated Lebanese narcotics trafficker Ayman Joumaa, as well as nine individuals and 19 entities connected to his drug trafficking and money laundering organization as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTs) pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act).
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Travel and FoodOSWIECIM, Poland (Press Release)— On the 66th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation announces its “Intervene Now!” campaign. “Intervene Now!” is an initiative to engage individuals, organizations and governments around the world to protect and preserve the authentic remains of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and the memory
By David Amos SAN DIEGO– It is always interesting to attend a concert where the music of a single composer is featured. If well programmed, this opportunity lends itself to hear the different aspects of a creative mind. This will be the case in two concerts given by the 75 member Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra. The
The music of Saint-Saens will fill a church and a synagogue Read More »
Travel and FoodTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Prof. Yosef Shiloh of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine is the first Israeli researcher ever to win the prestigious Clowes Award for cancer research, which will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Florida later this year. The prize includes
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Science, Medicine, & Education
(column 13, January 27, 2011) Compiled by Donald H. Harrison _________________ Jewish organizations _________________ * A trialogue among representatives of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian faiths will be conducted 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, at Temple Adat Shaom, 15905 Pomerado Road, Poway. Host Rabbi David Castiglione will be joined on a panel by
A bissel this, a bissel that –San Diego Jewish news and chatter Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
By Carol Davis VISTA –Some vintage wines get better with age. Some say women get better looking as they age. Some say that of men. Some Broadway plays have lasting power and in retrospect, shed more light on a current situation than when it was written. Some fall off by the wayside and when they
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast