January 2011

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, September 16, 1955, Part 6

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff The Fiftieth Golden Jubilee of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, 1905-1955 Southwestern Jewish Press, September 16, 1955, Page 22 By Isadore Jacobson It is just 50 years ago this Yom Kippur evening that the very few Jewish families who then resided here in San Diego decided that plans should be […]

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Adventures in SD History, San Diego County

The Labor party, which founded Israel, splinters into irrelevance

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — A pivotal moment in Israeli political history. The Labor Party, the founding political organization of the state, ruler of the country for its first 29 years, and perennial member of government coalitions has splintered like an undercooked felafel, that is, very messily. Defense Minister and Labor party leader Ehud

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Middle East

‘2 Pianos 4 Hands’ entertains to a point

By Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California– Fate: destiny, outcome chance, providence. When Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt were youngsters taking piano lessons, it never occurred to them that one day their paths would cross and they would be forever locked together playing dueling piano’s (if you will) and making a name for themselves, not as

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Scientist asserts Iran’s nuclear program more advanced than U.S. and Israel estimate

WASHINGTON D.C. (Press Release) — While U.S. and Israeli officials claim Iran has slowed down its nuclear drive, new analysis by the Federation of American Scientists demonstrates that Iran’s enrichment capacity grew during 2010 and warns against complacency as five world powers resume talks with Iran this week.  The study indicates that Iran’s centrifuges appear to

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Travel and Food

‘Next To Normal’ hits a nerve touching all families with mental illness

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — In light of the recent shootings in Tucson, most Americans are focused on what’s being done to help the mentally ill. For some, it’s business as usual. For some, it’s struggling at home making things ‘almost’ or next to right. For others help is available but with coaxing and

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

UK bans visit by Pastor Terry Jones, enemy of non-Christian religions

LONDON (WJC)–Terry Jones, an extremist pastor from Florida, who said Judaism was “of the devil” and last year threatened to burn a Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, has been denied entry into the UK. A spokesman for the British government said the decision had been taken because of “numerous comments” by Jones

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Travel and Food

AICF has varied interests, rigorous standards

By Eileen Wingard NEW YORK– A ten-year-old violin prodigy, Mark Karlinsky, a thirteen-year old Israeli-Chinese pianist, Motti Bentov, two male dancers, Joseph Chaikin and Tal Adler-Arieli, the celebrated violin and piano siblings Gil and Orly Shaham, and a Rock Band, Shorashim were part of the eclectic mix at the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Gala Concert last

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Eileen Wingard

Congressman questions flying of Palestinian flag in Washington D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Press Release) Congressman Ted Poe (R-Texas), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement criticizing the decision to officially hoist the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) flag outside its office in Washington, DC: “Why are we allowing the Palestinian flag to be raised in our nation’s capital? They haven’t done anything

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USA

If we want public officials to be accessible, we should also provide them protection

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–Americans of all political persuasions are shocked and outraged by the attack on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and those who joined her for a community meeting at a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona. Six innocent people were killed and thirteen wounded in an attack by a mentally disturbed individual at one of

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USA

Jews of Canberra express concern over gun permit issued to Holocaust denier

CANBERRA, Australia (WJC)–A Holocaust denier who believes in a Jewish conspiracy to eliminate other races received a gun license in Australia, despite being deemed a possible security risk. Darryl Potts, an elevator technician at Parliament House in Canberra, had his pistol license revoked in 2009 by New South Wales police after he expressed white supremacist views.

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Travel and Food

Canada unveils ‘wheel of conscience’ monument expressing regret for ‘St Louis’ incident

HALIFAX (WJC)–The Canadian Jewish Congress has unveiled a monument commemorating the Canadian authorities’ fateful decision in 1939 to turn away a steamship carrying Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. In May 1939, 937 Jewish refugees boarded the MS St. Louis, a German passenger ship, in Hamburg, hoping to reach Havana, Cuba. The passengers aboard were denied

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Travel and Food

Poll indicates Barak would be big loser in new Israeli election

By Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– If you can’t wait for Israel to get a different government, please think again. Whether or not your hope is legitimate, the evidence is that it won’t be realized. The most up-to-date poll published in Friday’s Ha’aretz suggests that had new elections been held now, the outcome would be more or less

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Middle East

Penguins? What’s Not to Love?

By Cynthia Citron   LOS ANGELES–Mina Badie is the most authentic pregnant woman who isn’t pregnant that I’ve ever seen.  She slouches on the sofa, belly in air, she rises sideways, clutching the arm of the sofa, and she waddles around her spectacularly tacky apartment bracketing her belly in earphones to soothe the baby with music.  She calls him “the bump.”  Mina and the

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Cynthia Citron