By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I do not claim expertise on Islam, but when I hear President Barack Obama assert, once again when reporting on the killing of Osama bin Laden, that America’s quarrel is not with Islam, I feel myself hearing that the sun will rise in the west. The claim that Al Qaeda, […]
U.S. not at war with Islam? How about with some of its branches? Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, USA
By Rabbi Ben Kamin HIRAM, OHIO—Not too many miles from here, at Kent State University, a dreadful moment is recalled today—May 4, 1970. In the quagmire of the misbegotten Vietnam War, in a nation polarized and traumatized from a decade of civil unrest, racial crucibles, and the successive assassinations of major leaders, the wanton killings
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USA
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yes, we’re glad he’s gone. But the war of the 21st Century remains a war against terrorists and the states that harbor and support them. The demise of no single man solves the problem of terrorism or of intolerant and radical Islamic fundamentalism. Most of the credit goes to
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
By Joel A. Moskowitz, M D, FAAP, FAPA LA JOLLA, California — Visiting the sick is a Jewish obligation. The Talmud enjoins that those who visit the sick cause him/her to live These days, it is just good health sense for you to be there to protect a loved one who has to be hospitalized.
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Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — After several years of work, the reconstruction of the Israel Museum ended last summer when, amid fanfares and extensive publicity, the museum re-opened its doors to the public. We volunteers did not stop working during the period of renovation, but our activities were severely curtailed. So it was with great
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Dorothea Shefer-VansonSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Jewish Community Foundation’s Vice President of Philanthropy, Charlene Seidle, was one of 120 candidates selected from a worldwide applicant pool to participate in a young Jewish innovators conference in Israel conducted by the ROI initiative. “Charlene is an outstanding professional and a perfect match for the highly regarded ROI Summit,”
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San Diego County
By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — Usama bin Laden is dead. But revolutionary Islamism is very much alive and stronger than ever. Thinking that bin Laden is the main problem and his death is the solution is very dangerous indeed and might well intensify the policies that have been leading toward the victory of his
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International, Middle East, USACompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Carmel Wines From Israel Imported Here Southwestern Jewish Press, March 16, 1956, Page 5 The Jewry of Southern California will be able to choose for their Passover Seder table for the first time from nine distinct blends of Carmel Wines that have been imported from Israel. Throughout Southern
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There had been a community-wide commemoration of the Holocaust on Yom HaShoah, the day before. but on Monday night, in the surroundings of the synagogue that has been home to the New Life Club, Holocaust Aurvivors held another, more intimate remembrance service. Prayers and readings were preceded by
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion
By Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California — Neil Simon and Jason Alexander would appear to be a theatrical match made in heaven. And so they are. In Simon’s The Prisoner of Second Avenue, now running at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood, Alexander romps, rages, and unravels to early Simon at his most hilarious.
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Adventures in SD History, Cynthia Citron, Jewish History
By Morton A. Klein NEW YORK — Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas, which controls Gaza, have initialed a unity agreement, which they are likely to formally sign in a matter of days. This means that Fatah, which calls in its Constitution for the destruction of Israel (Article 12) and the use of
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Middle East
By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California –The appointment at my alma mater, Brooklyn College, of an adjunct, Kristofer Petersen, to teach Middle East politics in the Political Science department was defended as academic freedom. This was despite his involvement in touting Gazans as virtual lambs and Israel as a beast, and his heavily slanted reading list.
Not an academic, but an ‘acridemic’ persists in attacking Israel Read More »
Middle EastBy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — Remember when we were told that the Muslim Brotherhood was moderate and weak? Why it was so benign that the Brotherhood had even promised only to contest one-third of the seats. And a revolutionary Islamist, antisemitic and genocide-oriented, anti-American, anti-Western, and anti-Christian organization would never lie to us, right?
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — These are days that cause me to ponder the nature of government. On the one hand, we see the fragility of strong regimes on our borders and not so far away. What may have begun with the rejection of a small business license in Tunisia has spread to where the
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Ira Sharkansky, USA