By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — “I will ordain my blessing for you. the land will yield sufficient crop.” Leviticus 25:21 The Torah promises us that if we observe Hashem’s (G-d) commandment to allow the land of Israel to rest every seven years and do not sow or harvest the land, Hashem will bless […]
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Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Israel Coalition, with a membership list of 2,500 volunteers including representatives from 20 local pro-Israel organizations, will be merged into the international StandWithUs organization, according to an announcement from StandWithUs executive director Roz Rothstein. The co-founders of the San Diego Israel Coalition will continue to
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San Diego CountyBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The word is that Barack Obama is about to lay on the table an updated plan for Israel and Palestine. According to one of Israel’s most widely read newspapers, the President will deliver a “speech of greater closeness” to Muslims.Will this be another learning experience for the American president at
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – A bipartisan coalition of Senators introduced a resolution today strongly condemning the escalating crackdown in Syria, warning that President Bashar Al Assad has lost legitimacy and urging President Obama to ratchet up the pressure on his regime. The resolution, introduced by Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), is
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InternationalBy Cookie Balchar-Yellin ORANIT, Israel — “The Story of Shimshi” is no ordinary children’s book. I wrote it with therapeutic objectives in mind for children at Ezer Mizion’s Oranit, a home for children with cancer who live there for the duration of their treatment together with their families. The book has a “hero” – a
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Science, Medicine, & Education
Jesus of Nazareth, Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection by Joseph Ratzinger, Ignatius, San Francisco; ISBN 978-1-58617-500-9 ©2011, $24.95, p. 293 plus appendices By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California–Nearly two thousand books on the Amazon website are linked to the words Jesus and Passion. With so many books one might wonder
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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-California) on Tuesday, May 10, introduced H.R. 1790, the “Defund United States Assistance to Pakistan Act of 2011,” after last week’s successful raid to Kill Osama Bin Laden made it clear that Pakistan’s leadership concealed, protected and enabled the al-Qaeda leader for many years. Pakistan has received over $18
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International
By Cynthia Citron BURBANK, California– “All theater is a character telling a story—as if he were sitting around a campfire.” Playwright Wendy Graf is sitting at a table at a cafe in Burbank as she quotes iconic director Gordon Davidson. “And so what I’ve done is create a story especially for Anna.” To which Anna Khaja, sitting
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Cynthia CitronCHULA VISTA, California (Press Release)– While learning about World War II in James Richards’ tenth grade class, students had trouble comprehending the immense amount of Jewish lives lost during the Holocaust. Richards suggested that they collect six million objects so that the students could visualize what the number looked like. After brainstorming for multiple weeks,
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San Diego County
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–Israel is celebrating its 63rd Day of Independence according to the Hebrew calendar; the secular date of the UN-sanctioned declaration of a Jewish state was May 14, 1948. Just three years after the death camps of Europe were liberated by the Allies, Israel became—and remains—the greatest response to genocide in
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–During a week when Israel is celebrating its 63rd birthday, it is appropriate to take another look at its accomplishments and the receptions given them. Israel is among the most successful of the 100 or so countries that came on the scene as the result of World War II and the collapse of
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastFRESNO, California (Press Release)– – GWC Valve International Inc., a company headquartered in Bakersfield, Calif., and its chief executive officer, David Meador, 52, were sentenced today in the Eastern District of California for conspiracy to export services related to industrial valves to Iran. The sentences were announced by Todd Hinnen, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security;
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InternationalWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – After the White House announced Monday that the bounty for information leading to the capture or killing of Osama Bin Laden will likely never be paid out, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D –New York), who Sunday called for the money to instead be given to organizations that help 9/11 survivors, families and first
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Florida) Monday criticized the Obama Administration’s plan to provide Egypt with $1 billion in debt relief at a time when the United States is facing its own debt crisis. The U.S. has already given Egypt $150 million in emergency aid since the uprisings that forced out President Mubarak
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