By Rabbi Ben Kamin Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — It isn’t that one is specifically sentimental about the corporate vicissitudes of this or that major book chain, though a great many real human lives are being affected badly by the downfall of Borders Group Inc. The closing of 400 stores is about to throw […]
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) on Wednesday filed a complaint against Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights because of a hostile anti-Semitic campus environment. The complaint, based on troubling reports from Jewish students, describes in detail the anti-Semitic harassment, intimidation and
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israelis have good reasons to complain. In that trait, they resemble the residents of 192 other member states of the United Nations, plus Palestinians and others who want into the club. Currently the problems have gone beyond the price of cottage cheese and housing, and have spread to the plight
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastENCINITAS, California (Press Release)–Seacrest Village Retirement Communities hosted over 140 members of the prestigious 211 Club on Sunday, July 17,at the beautiful home of 211 Club members Cindy & Larry Bloch. The occasion was to celebrate The 211 Club members’ commitment to the charitable mission of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities The evening began with a
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San Diego County
By Dov Hartuv KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israe — Since the school bus leaving Kibbutz Nahal Oz was fired on by a rocket killing a little boy, all busses have been banned from entering the kibbutz and passengers are ferried to the main road by vans. Next week the new alternative five kilometer road will be
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Middle East
Cancer Patients To Form Club Southwestern Jewish Press, July 27, 1956, Page 5 Former cancer patients who are pledging themselves to help others who are afflicted or facing cancer operations, will meet Tuesday night, July 31, to organize a new club. Announcement that the club will assist in a loan closet, supplying materials for patient
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBEERSHEVA, Israel (Press Release)–Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have developed a new test that quickly and accurately distinguishes between bacterial and viral infections in as little as five hours. Treating viral infections with antibiotics is ineffective and contributes to the development of antibiotic resistance, allergic reactions, toxicity and greater healthcare costs. Currently
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Science, Medicine, & Education
By Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California—It’s hard tobelieve that North Coast Repertory Theatre will be celebrating its thirtieth anniversary season in September. Over the years, yours truly has watched this little theatre grow from a corner suite in the Lomas Santa Fe Shopping Center to its current location in a larger, more accessible space. With artistic
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Shoshana Bryen Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –According to the German magazine Der Spiegel, Germany will provide Israel with its sixth Dolphin-class nuclear-capable submarine and subsidize the deal with 135 million Euros. The magazine notes that Germany “donated” the first two submarines after the first Gulf War and split the cost of the third. Sort
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International, Shoshana BryenNEW YORK (Press Release)–A new poll has found that an overwhelming 73% of Palestinian Arabs agree with the hadith [Islamic tradition ascribed to Muhammad], quoted by the terrorist group Hamas in its Charter, about the need to conduct a genocide of Jews. The hadith in question states, “The Day of Judgment will not come about
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s mid-summer. Lots of people in Israel and other countries are on holiday. Leaders of most Arab countries are either dealing with domestic problems or worrying when the unrest will land on them. The recent humor was news that the Syrian government has joined the ranks of those recognizing Palestine
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – It would be hard to estimate how many of the hundreds of persons who attended the outdoor concert of the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra on Sunday evening, July 17, at the Allied Gardens Community Center knew the meaning of the Yiddish word haimische, but all of them
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Donald H. Harrison
By David Ogul JERUSALEM — Israel, Middle East political analyst Jim Lederman says, is the most misunderstood country on Earth. After journeying in the Holy Land for more than two weeks, I have to agree. Virtually all of the coverage on Israelin the American media is about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and/or “the occupation.”
Israelis daily concerns are pragmatic, not political Read More »
David Ogul, Middle East
By David Ogul TZVAT, Israel –I had been gone from Jerusalem for less than 48 hours, but I was not the same when I returned. I suppose that’s what happens to a person when he experiences the holy spirit – the ruach – grabbing you, enveloping you, speaking to you, making you one with him.
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David Ogul, Jewish Religion