By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–He’s now # 1418989 in the Maasiyahu Prison, near Ramla. This is a minimum security facility, which houses white collar and other convicts not judged to be a danger to society. And within this prison, Moshe Katsav has been assigned to the unit for religious prisoners. To some, this may be the […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Vera Cohen as told to Harold Berman Southwestern Jewish Press, September 7, 1956, Pages 6, 7 {Part 3 of Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, September 7, 1956) The story of Anne Frank and her diary, told in book form and in the current Pulitzer Prize stage adaptation, has stirred millions. Vera Cohn, a
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Adventures in SD History
By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES– Many people judge Stephen Spielberg’s film Schindler’s List to be the definitive Holocaust movie. Until now. Giving Spielberg a run for his money is Agnieszka Holland’s latest film, In Darkness. Poland’s official entry for Best Foreign Language Film in this year’s Oscar race, In Darkness is exactly what its title proclaims:
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Cynthia Citron
Baseless Hatred: What It Is and What You Can Do about It by Rene H. Levy, PhD, Gefen Publishing House, 2011, 212 pages including bibliography, ISBN 9789652295309, price unlisted. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — An important concept in this book is that of arevut, which teaches that the responsibility that one Jew
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Those wanting to understand what is happening in Europe can learn something from the chapters in those dusty American history books that deal with the Articles of Confederation. For reasons I’ll get to, the lessons are limited, but still worth considering. Like Europe today, the states under the Articles
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International, Ira SharkanskyCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff United Jewish Fund Board Resumes Activity After Holy Days Southwestern Jewish Press, September 7, 1956, Page 4 The United Jewish Fund will swing into action for its Fall session immediately after the holidays, Morris W. Douglas, President of the Fund, announced. Directors of the Fund will meet for
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish History
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Recently this question was posed to me: God warns us explicitly not to follow in the ways of the other nations. How does this apply to our custom to give gifts on Chanukah, which seems to have been taken from the very not-Jewish tradition of
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — Does David Klein, a math professor at California State University, have the bright to use the university’s web server, the url (http://www.csun.edu/~vcmth00m/boycott.html ) being the university’s, to post a hate page against Israel and Jews? The webpage says, “Israel is the most racist state in the world at this time,”
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USACompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff New Year’s Message of Morris W. Douglas, President United Jewish Fund Southwestern Jewish Press, September 7, 1956, Page 1 The coming week will see the beginning of the Jewish New Year, 5717. Jews throughout the world and here in San Diego will be celebrating Rosh Hashonah. This is
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By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Some time ago I was given a small book, Jeder Tag in Theresienstadt ist ein Geschenk; Die Theresienstadter Tagebücher einer Hamburger Jüdin, 1943-1945 (‘Every Day in Theresienstadt is a Gift’) by Martha Glass, published in 1996 by the Hamburg Department for Political Education with an introduction by Barbara
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Dorothea Shefer-VansonBy Joyce Schur CHICAGO — Protecting the welfare of our children supersedes the need to be considered their best-buddy. John Kass, a much admired feature columnist for the Chicago Tribune, recently wrote an article on the Penn State sex predator scandal, titled “Thankful to be the Worst Mom in the World”. It was a response to
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Science, Medicine, & Education
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO–Conductor David Amos chose, for the opening concert of the season, Nov. 17, familiar and beloved repertoire which both the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO) members and the audience could thoroughly enjoy.The concert opened with Tchaikowsky’s Little Russian Symphony. From the opening notes of the solo French horn intoning a melancholy
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Eileen Wingard
By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California—Lest anyone forget, there is the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice tried and true “Jesus Christ Superstar” of the seventies and then there is the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice/ Des McAnuff “Jesus Christ Superstar” of the 20’s: 2011/2012 that is. Of course the lyrics (Tim Rice) and the music (Andrew Lloyd
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
CORONADO (Press Release)–Sanford Lakoff, PhD, will deliver lectures Dec. 14 in Coronado and Dec. 19 in Carlsbad on the situations in Iraq and in Israel. Lakoff’s lecture will take place in the Winn Room of the Coronado Library on December 14 at 10:30 am. Five days later he will speak on the same subject
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