By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — When I first began to write “The Silverman Manifesto (2012)”, I had some qualms about how it might or might not go over among American Jews, and whether it might be or might not be accepted. Still, struck by some of the God-awful humor that has made its […]
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Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Watching the mayoral debate on KUSI Thursday night, it occurred to me that we really can have the best of both worlds. We can elect an idealistic mayor, who time and time again has put himself on the line for the causes he believes in: Bob Filner. And
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Donald H. Harrison
Story and photos by Ilene Lerner SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — My Costa Rican friend and colleague, Rebecca Gueverra, and I went to visit the Jewish Museum here. I knew from research on the Internet, that there was a small Jewish community here of about 3,000 and wanted to connect with it. I had asked some
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International
By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — The generation that stood at Har Sinai was the greatest generation of all time. Their leader was the greatest leader of all time. This was not a coincidence. Hashem gives us leaders in proportion to the generation. The greater the generation, the greater the leader. Young Rabbi Yechezkel
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Jewish Religion
By David Amos SAN DIEGO–Two weeks ago I shared with you a few interesting experiences we encountered in our trip of a month ago. We were two couples, finding places that all tourists either know or wish to visit, and other locations with possible twists and surprises. In my first article, I covered visits with
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — In the great mystery of What will Israel do? there is another item that may help to resolve the problem. Ha’aretz is the paper of Israel’s intellectual establishment. And befitting that status, it is left of center, and generally critical of government policy. The posture of its editors affects their
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Photos and story by Jenn Sanders SAN DIEGO — May 22, 2012 was a historical day for San Diego. A street was renamed for the late Harvey Milk, the slain gay activist who was a San Francisco County Supervisor. Six speakers helped inaugurate the sign. They included Stuart Milk, the nephew of the honoree; San Diego City
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Jewish HistoryBy Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — My first exposure to the study of the Bible was in the Yiddish language. We spoke only English at home, but almost all the teachers we had in the yeshiva I attended were Holocaust survivors who had escaped to the safety of these shores only a few
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Jewish Religion
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — No one will ever really know what goes on in the basement laundry of the children’s hospital in question. That’s part of what makes “the blessing of the hands” so miraculous—it doesn’t involve publicity agents, news anchors, or RSS feeds. But what I saw will never be
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Morton A. Klein and Daniel Mandel NEW YORK — Since the toppling of the Hosni Mubarak regime last year, matters in Egypt – and thus in the Egyptian/Israeli relationship and in the surrounding Middle East – have steadily gone from bad to worse. Strangely, few are taking notice. The Obama Administration actively encouraged the
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Two committees are competing for Israel’s media space. Both are dealing with items that have been near the top of the agenda for some time. And consistent with their long play without solution, the clear tendency of commentary about both is pessimistic. One is dealing with Iran’s nuclear program. Without trying to
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Last Friday morning, San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) student Melissa Fagan received first place at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Seven million students compete annually to receive an invitation to Intel as it is considered the top high school science competition in the world. Placing
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San Diego CountyWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congressman Brad Sherman (Democrat, California), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced the Visa Waiver for Israel Act, a bill allowing Israel’s entrance into the U.S. Visa Waiver Program. Congressman Ted Poe (Republican-Texas) and the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Republican-Florida), joined with
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USABy Evelyn Gordon WASHINGTON, D.C. — To grasp how badly the security situation in Sinai has deteriorated, one fact suffices: Israel now receives as many intelligence warnings about Sinai-based terror plots as it does about terror from Gaza. This, obviously, is of great concern to Israel. But it should also concern the international
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Middle East