July 2012 – Page 10 – San Diego Jewish World

Compulsory service for Arabs, haredi continues to simmer

July 6, 2012

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Lots of politics, brought about by the high intensity squabbles over what to do about the ultra-Orthodox (Haredim), and to some extent the Arabs. Animosity toward the Haredim and a somewhat different concern about Arabs is always present, along with whatever else is happening. Feelings about the Haredim peaked some […]

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Jordan bars Syrian refugees of Palestinian descent

July 5, 2012

By Zachary Fisher WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch, Jordan recently turned away Syrians of Palestinian heritage seeking refuge in the Hashemite Kingdom, while threatening to deport Syrian Palestinians who arrived within the past year. Meanwhile, Jordan has laudably admitted 140,000 Syrian refugees into its country and given

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Middle East

Oh, those scary county fairs!

July 5, 2012

By Joel A Moskowitz M D DEL MAR, California –The recently ended San Diego County Fair brought to the ponderings of the famed Jewish writer, Isaac Bashevis Singer: “I believe there is such a thing as haunted houses and reincarnation and I don’t think there will ever or could be scientific evidence of it. For

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San Diego County, Travel and Food

The Wandering Review: Jews of the summer blockbusters

July 5, 2012

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO– There’s been a dearth of Jewish films this summer. I had been hoping to review something that’s currently in release at movie theatres, but I’ve had no luck. I saw The Avengers on the chance that Ben Grimm, the Jewish alter ego of the Thing, would make a cameo appearance, but

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Lawrence Baron

Collating my mother’s recipes

July 5, 2012

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –It was only after our father died, almost ten years ago, that my sisters and I could begin to tackle the daunting task of going through all the books, papers, and sundry objects that he and our mother had managed to accumulate in their roughly 20 years of life in

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

Ner Tamid Synagogue celebrates the Fourth

July 5, 2012

By Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California — So well-situated is Congregation Ner Tamid for Fourth of July fireworks, the Conservative congregation can depend on attracting a big crowd to its hilltop location. Which means of course that congregants not only can enjoy barbecued hot dogs and hamburgers (kosher of course!) but also can conduct

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar

‘The Savannah Disputation’ a religious comedy

July 5, 2012

By Cynthia Citron BURBANK, California — Whose God is it, anyway? In Evan Smith’s sparkling new play The Savannah Disputation, the question is anything but moot. Especially not to Melissa (Rebecca Mozo), a permanently perky proselytizer from one of those religions that consider it their mission to show everyone the error of their ways. Melissa

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Cynthia Citron

Air conditioning killed the Catskills?

July 5, 2012

By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, TAIWAN — It’s a novel approach, blaming it all on the air conditioning men. Kathy Shaidle is a longtime historian of air conditioning, and from her base in Canada, she explains to all who are hot and sweaty as the summer of 2012 heats up, on both sides of

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Travel and Food

Come, let us bake bread together

July 4, 2012

Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–If breaking bread together is a way to promote peace and friendship, how much more so is baking bread together! I watched Charles Kaufman, a former movie producer who today is one of San Diego’s chief bakers, and veterinarian Yoni Peres, the first son of Israel’s

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Donald H. Harrison

A time to columnize, and a time to realize

July 4, 2012

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was at dinner in the garden of a well-known analyst of Iran. He’d spent years writing prolifically and astutely about the regime, its progress on nuclear technology, dissidents, U.S. policy, Israeli policy, and the machinations of the P5+1. “What’s the latest on your blog?” we asked. “Italian food,” he replied. “There’s

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

Tensions between Jewish and Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem

July 4, 2012

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Living alongside Isaweea is an adventure that provides insights into larger issues about Israel and the Middle East. We’ve been here for 20 years, and have never visited the neighborhood 200 meters to the east. Arab friends have urged us to stay away, for our own good. Twice

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Little tells how to make a big impression

July 4, 2012

By Paul Greenberg LA JOLLA, California — Impressionist/impersonator extraordinaire Rich Little, with a repertoire of more than 200 wide-ranging voices and counting, isn’t Jewish but he sure has a Jewish sense of humor. Asked in a recent phone interview from Las Vegas, where he currently resides and where he has lived intermittently for

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Travel and Food

Spellbinding ‘War Horse’ at Ahmanson

July 4, 2012

By Carol Davis LOS ANGELES—If there is one show you must see this year, make it War Horse, the 2011 Tony Award winner for Best Play and then some. It is now playing at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles on its national tour for a limited engagement through July 29th. Don’t see it because

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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Britain has lost its moral compass

July 4, 2012

By Lloyd Levy LONDON–Britain appears to be sinking like a stone, in moral and economic terms. The whole structure of the State and public life has been shown to be corrupt and amoral. Our political and business leaders have betrayed their trust, and we fear for the future of our children in these frightening

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Lloyd Levy

Compulsory service for Arabs, haredi continues to simmer

Jordan bars Syrian refugees of Palestinian descent

Oh, those scary county fairs!

The Wandering Review: Jews of the summer blockbusters

Collating my mother’s recipes

Ner Tamid Synagogue celebrates the Fourth

‘The Savannah Disputation’ a religious comedy

Air conditioning killed the Catskills?

Come, let us bake bread together

A time to columnize, and a time to realize

Tensions between Jewish and Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem

Little tells how to make a big impression

Spellbinding ‘War Horse’ at Ahmanson

Britain has lost its moral compass

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