By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — While the official theme of this year’s June 8-July 4 San Diego County Fair is “Game On”, the unofficial theme is bacon. So, with much of the fair’s culinary offerings involving bacon of one form or another, what’s a Jewish girl to do? Don’t worry though, this food reviewer […]
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Travel and Food
By Anav Silverman The hometown in which former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin was born and raised in, Brest in Belarus, was host to a special ceremony marking his 100th birthday on Tuesday, June 4. The ceremony took place in front of the school that Begin attended as a child known as the Tachkemoni
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Middle East
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Parties on various sides of the immigration debate in the United State have focused mainly on issues surrounding Hispanic immigrants because there are a lot of them and numbers get attention. Human Rights Watch, for example, created a handy-dandy checklist for the Senate version of the immigration bill, including
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Daily Palestinian stone-throwing attacks on Jews (JNS.org) Palestinian stone-throwing attacks on Jews in eastern Jerusalem have become a daily occurrence and have recently escalated to include Molotov cocktails, Israel Hayom reported. Israel Defense Forces Maj. Gen. Kobi Dudian of the Jerusalem District Police told the Knesset’s Internal Affairs and Environment Committee on Wednesday that 207
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Some years ago I published Rituals of Conflict. It described the repeated ceremonies by which the ultra-Orthodox and Israeli authorities deal with disputes that erupt periodically whenever a rabbi wants to make an issue about the violation of Sabbath, ancient graves unearthed in the course of construction, or whatever else could make a
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK –Very often, we think that if a person is especially spiritual, he cannot possibly be very practical. It is as if religious devotion and good common sense just don’t go together. My own experience has taught me that, on the contrary, some of the soundest advice I have
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Jewish ReligionBy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — In six months I will mark the end of my first century. I have been searching for a way to celebrate my hundredth birthday that will give the world something worthwhile after I am gone. A year ago I wrote on these pages that the Cairo codex,
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Jewish History, Middle East, Travel and FoodBEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) – Chronic exposure to rocket attacks launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel is causing an increase in severe adolescent violence, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers. The study, published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), followed
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Science, Medicine, & Education
By Eric George Tauber VISTA, California — When Todd Salovey directed his first Jewish Arts Festival, his daughter was a babe in his arms. Today, she’s a young woman living in Israel and like her, the festival has grown healthy and strong, imbued with a profound knowledge of her heritage. Such was the sense of
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Eric George Tauber
By David Amos SAN DIEGO — If you like music for the classical violin, these concerts are certainly for you. The eminent violinist and recording artist Jacques Israelievitch will be the guest soloist of the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra in two programs which will have, yes, three major violin concerto masterpieces of the classic repertoire,
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Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –The Jewish Federation of San Diego County will sponsor the Super Hero 5k and BBQ on June 9 to aid the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombings through The One Fund of Boston. The family-friendly event will take place at Liberty Station in San Diego. Participants are encouraged to dress up
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San Diego CountyBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Turkey is the latest point of fascination for those who dream about the spread of democracy in the Middle East. The reportage and commentary is more subdued than what came in response to the demonstrations that began more than two years ago. Deaths climbing toward or above 100,000 in Syria, continued unrest
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Middle EastKerry says time is running out on peace process (JNS.org) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned that time is running out on the peace process during a speech at the American Jewish Committee’s Global Forum in Washington, DC. “We’re running out of time. We’re running out of possibilities. And let’s be clear: If we
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InternationalNo real peace without end to Palestinian incitement, Ya’alon says (JNS.org) Peace agreements between Israel and the Palestinians could be signed on paper, but as long as the Palestinians still educate their youth to hate Israelis, the peace “will blow up in our faces,” Israeli Defense Minister Moshe (Bogie) Ya’alon said Monday. “The crux of
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International