By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Trump Tweets that General Kelly deleted before they were sent. * I heeded great advice from my amazing generals to dispatch more troops to Afghanistan. Vlad also assured me that it worked wonders for Russia when it was fighting there. He never deceives me. BFF! * Best solar eclipse the world […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — This past week, some of my congregants asked me: What does Jewish tradition have to say about solar eclipses? Like many ancient peoples, the Jews did not develop a scientific understanding of eclipses until much later in its history. Before we examine what exactly Jewish tradition
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Some rabbinic sages say that solar eclipses are bad for gentiles, while lunar eclipses are bad for Jews (based on the idea that gentiles follow a solar calendar, while Jews follow a lunar calendar). In the Gemara Sukkah 29a, it says “When the sun is eclipsed it is
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — What’ll it take to get rid of Trump? It won’t be easy. It shouldn’t be, given his election. One should be careful of messing the aura of legitimacy, even for a boor who can’t express a sentence in his native language, has flirted with a government considered a serious antagonist
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The Jewish community day at Petco Park would have been better if the Padres had won instead of losing 4-1 to the Washington Nationals, but still there was much to enjoy: New hats with Padres inscribed in Hebrew and the Flag of Israel emblazoned above the bill; kosher
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Sports & CompetitionsEntrepreneurs in Far Eastern nation invited to participate in competition that will bring them to Jerusalem for 5 days of tech immersion By Times of Israel staff President Reuven Rivlin (c) oversees the signing of an Education agreement in Vietnam (Koby Gideon /GPO) As Israel and Vietnam negotiate a free trade agreement, the Israeli Embassy
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International, Middle EastUS Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday defended President Donald Trump’s response to bloodshed following a rally of white supremacists and neo-Nazis, rejecting calls from former Yale classmates that he resign from the administration in protest. A group of 359 people from Mnuchin’s 1985 class at the Ivy League university had signed an open letter
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USAMocking Americans who wonder how the reality TV star was elected president, former ‘Daily Show’ host asks, ‘Have you met us?’ By Times of Israel staff Jon Stewart on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Feb. 27, 2017. (Screenshot from YouTube) Former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart blasted Donald Trump during an appearance in New
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASouth Africa has recently been attempting to impede the development and strengthening of ties between Israel and other nations on the African continent. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has made strengthening Israel’s ties with Africa a priority with the stated goal of breaking the automatic anti-Israel majority at the UN. A senior South African diplomat said
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International, Middle EastAmerican Jewish author Michael Chabon was once described by renowned author Jack Engelhard as “the person who made news around the world by declaring ‘the occupation’ to be ‘the most grievous injustice I have seen in my life’ in an interview he had with the leftist Forward. “Not satisfied with that, and in company with
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USASuspect is one of a group that allegedly beat the pair, and a girl who was with them, when they mistook them for Arabs By Times of Israel staff Illustrative photo of an Israel Police patrol car. (Moti Karelitz/Flash90) Police arrested a 16-year-old youth on Sunday suspected of attacking three Jewish Israelis on Friday evening
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Middle EastA scientific poll conducted in the United Kingdom involving interviews with more than 10,000 British Jews finds 80 percent see growing anti-Semitism, especially among left-wing Labor Party politicians. Almost a third of them said they have considered leaving the U.K. over the past two years because of anti-Jewish bigotry. The findings are part of a
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InternationalInternational March of the Living expressed its “profound disappointment” with the organizers of the March for Racial Justice, which is being planned for this Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. “Especially in light of recent events in Charlottesville, where prejudice and hatred against Jews, African Americans and others were painfully evident, we
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USAHurling accusations of mental illness at opponents is nothing new in politics. But on Friday, Representative Zoe Lofgren went a step further, tabling a resolution for President Donald Trump to undergo a medical and psychiatric evaluation to determine if he is fit to hold office. The San Jose Democrat said in Congress that the results
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