The Jewish actors: Zsa Zsa Gabor
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An intense ride through the multiverse
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — If only things had happened differently… We’ve all said that at some point in our lives. We’ve all wished that words could be unsaid, or said differently. We’ve all wished that choices could be unmade. Maybe they were. Albert Einstein had a theory about “parallel universes,” that there
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Travel and FoodImitation wax museum is a great teaching vehicle
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Famous people in American history came to life Monday, April 18, at Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School. Whenever a visitor dropped a ticket into a cup, third grade pupils from two classes, who had been standing uncommonly still, transformed themselves from imitation wax figures to animated characters from the nation’s
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPropriety of violence against Israeli civilians debated
By Morton A. Klein NEW YORK — The ZOA is horrified that at the recent April 9-11, 2016 U.S. Universities Debating Association (USUDA) national championship, held at African-American Morehouse College in Atlanta, (Martin Luther King’s Alma mater) top college debaters from all over the country were given the unprecedented Nazi-like anti-Semitic debate topic: “This House
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAGermany, Syria condemn Israel’s Golan declaration
Germany rejected on Monday a call by the Israeli government to recognize Israel”s control of the Golan Heights, calling the move a violation of international law and the United Nations Charter. On Sunday the Israeli cabinet held a special meeting on the Golan Heights. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu opened the meeting with a declaration
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International, Middle EastIsraeli, Palestinian envoys shout at each other
New York (dpa) – The Israeli and the Palestinian ambassadors to the United Nations engaged in a shouting match during a meeting of the UN Security Council Monday, after the Israeli ambassador accused his Palestinian counterpart of not condemning terrorist attacks. The heated exchange during the monthly briefing of the council on the Israeli-Palestinian
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International, Middle EastIn Ecuador quake ‘books flew off the shelves’
One day after a massive earthquake in Ecuador which killed 272 people, the Chabad emissary to Guayaquil spoke about the damage. “The quake occurred Saturday night, toward the end of the Ma’ariv prayer,” Rabbi Uriel Tawil began, in an interview with haredi news outlet Hamevaser. “Suddenly, everything was shaking – and we were shocked, we
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InternationalBennett: Hamas planning surprise attack
Israeli Education Minister and Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett has applauded the IDF’s success in locating and destroying a massive terrorist attack tunnel from Gaza into Israel, and warned of Hamas’s continued motivation to launch a major attack. Bennett, who is also a member of the Security Cabinet, said Hamas’s top priority was to
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Middle East21 Injured In Jerusalem bus explosion
Updated, Updated, April, 18, 2016, 2:21pm In a message posted on Twitter, Israeli police said the bus explosion in Jerusalem injured 21 people, two of whom were in serious condition, six who were moderately injured and eight lightly injured. Updated, April, 18, 2016, 1.15 PM EST: Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat told local media that the
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Middle EastHamas tunnel to southern Israel destroyed
JERUSALEM (WJC) — The Israeli Defense Forces uncovered and destroyed a Hamas attack tunnel penetrating southern Israel, the first to be detected since the end of the military campaign in Gaza in the summer of 2014. The tunnel was about 30 to 40 meters underground, lined with concrete slabs and equipped with communication lines, air supply and rails for
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Middle EastJewish trivia quiz: John Kasich
By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — What connection between Jews and Christians did John Kasich make while visiting a Chassidic school, shmura matzah factory, and Jewish bookstore in Borough Park, Brooklyn? A. Referencing the matzah that he observed being prepared he said, “You know, I was raised Catholic, I’m now Anglican, and so all
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireMiddle East Roundup: April 18, 2016
UNESCO approves resolution ignoring Jewish ties to Temple Mount (JNS.org) The executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted a resolution on Friday that ignores Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and Western Wall in Jerusalem. With 33 votes in favor, six against, and 17 abstentions, the resolution solely refers
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Middle EastRidding ourselves of spiritual chametz
By Rabbi Jeffrey Lipschultz ROCK ISLAND, Illinois — As Passover approaches many Jews go into spring-cleaning mode. Getting rid of chametz (food made from wheat and its crumbs) turns into actions such as changing over all of our everyday pots and dishes for special Passover ones, or making them kosher for Passover. Many of us
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Jewish ReligionSingapore PM to make first- ever visit to Israel
In recent years as Europe grows more hostile Israel has increasingly been turning to the East, building alliances with Japan, China, India, Taiwan and South Korea – an historically groundbreaking visit on Monday reveals that Singapore is the latest key Asian ally of the Jewish state. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is to arrive
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