The Jewish actors: Boris Thomashefsky
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Hungry Americans far exceed total number of Canadians
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Speaking at a Shabbat luncheon at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, Rabbi Jonathan Stein, secretary of the national Mazon board of trustees, said that hungry people receiving government food stamps obtain the equivalent of $4.50 per day, which based on three meals a day, works out to $1.50 per meal. The
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Donald H. Harrison, International, The World We Share, USATerror attacks in Denmark recalled on first anniversary
By Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee stands in solidarity with the Danish people as they commemorate on Sunday, Feb. 14, the terrorist attacks that left two dead and five injured one year ago. An Islamist terrorist attacked a free speech event at a Copenhagen café, killing Danish filmmaker Finn Norgaard, and several hours later murdered
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International, USA‘Dough’ is worth spending your cash on
By Jack Forman SAN DIEGO — An improbable plot in a film is not necessarily a liability, especially when a movie has other things going for it — great acting, a funny and touching script with a good heart and an uplifting message, sure-footed direction, excellent cinematography and appealing, and off-center characters. Dough, a British comedy-drama
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastAnachnu: Norm Katz
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Norm Katz is a conversationalist who can speak with insight about a great number of fields, including the government’s use of microfiche; diseases of the retina; how to detect submarines while they are under water; data jukeboxes; police communications; retirement funds; credit card theft; genome sequencing; and ways
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyIn reply to Kamin’s attack on Obama’s adversaries
By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — I would like to reply to the article written by Rabbi Ben Kamin “In Praise of Barack Obama” on Feb. 11, 2016, in San Diego Jewish World. My problem is where to begin? At the beginning…of course….. Rabbi Kamin’s opening sentence in which he describes a political advisor to one
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USASymbolic change versus change with real meaning
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It isn’t all about great ideas, inspiring movements, massive rallies, calls for salvation or death. There is also reason to think about some curiosities, that may or may not be significant. Most prominent on my radar is a curious slice of gerontocracy competing for the presidency of the world’s most
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAThe Jewish actors: Alla Nazimova
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Travel and FoodJewish- interest license plate: XO KRAV
SAN DIEGO–License plate maven Melanie Rubin found this combination of the popular X and O abbreviations for kisses and hugs, and the Hebrew word “Krav” for battle. So together they suggest “battling” with kisses and hugs. According to the license plate frame, this is a prescription for “making your journey thru life easier.”
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireTourism Minister Levin’s remarks on Reform assailed
NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) fully shares the outrage of the Reform movement in response to the disparaging remarks made by Israeli Tourism Minister Yariv Levin. The controversy erupted after Levin declared that “Reform Jews in the U.S. are a dying world.” “His words are both offensive and off-base,” said AJC Chief
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USAIsrael prepares for rocket war with Iran
By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Iran, according to the United Nations Security Council resolution (7/20/15) endorsing the Iran nuclear deal, is “called upon” to refrain, for up to eight years, from working on ballistic missiles which are designed to deliver nuclear weapons. Existing sanctions imposed on Iran’s missile program were NOT ended. But
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Middle East, Steve KramerProtecting the Torah from errors
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Tifereth Israel Synagogue owns twelve Torah Scrolls. Nine are in the Silverman Sanctuary, two are in the Goodman Chapel, and one is a Holocaust Memorial Scroll. Visitors to the synagogue are impressed by the number of Torah scrolls in our Arks. They are even more surprised to learn
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Jewish ReligionMiddle East Roundup: February 12, 2016
Suspended Arab Knesset member vows to keep visiting terrorists’ families (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Member of Knesset Basel Ghattas, one of three Knesset members from the Joint Arab List party who were recently suspended after visiting late Palestinian terrorists’ families, said he will not stop making such visits and referred to the deceased terrorists
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Middle EastNever Again: Holocaust news for February 12, 2016
Anti-Semitic cartoon printed, prosecutor offends Holocaust survivors in Europe (JNS.org) Anti-Semitism has come to the forefront in European media this week after an anti-Semitic cartoon was published in Spain and an Austrian prosecutor said that a magazine was justified in describing Holocaust survivors as a “plague.” In Spain, the Jewish community is threatening legal action
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