By Shalle’ McDonald/JNS.org BINGHAMTON, New York — Jonathan Nizar Elkhoury wants minority populations in Israel to speak up about what life is really like in the Jewish state. He wants the world to know that Israel is a safe haven for persecuted Middle East minorities. For Elkhoury, this isn’t just loose talk. He is gay, […]
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LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — Hundreds of guests are expected at the Women’s Auxiliary of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities’ 38th Annual Gala, themed the “Silver Screen,” on Saturday evening, Feb. 27, at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla, according to co-chairs Esther Fischer and Linda Platt. Proceeds from the gala will support the Jewish organization in
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Travel and FoodBy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is supporting a major initiative, led by the Israeli humanitarian relief group IsraAID, to assist Yazidi refugees, as well as other migrants from the Middle East who have been coming in large numbers to Germany. “Our Jewish tradition beckons us to help,” said AJC Berlin
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A movie about an Israeli boy who drops a Torah in his Moroccan Jewish neighborhood prompted a discussion at the San Diego Jewish Film Festival on Wednesday, Feb. 10, about the time that the wooden roller of a Torah scroll rolled off the reader’s table and onto
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — One of those mannequin-style political advisers to a particular Republican candidate made a televised statement on the morning of the New Hampshire primary: “We have to find a new leader who can salvage these seven wasted years under President Obama.” This vacuous statement—in the midst of the creeping
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USAAdding More Equals Less By Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO — The Talmud Sanhedrin(29a) debates the source from where the concept ‘Whoever adds (to the Commandments) adulterates them’ is derived. Several rabbis derive it from the wording of the measurements used in the construction of the Mishkan. No matter where this concept is derived, all the
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Jewish ReligionBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Brit Shalom (Peace Treaty, 1925) is a landmark in the continuing activity of Jews talking among themselves about what kind of accommodation they should, and can reach, then with Arab and now with Palestinian neighbors. What has become characteristic is the prominence in Brit Shalom of Jews from Europe and
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO– Two gifted teenagers shone as soloists in The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra’s concerts January 31 at the First United Methodist Church of Chula Vista and February 2 at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. Violinist Ilana Hirshfeld, 15, and Violist Jonathan Sussman, 18, combined their talents in a memorable rendition of Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante. Their ensemble
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsIsrael Police names first Muslim deputy commissioner (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan plans to establish new division within the Israel Police to promote law enforcement in Israel’s Arab sector and recruit Arabs to serve in the police force. Jamal Hakroush, currently an assistant police commissioner, will head the new division,
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-43rd in a series- Exit 14A, Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa, California ~ La Mesa Cardiac Center By Donald H. Harrison LA MESA, California –Dr. Ronald Goldberg, the senior of three physicians at the La Mesa Cardiac Center on the campus of Sharp Grossmont Hospital, tells of a woman who periodically and for no apparent
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By Mimi Pollack TECATE, Mexico — If you are an animal lover, you will be happy if you stay at Rancho La Puerta, a Jewish-owned spa retreat in this city on the U.S. border. Known affectionately as “the ranch” Deborah Szekely and her late husband, Edmond, started the place in 1940. Back then, it was
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International, Mimi Pollack, The World We Share, USANew Hampshire Primary Results By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Donald Trump won the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary. In this year’s Republican primaries, nothing succeeds like excess. Trump’s victory inspired Benjamin Netanyahu to reveal plans to build a fence around Israel and get the Arab League to pay for it. * Chris Christie is expected
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Bernhardt
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