The Singing Abortionist directed by Dana Bratt; Canada; © 2014; 60 minutes; English; Documentary. To be shown during the San Diego Jewish Film Festival at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 7 at Edward San Marcos Stadium 18, 1180 W. San Marcos Blvd., San Marcos, and at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Reading Cinemas 14, […]
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — According to the Torah, physical and emotional healing are ultimately in the hands of God: “If you heed the Lord your God diligently, doing what is upright in His sight, giving ear to His commandments and keeping all His laws, then I will not bring upon you any
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Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The decision by the Israeli government to create a parallel praying area at the Western Wall for egalitarian – largely Reform and Conservative – worshippers by extending the existing facility at the southern end has generated (a) enthusiasm from potential beneficiaries, (b) indifference from those who aren’t awed by the
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Those inclined to think that Israel is singled out for the nuttiness of criticisms directed against it might consider the presidential election campaign underway in the United States, as well as the bending and twisting by Europeans in the face of Muslim refugees on the way from the east and south.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastArab Knesset members under fire for meeting with terrorists’ families (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein said Thursday that they plan to file personal complaints with the Knesset’s Ethics Committee against Arab MKs Hanin Zoabi, Jamal Zahalka, and Basel Ghattas, who met with the families of
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Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Two black South African students who traveled to Israel to learn if South African BDS advocates were telling the truth about “apartheid” in the Jewish state say the apartheid charge is bogus. Furthermore, said Miyelani Pinini, former president of the Student Representative Council at the University of Cape
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Travel and FoodBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Because both my husband and I tend to prefer going to a concert of an evening rather than attending the screening of a movie, our visits to the cinema are relatively few and far between. Due to a shortage of concerts we have, however, been to see a couple
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Authority (Press Release) — U.S. Ambassador Daniel Sepulveda, deputy assistant secretary and U.S. coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, on Thursday, Feb. 4, hailed an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority for the provision of 3G mobile phone services within the latter’s territory. Following is a transcript of his remarks delivered at
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Jeffrey Lipschultz ROCK ISLAND, Illinois –Thoughts this week fill my mind as we come to our new Parshah on Mishpatim that deals with the laws of the Torah and the command to adhere to all aspects of law, both small and large, to stand righteously with God. The laws are a sort of
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Jewish Religion, Sports & Competitions, USA
The Tree in the Courtyard: Looking Through Anne Frank’s Window by Jeff Gottesfeld; illustrated by Peter McCarty; ©2016 Alfred A. Knopf, Junior Library Guild Selection; 34 pages; $17.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This beautifully written, magnificently illustrated, sentimental remembrance of Anne Frank is being marketed as a children’s book, but I’m not
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish HistoryPalestinian Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas hosts terrorists’ families at his office (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met Wednesday in his office with the relatives of 11 terrorists killed while carrying out attacks against Israelis in recent weeks. Thirty-one Israelis have been killed and 302 have been wounded in the wave of
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO –The Torah (Exodus 23:6-11) lists a number of laws that pertain to judging the disadvantaged: “Do not pervert the judgment of a poor person in his disagreement Distance yourself from falsehood And do not take a bribe because a bribe blinds the eyes and perverts the words of the
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Jewish Religion
-42nd in a Series– Exit 13A, Jackson Drive, La Mesa ~ Chabad of East County By Donald H. Harrison LA MESA, California – If I were to ask you what a pioneer looks like, perhaps you would describe him as a man wearing a coonskin hat, a buckskin jacket and pants, and moccasins. Maybe you
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA