The Jewish singers: Leslie West
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Film Festival Preview: ‘The Price of Sugar’
The Price of Sugar directed by Jean van de Veide/ Netherlands, Germany, South Africa/ 2013/120 minutes; Dutch/ English Subtitles/ Drama/ U.S. premiere. To be shown three times at the San Diego Jewish Film Festival: at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 3, and 4 p.m., Thursday Feb. 11 at the Reading Cinemas 14, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San
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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & BroadcastTwo- state illusion should give way to other plans
By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Since 1947, the 2-state solution (an Arab State alongside the State of Israel) has been the holy grail of Western diplomats. Notice that I said Western; most Muslim countries have never subscribed to that concept. The proof of Muslim antipathy to the Jewish State is the continuous incitement
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Middle East, Steve KramerCory Briggs to address CBI Men’s Club
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego will host Cory Briggs as its guest speaker at its February 17 Dinner Forum. Attorney Briggs’ presentation will focus on The Citizens’ Plan Voter Initiative: What it means (and doesn’t mean) for the future of tourism, football, and infrastructure in the
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San Diego CalendarShabbat not well attended? Five questions to ask
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – If the Shabbat services at your synagogue are not well attended, then you should ask five questions in reexamining how they are conducted, according to Rabbi Steven Wernick, chief executive officer of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Wernick served as scholar in residence Jan. 22-23 at
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish ReligionHumoring the Headlines: January 22, 2016
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Track Palin faces domestic-violence charges after assaulting his girlfriend who was worried that he would commit suicide with an AR-15 rifle. His mother Sarah Palin blamed President Obama for Track’s mental instability because he hasn’t done enough to help returning veterans from Iraq who suffer from PTSD. Army psychiatrists treating
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireDid Obama sell missiles to Iran via Cuba?
By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. Hellfire anti-tank missile — a weapon launched from Predator drones in anti-terrorism operations, among other uses — found its way into the hands of Cuba’s government in 2014. But the route it took, twice crossing the Atlantic, was less mysterious than the U.S. government’s
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USAThe Jewish singers: Jessie Ware
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Travel and FoodEmotional stress can cloud judgment
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Rabbis are not supposed to do long term counseling. My teachers at the Seminary emphasized that rabbis are not trained to be long term counselors. If we cannot help a congregant after a few sessions, we are supposed to refer them to a professional. Most of the short
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Jewish ReligionMiddle East Roundup: January 22, 2016
Abbas shirks responsibility for stalled peace talks, Netanyahu’s office says (JNS.org) The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday denied claims by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas that the Palestinian leader had recently sought a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but was ignored. “This is another attempt by Abu Mazen (Abbas) to shirk responsibility
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Middle EastNuanced relations between Israeli Jews and Arabs
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Something like 30 Israelis have died in the present wave of violence. Some call it the Knifing or Stabbing Intifada, in reference to the large incidence of attacks with knives, by a male or female, most of whom have ranged in age from 15 to 35. Some have been as
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastWeekly Torah portion: Beshalach
One step can split your “sea”! By Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO — After witnessing unimaginable events and then being personally forced out of Egypt by Pharaoh and the rest of the Egyptians, the Jewish people are now standing on the shore of the sea. Burned into their memories are dramatic and earth-shattering images of
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Jewish ReligionThe Jewish singers: Katie Waissel
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Travel and FoodRemorse or regret: which is preferable?
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — As I think back on my life, it is not only the things I have done and accomplished—the people I have loved, the trips I have taken, the books I have read—it is also all the things I have not done but should have—the love not reciprocated,
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