By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Most people seem to be confused about Islam. Is it “a religion of peace,” or the opposite? Are Muslims who live and die for “jihad” extremists or fundamentalists, or just observant Muslims? To find out, I recently attended a lecture by Mordecai Kedar, under the auspices of “The
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By Amber Bartlett LA JOLLA, California –Aside from making me realize just “how lucky I am” and that “Anything’s Possible”, J*Company Youth Theater, and Seussical in particular, have shown me that at this point in my life, I’ve jumped off my clover and my “who” has finally been heard. I started off at J*company as
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By Mimi Pollack LA MESA, California –The motto for the La Mesa Sunrise Rotary Club seems to be, “How can we help?” There are actually two La Mesa Rotary Clubs, but the Sunrise one is for the early birds as they hold their meetings once a week at 7:30 AM. This service organization, which
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Mimi Pollack, San Diego County2015 marks lowest number of Israeli soldier casualties in a decade, IDF says (JNS.org) The number of Israeli soldiers who died during their service in 2015 was the lowest in a decade, the Israel Defense Forces said Sunday. According to IDF Personnel Directorate data, a total of 36 soldiers died in 2015. Six were killed
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Middle EastBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The Orthodox Union has given kosher certification to a medical marijuana product produced by Verio Health of New York. In regard to this, Rabbi David Bleich, a Yeshiva University professor and authority on Jewish medical ethics, did NOT make which of the following statements? A. He said that medicinal marijuana
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By Ronnie Blair WESLEY CHAPEL, Florida — Cary M. Berman arrived in the world 52 years ago already saddled with a rare neurological disease, though neither he nor his parents knew. He was well into adulthood before it was confirmed that he suffered from Late-Onset Tay-Sachs (LOTS), a genetic disorder that leads to damaged cells
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–It was possible to hope that this wave of violence was winding down. Soon after Friday prayers at the mosques, there was not much more excitement than routine stone throwing at a light rail train as it passed by an Arab neighborhood. For some time now, the management of the rail line
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –That Binyamin Netanyahu made alarmist statements – interpreted by many as hostile to all the Arab citizens of Israel – before the elections last March, reprehensible though they were, could have been seen as an attempt to woo Jewish Israelis to vote for his party, Likud. It seemed to have
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Middle EastEleanor of Aquitaine, A Life by Alison Weir, Balantine Books, 1999 By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — In a time when chivalry placed women on a pedestal, knights fought for ladies faire and troubadours sang their praises, the reality of existence was quite different, even for a queen. This is the time from whence many legends
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Travel and FoodLA JOLLA, California (SDJW) — The Holocaust Living History Workshop at UCSD has scheduled 5 p.m. presentations by survivor Max Garcia and refugee Moselio Schaechter in the Seuss Room of the Geisel Library respectively on January 13 and Feb. 10. Susanne Hillman, project manager, provided these sketches of the upcoming presentations: Think Only of Today:
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International, Jewish History, San Diego CalendarBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Should Israelis be ashamed, or proud, that a former President is in prison for rape, and a former Prime Minister is scheduled to go to the same place for accepting bribes? Perhaps a combination of shame and pride. One on account for the crimes. Another for holding the big guys accountable. In
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — A heinous attack in the heart of Tel Aviv has resulted in two fatalities and at least seven people wounded, several in critical condition. “Given the descriptions so far of what happened, this has all the appearances of a terrorist assault,” said American Jewish Committee (AJC) Executive Director David
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