By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The foreign media rarely have something good to say about Israel, particularly in relation to the Palestinians. That’s why foreign journalists seem to be certain that the responses by the Israeli military to those who throw stones and try to stab them or people around them are harsh, cruel and
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Middle EastBy Laurie Baron MARGATE, New Jersey‒ Rupert Murdoch stirred up controversy when he tweeted that he wished Ben Carson’s candidacy well because he would be a “real black president.” He clarified his remarks by stating that he meant to say a “real American Christian black president.” * Ben Carson claimed that the Holocaust would never have
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By Lauren Lizerbram RANCHO SANTA FE, California — Many people ask me what it is about JNF that keeps me so energized. I am happy to say my husband Sol and I have been supporting this outstanding organization for over 30 years. With our trips to Israel we have seen firsthand the work that JNF
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Middle East, San Diego CalendarHolocaust film nominated for an Irish Oscar By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, TAIWAN — A Holocaust documentary produced by Gerry Gregg for Irish TV and titled Close to Evil has been nominated for the Irish Film and Television Academy(IFTA) awards, dubbed the ”Irish Oscars” in Dublin, and the awards ceremony is set to take place on October 22, according to
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Jewish HistoryEverything You Ever Wanted by Jillian Lauren, Plume/Penquin Publishing Group, 2015 By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — This is the second of Jillian Lauren’s memoirs.* Born in 1973, she was adopted as an infant by a middle class Jewish couple in Livingston, New Jersey. Her childhood included the cultural norms of that time and place such
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Books, Poetry & Short StoriesBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Mark Twain once said, “It is curious—curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.” To display moral courage in today’s world is, sadly, a rarity. Some have referred to the end of the twentieth century as the “Decade of
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Michael Mantell, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Whether you call it intifada or something else, there’s unrest in Israel, not only in Jerusalem and the West Bank but also elsewhere in the country. Though there’s nothing new in this in the history of the state, it’s nevertheless a cause for deep concern, much speculation as to the reasons
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Middle East
By Erin Philips SAN DIEGO – In Your Arms, the world premiere musical currently playing at the Old Globe, is simply sensational. Romance is the theme and dance is the medium for the ambitious production: ten mostly wordless vignettes, created by a lineup of theatre heavyweights, including Tony, Pulitzer Prize, Emmy and Academy Award winners. The
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — The upcoming climate talks in Paris are less than 50 days away, and COP21, as the United Nations conference is being called, might very well decide the future of humankind. It’s that serious and that foreboding. I’m optimistic. Edward Rubin, a law professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville is
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The World We ShareBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not easy deciphering the actions of Israel and the Palestinian leadership with respect to the current wave of violence. With respect to the Israeli perspective, one can perceive a clash between two appropriate goals and the actions associated with them. One goal is to dampen this wave of violence
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The Jewish Federation of San Diego County announced that OPTIONS ,The Women’s Event, will be held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in downtown San Diego, on November 1, from 11:30 am until 2 pm. OPTIONS will feature three trailblazing Jewish women – Lisa Loeb, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Janet Gurwitch, Founder and Former CEO of Laura
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