Nixing of Matisyahu’s Spain show is ‘clear case’ of anti-Semitism, ADL says (JNS.org) The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called the Rototom Sunsplash Reggae Festival’s cancellation of an Aug. 22 show by the American Jewish reggae star Matisyahu a “clear case of anti-Semitic discrimination.” Matisyahu’s performance in Spain was nixed after he refused to accede to the
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International, Middle East, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –When I spoke to my professor friend Edward L. Rubin earlier in the year about a novel he was writing titled The Heatstroke Line, he told me an interesting story about the plot he had devised. Rubin, who is Jewish and grew up in Brooklyn, has always been passionately interested in issues such
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International, USABy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO–Like Father, Like Son (Like Mother, Like Daughter) AKA “The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree” Q: Why is a dime smaller than a nickel if the dime is worth more? (Sam, age 8) A: In the old days, dimes were made of silver. Since silver was (and is) worth more
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Sheryl RowlingBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The Food and Drug Administration approved the use of OxyContin for children as young as 11 years old. When a reporter asked why kids that young would require the medication, an FDA official asked, “Do you know how painful it is to be a middle school student?” * Donald Trump
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — When France fell, we knew we could not go home again. We lost everything and eventually, almost everyone I had ever known. When the Germans crossed into Lithuania, they took my grandparents out of their home, marched them to a nearby school, and shot them point blank. A
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Jewish History, Natasha Josefowitz, USA
By Rose Aslan Granddaughter LAGUNA WOODS, California — Bernice Loeb (née Seiler), of Laguna Woods, returned to her Creator on Wednesday, July 29, after a short illness, at the ripe old age of 93. She lived a long and fulfilling life. Bernice was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1922, daughter of Charles and Rose
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyPalestinian terrorist stabs Israeli policeman in latest attack (JNS.org) A Palestinian terrorist was shot dead Monday after stabbing an Israeli border policeman at Tapuach Junction in Samaria. The policeman was lightly wounded in the incident. The attack was the latest incident in a surge of Palestinian terrorism in recent weeks. On Saturday, two Israeli security
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –The British government provides for petitions to be listed on a web site that people can sign electronically. If 10,000 people sign, the Government is expected to look into the matter; if 100,000 people sign, it must be considered by Parliament for debate. Sounds like a lovely way to involve the
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By Ronald Chusid, D.O. MUSKEGON, Michigan — It is always tempting to draw comparisons to something we know, and in politics we often see comparisons to past elections. Sometimes there is some truth to this, but we must consider how few contested nomination battles and elections we have actually had in modern times. Events of
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USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Julian Bond, who has unexpectedly died at 75, did not think of civil rights as matter of color. With his distinguished baritone enunciation and meticulous choice of words, he fought for the human rights of black people, for gender equality, and like his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King
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USABy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Someone once said, “Character is what we do when no one else is looking.” Of course, we believe there really never is such a time, with G-d in Heaven. Yet, there are those who still believe, “The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do
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Jewish ReligionLike Dreamers, The True Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation, by Yossi Klein Halevi (HarperCollins Publishers, 2013) By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — In June 1967, the Israeli Defense Forces miraculously overcame the combined attack launched by three of its neighbors: Egypt, Jordan and Syria. But as miraculous as
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Jewish History, Middle East