By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — It was a brilliant move by Prime Minister Netanyahu to appoint Danny Danon as Israel’s next permanent representative at the United Nations. Not that it’ll do the country any good there, but it’ll get rid of a troublemaker within Netanyahu’s Likud – the man who until now has held important
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International, Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — The Postal Service has now released an Elvis “Forever” stamp. Some of us opposed the original Elvis stamp, released by the Postal Service in 1993—even if we appreciated Elvis and respected his obvious admiration for black-style vocalization. But Elvis Presley should not have a stamp in his memory.
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The US State Department and Justice Department are wrestling with an issue concerned with a verdict handed down by a Federal Court in New York. It involves a civil suit, brought by American families who suffered injuries and death due to Palestinian terror attacks in Israel. The jury decided in
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — Tibor (Ted) Rubin enters the room. The President of the United States, bound by tradition, rises and salutes him. Rubin, born a Hungarian Jew, is one of 79 persons who command the salute of the President. They are the living recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest
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International, Jewish History, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I find myself wondering why San Diego Gas & Electric decided to name its giant fire-fighting helicopter “Goliath.” Sure, it’s big, and Goliath of biblical infamy was big, but there the similarity ends. Goliath, a Philistine who stood between 12 and 13 feet tall, was a bully. He
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USABy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — This Shabbat is Rosh Chodesh Elul, the first day of the month of Elul. During Elul we recite Psalm 27, the Psalm of Repentance, during morning and evening services. On weekdays we also sound the Shofar during minyan services. Psalm 27 and the call of the Shofar remind us
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Jewish ReligionIDF reveals defense strategy for first time in 60 years (JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday released, for the first time in 60 years, a document outlining Israel’s defense strategy. In the introduction to the 33-page document, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot states that the military’s basic operational strategy is based
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International, Middle EastBy Erin Philips SAN DIEGO– Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery is pure theatrical delight from start to finish. The comedy-mystery from the award-winning Jewish playwright – based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic tale The Hound of the Baskervilles – provides nonstop action, laughs and thrills on every level. When famous detective Sherlock Holmes
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Travel and Food
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — A highlight of my recent trip to China was in Xian, once the largest city in the ancient world and capital of China throughout 11 dynasties. After arriving by bullet train from Beijing, we had dinner at a Buddhist vegetarian restaurant and spent the evening listening to three speakers
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By Shor M. Masori VISTA, California — Shrek The Musical, playing through Aug. 29 at the Moonlight Amphitheatre, is amazing. It features the best special effects and props that I have seen on stage in a very long time. Fiona (Michelle London)had the energy of a bipolar Anna (Frozen) on crack. Lord Farquaad (Marc Ginsburg)
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Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — When Jewish Family Service announced the College Avenue Center would move Sept. 1 from Beth Jacob Congregation to Temple Emanu-El–with hot kosher lunches to be prepared at the JFS campus on Balboa Avenue–Leopoldo Kahn raised the issue of whether Orthodox lunch patrons would be left out. He explained
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyHamas claims it is making use of crashed Israeli drone (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Hamas terrorist group’s “military wing” on Wednesday claimed that it has rebuilt and is making use of an Israeli Skylark drone that crashed in the Gaza Strip last month. “The Zionist enemy must know we are lying in wait and
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