By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Here is an amusing story based on this week’s parasha which speaks not only of rabbinic discretion and the limits of rabbinic authority, but the independent nature of Jews as well! The book of D’varim (Deuteronomy) begins, “These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel”” (Deut.
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — For the 9,000 Gush Katif residents uprooted from their homes during Israel’s unilateral 2005 Disengagement from the southwestern edge of Gaza, memories of life in the sandy strip are still painfully strong. “I miss the sea and I miss my home,” said Hodaya Giat, 28, whose sad eyes echo her
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Middle EastIsraeli envoy to the U.S. engages lawmakers in bid to stop Iran deal (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer on Thursday continued to meet with American lawmakers in an effort to secure their positions in opposition of the Iran nuclear deal. Dermer hopes to recruit as many lawmakers as possible
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The headline has been slurred to account for the sensitivities I hear whenever I write like I speak. How else can we describe the deal with Iran? Take your pick The requirement of 24 days notice for inspections of sensitive locales Evading Iran’s support of terror and revolt against established regimes Evading Iran’s
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Skip the miracle stories; they are more like cartoons than remedies. Don’t depend on messiahs—they usually wind up flawed, exposed, or defeated. The best prescription in Scripture is the lean and inclusive behavior manual we all call The Ten Commandments. That gnawing dread that follows us around now, that
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Jewish ReligionWASHINGTON, DC. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-California) has joined as an original cosponsor in introducing a sweeping LGBT anti-discrimination bill. The Equality Act includes language from Davis’s bill ensuring jury service protections for LGBT individuals. “This has certainly been a historic year for equality,” said Davis, a member of the Congressional LGBT Equality
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USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Texas Transportation Code: Sec. 545.104. (a) An operator shall use the signal authorized by Section 545.106 to indicate an intention to turn, change lanes, or start from a parked position. Sentencing Guidelines: a warning, a ticket, Tasing if the operator tries to harm the officer with secondhand smoke, and the
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireOmri Casspi bringing delegation of NBA players to Israel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) National Basketball Association (NBA) player Omri Casspi will visit Israel this week, but it will be no ordinary homecoming for the Sacramento Kings forward, as he will be joined by seven other NBA players in a tour organized by a foundation Casspi
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International, Middle East, USA
-14th in a series- Exit 5: Mission Center Road, Westfield Mission Valley Shopping Center By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The Westfield Mission Valley Shopping Center is one of more than 100 shopping centers in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States controlled by a corporation owned by the Lowy
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — We don’t know everything about the inflamed pull-over, arrest, and detention of 28 year-old Sandra Bland in Hempstead, TX. But thanks to modern media, including police dashboard video and postmodern forensic technology, we already more know about her untimely demise than we will ever know about the death
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By Sara Schoonmaker SAN DIEGO — The world cannot afford a nuclear Iran. Accordingly, StandWithUs (SWU) San Diego and dozens of community partners have scheduled a “Stop Iran Now” at a rally on Sunday, July 26 from 2-4 p.m.. It will be held at Balboa Park in a prime location of Park Boulevard and Presidents
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Middle East, San Diego County, USAIsrael Goes Nuclear By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — In contrast to Iran’s destructive ambitions and manipulative nuclear activities, Israelis are working from the microscopic to the atomic level, in order to develop vital medical treatments and life-enhancing technology. Israeli scientists are working with international organizations to eradicate cancer at the cellular level. One Israeli
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Every now and then, I think about the morning, some fifteen years ago, when I experienced something all too familiar to many Americans: termination from a long-held position. Though I had no verifiable notice, I just knew they were coming to fire me. Sitting apprehensively at my cherry wood
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