By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Ideology, which was the backbone of Zionism before the State of Israel was established and decades thereafter, is said to be yielding to economics. A growing number of Israelis are allegedly more concerned about how to make ends meet and how to afford to buy a home than about […]
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Benyamin Netanyahu has been working at a government coalition since his party did the best in the March election It’s still not done. This reflects more than the details in current politics. It tells a story about Jewish history. Here we are, 3,000 years or more after we came into
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Although invocations by Rabbi Michael Berk of Congregation Beth Israel and Monsignor Richard Duncanson of Mission San Diego de Alcala came in reverse chronological order as far as San Diego history was concerned, they were in correct historical order from the standpoint of world history. Jews were first on the
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego CountyThe Mountains of Israel – A Taste of Heaven by Britt Lode and Rabbi Yitschak Naki, Gefen Publishing House, 2015 By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — This is quite simply – a beautiful book. The silky pages are filled with photographs in full color of the mountains and hills of Israel. Opposite each picture are
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Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The California state senator who heads the first-in-the-nation Jewish legislative caucus says it’s time for Jews in the U.S. Congress to form a caucus too, and adds that U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, the Florida congresswoman who chairs the national Democratic party, agrees with him “100 percent.” State Sen.
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USABy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California–We all follow more or less predictable patterns of responding to our environment. Wanting to be significant and wanting to matter are common wishes for many people. Is being significant important to you? If so, how do you achieve that? Some people like to be visible, upfront, counted. Others
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–A number of individuals from my home town of Fall River have traveled to Ponta Delgada in the Azores to commemorate the refurbishing of a synagogue that they had financed. They also met with the one Jew still living in the islands. The story is long and interesting, and ironic from both
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By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Everyone knows what an “everything bagel” is, and if you don’t it’s time to Google it both as a news item and a photo image so you can see the round bread with a hole in it up close and personal Unlike a “pizza with everything,” the “everything
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The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Turkey continues to deny that the genocide occurred. Doctors from the World Health Organization have dispatched a research team to Turkey to study the cause of collective amnesia. * Political pundits are abuzz that Marco Rubio is leading among the Republican
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Eva Trieger ENCINITAS, California — Nicknamed the ADHD Festival by Director D.Candis Paule, the audience was warned, “If you don’t like what you’re watching, wait about three minutes and it’ll be over.” She was of course referring to the 2nd Annual 5 Minute Short Play Festival. About 125 people gathered at the Encinitas library
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Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Armenia is marking 100 years to the mass killings of Armenian people by the Ottoman Turks in commemorative ceremonies held across the country including its capital, Yerevan on Friday, April 24. Attended by world leaders including representatives from Israel, the central Yerevan ceremony paid tribute to the estimated 1.5
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International, Middle EastOn Independence Day, Gaza rocket launched at Israel for first time in 2015 (JNS.org) For the first time in 2015, and on the same day Israel celebrated its 67th Independence Day, a code-red rocket siren sounded Thursday in the southern Israeli town of Sderot and other communities on the border with Gaza. While there
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