SAN DIEGO — Sgt. Alfred Menaker, a World War II veteran, died May 16, 2015 at the age of 95. Born in Philadelphia, PA he moved to San Diego in 1974 with his, Thelma, a former commander of the Jewish Auxiliary Post 185 . Alfred and Thelma were married for 68 years before her passing
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The techniques come from economic concepts of benefits and costs, but the subject is not primarily money Most of those benefits and costs concern human life and welfare, and the postures of great powers that facilitate or complicate Israeli actions Once it was primarily about money, i.e., what Israel could receive from
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastOut of the Shoebox, an Autobiographical Mystery Historical Novel by Yaron Reshef, translated from the Hebrew by Nina R. Davis and Shira E. Davis, Amazon, 2014 By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel– Yaron Reshef begins his book, which has been expertly translated by Nina and Shira Davis, with a declaration regarding the sequence of chance
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish HistoryFlash Points: The Emerging Crisis in Europe, by George Friedman, Doubleday, 2015 By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — All too often history is taught and written as a series of events and dates. But when looking at it through the eyes of George Friedman, it becomes much more: a dynamic of moving tectonic plates involving
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Travel and FoodBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The book Catch the Jew! has been heavily advertised in Israel by Gefen Books. At first I was put off by the book’s title and its somewhat facetious cover art, but after watching a television interview with the author I was intrigued enough to purchase the book. Tuvia
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Edward L. Rubin is a professor at Vanderbilt University Law School and a former dean there. He is also the author of several important academic books, among them Soul, Self, and Society: The New Morality and the Modern State, published last year by Oxford University Press. Born in Brooklyn
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The World We Share, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — After Attorney Randy Schoenberg’s recent talk at UCSD, I approached him to offer my sister Zina Schiff’s recent recording of his maternal grandfather, Eric Zeisl’s Brandeis Violin Sonata. “Oh, I already have it,” he responded, with a smile. “I listen to it all the time, it is so beautiful.”
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Travel and FoodBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ US Attorney General Loretta Lynch indicted Fifa officials for taking bribes in return for scheduling the World Cup in particular countries. Fifa attempted to strike a plea deal to drop the charges if the organization changed its name to Fee For. Although it is not known whether Lynch is a
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — I am not a grammarian. In fact, while in Seminary I barely passed my Biblical grammar exam. However, I did find two interesting commentaries on a grammatical detail of this week’s parasha that I thought were worth sharing. “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the Israelites:
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Jewish ReligionNetanyahu: Arab states’ involvement in peace process ‘a welcome thing’ (JNS.org) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that enlisting the help of moderate Arab nations to promote the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process would be a positive development, but that any agreement would still require Israeli control over Judea and Samaria. “The fact that we can
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The founding myths of numerous tribes describe them at the center of creation, along with their version of an almighty force which created them and everything else. Us, too. But who else has something like the Hebrew Bible, where our ancestors described themselves, and their relations with lesser others. Some believe that
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California –A few days after Pope Francis recognized the “State of Palestine,” he honored the “Chairman of the Palestinian Authority” Mahmoud Abbas, in a ceremony at the Vatican, and called him “the Angel of Peace,” thus adding insult to injury. He also insulted History twice: First, because
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