By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –Quite a few Jewish songwriters have written famous Christmas songs that America listens to year after year. And taking my cue from them, I recently tried my hand at writing a Christian-themed NASCAR song, co-written with President Obama, as you will see as you continue reading this article. I […]
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Travel and FoodBy Sheryl Rowling LA JOLLA, California–As part of the Joyce Forum’s short films at the San Diego Jewish Film Festival, The Cancer Mirror showcased a local filmmaker’s personal tale of losing her mother to cancer. When community leader Jan Tuttleman was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer, her daughters had to face the real possibility of
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San Diego County, Sheryl Rowling
SAN DIEGO– License plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted this license plate on the car of a popular rabbi, and thanks to the frame, we all know what kind of party present to bring, should the occasion ever arise.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Michael R. Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — I’m convinced that if there was a drug that offered all of the benefits that play does, it’d be the biggest seller on the planet. But who needs to buy a pill when play is free, available 24 hours a day, and no prescription is ever needed? Plato
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Michael Mantell
Editor’s Note: After an anti-Israel divestment resolution before Stanford University’s student government failed to obtain the necessary two-thirds vote, thus failing, the pro-Israel advocacy group, StandWithUs, issued the following commentary: LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — StandWithUs congratulated Stanford’s student government for defeating an anti-Israel divestment resolution on February 10. The Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) voted
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Editor’s Note: San Diego Jewish World is interested in publishing mini-biographies of members of the Jewish community who live in the greater San Diego County region. In this article, inaugurating the feature, Raymond Schwartz reviews the high points of his life and his career. By Raymond Schwartz SAN DIEGO — I was born in 1935
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationCompiled by Donald H. Harrison U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) has written to Secretary of State John Kerry that the United States “must speak out against unilateral moves by Palestinian leaders” such as the effort by P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas to join the International Criminal Court on April 1. In other Israel-related developments, Abe Foxman,
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Donald H. Harrison, USA
By Mark Gurvis/JNS.org My early days as a Jewish Federation professional were at a time when our system was evolving away from reliance on messages of combating anti-Semitism and statements of “never again,” to one of strengthening our communities through education and meaningful engagement. Yet reflecting on the turbulent and troubling start to 2015, I
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International, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Feb. 11, welcomed the decision by the Church of England’s Diocese of Guildford to bar Rev. Stephen Sizer from “writing or speaking on any theme that relates, either directly or indirectly, to the current situation in the Middle East or to its historical backdrop.” ADL
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — What we know is this: three innocent people, young, educated, blameless, smiling at the future, were gunned down in Chapel Hill, NC strictly because of their Muslim faith. I call upon every Jewish, Christian, and all other theological leaders in this nation to join me in expressing moral outrage,
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USA
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–The only museum in the world, dedicated to the history of the Ancient Near East from a biblical perspective, has a new exhibition examining the Babylonian exile of the Jewish people as never seen before. The Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem has amassed a collection of over 100 cuneiform tablets, original
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Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Cynthia Citron BEVERLY HILLS, California — If you are old enough to remember Joe McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee’s browbeating of prominent intellectuals in the 1950s, you may be excused for thinking that the play Hellman V. McCarthy refers to the Wisconsin Senator’s vicious attack on the political views of the celebrated playwright
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Travel and FoodHAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — A first of its kind genetic study confirms the history of the Druze community: The community began to form genetically in the 11th century AD, and there has since been no genetic impact of other ethnic groups on the community. This is according to a new study conducted by a
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education