By Rabbi Ben Kamin SALEM, Virginia—Serving here at Roanoke College as visiting lecturer for the MLK Holiday, it occurs to me that there is a discomfiting gap between our impression of King and the actuality of the man. Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 86 years old the other day, January 15. As a […]
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By Pat Launer SOLANA BEACH, California (SDONA) — A Jew and an Arab walk into a theater. Nope, it’s not a joke — though it’s teeming with them. “One Arab. One Jew. One Stage: Laugh in Peace” features two standup comedians who’ve appeared together around the world, hosted by Jews, Muslims and interested, open-minded others. Now,
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Travel and Food
By Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–Charges were pressed on Sunday, Jan. 18, against seven Israeli-Arab citizens, for planning an attack in Israel and for attempting to join ISIS in Syria. The seven are Adnan Al a-Din (40), Karim Abu-Salah (22), Hosam Marisat (30), Alaa Abu-Salah (27), Faddi Bashir (29), Khalead Abu-Salah (30) and Muhammad Abu-Salah (27). All are
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Middle EastBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO –Happiness, for many, is a serious life goal. We “only want our children to be happy.” People spend their entire lives “searching for happiness.” We hear people declare, “You bring me so much happiness.” Or worse, we hear people pronounce, “I’ll never be happy.” What’s all this business
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By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — As I’ve gotten older, I have found it more and more difficult to read about the Holocaust – it is simply too emotionally overwhelming. But something about The Family: Three Journeys into the Heart of the Twentieth Century, by David Laskin, (Viking-Random House, 2013), caught my eye – and then
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Travel and FoodCompiled by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Freshman Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-New York), the lone Republican Jewish member of the House of Representatives as well as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and co-chair of the House Republican Israel Caucus, has taken on President Obama’s Iran policy in one of his first press releases. “I
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Nonagenarian Deborah Szekely has succeeded at many enterprises, most notably as a visionary behind the Rancho La Puerta spa and resort in Tecate, Mexico, and the Golden Door spas that even found their way onto cruise ships. In 2010, she experienced what seemed like a failure when the New Americans
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By David Amos SAN DIEGO–The 75-member Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra will present a concert with the distinguished violinist Uri Pianka on Tuesday, January 27, at 7:30 p.m., in the synagogue’s Cohen Social Hall. He will play Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major. Who is Uri Pianka? He received the first prize at the
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Travel and Food
Editor’s Note: The following column was written in response to a poem included in a previous San Diego Jewish World story written by Eileen Wingard: Here’s a link to the poem that caught my eye. https://www.sdjewishworld.com/2015/01/14/opening-slate-jewish-poets-share-works/ By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Eleña Horvitz went to San Diego State University (SDSU) and graduated in
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Eileen WingardBy Natasha Josefowitz LA JOLLA, California — Most of my friends are upset that so many people are constantly tapping their smart phones, that even during meals with others they check for messages, neglecting the people sitting next to them in order to connect with someone—or something—electronically. I have seen teenagers sitting together in groups
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — When I was growing up I knew a rabbi who was a wonderful speaker. He spoke eloquently and melodiously and had a vocabulary that was the envy of Merriam-Webster. People flocked from near and far to hear him. There was only one problem: no one knew what he
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Jewish ReligionBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — It was a rainy day in Manhattan. Trust me. I know. I got drenched. I did have an umbrella. Until I put it down in a trusted kosher restaurant in New York City, turned to place my order at the counter and in the “New York minute”
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Jewish Religion, Michael MantellBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Salvation? Curse? Or a bit of both, as well as being something that pervades and is impossible to avoid? There are no end of the lessons to derive from Charlie Hebdo and the Kosher market. Yet it cannot be entirely clear what they are. Mystery is never far from this subject. Being religious
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