By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Most of what’s happening in Israel these days and some of what’s happening in the rest of the world is viewed here in the context of the forthcoming general election. Thus the elaborate and drastic preparations to meet the expected snow storm – the first installment of each has been and […]
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Celebrating the San Diego Jewish Film Festival’s 25th Silver Anniversary, presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS, will run February 5-15, 2015. Sponsored by the Leichtag Foundation. The San Diego Jewish Film Festival showcases 96 films of the
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Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) now midway through her fourth six-year term, said in a video interview with her grandson Zachary Rodham posted on You Tube that she will not seek reelection in 2016. In announcing her retirement, Boxer nearly announced Hillary Clinton’s bid for the presidency when
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Donald H. Harrison, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The U.S. State Department released an official response to the question of whether it believes the Palestine Authority can join the International Criminal Court. Here is a transcript of the statement. Question: Does the U.S. have a position regarding Palestinian efforts to accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court?
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International, Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release)— Terrorist attacks around the world continue to grow in scope and severity. In the aftermath of such attacks, authorities are usually quick to address the needs of victims and their relatives. But what about terrorism’s impact on a general public seemingly distant from the scene of attacks — “indirect” victims of
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationPARIS (Press Release)—The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has criticized the decision by key media outlets in Great Britain and the United States—such as the London Daily Telegraph, the New York Times, CNN, and NBC—to omit or blur the Charlie Hebdo cartoon images that, according to confirmed reports, motivated the reprehensible attack on the paper’s offices
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Travel and FoodBy Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — 2015 – So what’s new? As we turn the pages of our calendars to begin a new secular year, what are the latest groundbreaking, life-changing discoveries, treatments and innovations to emerge from the Jewish State? Israeli medical researchers continually uncover vital new information about our complex biological makeup. Technion
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education-Compiled by JNS.org– Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran must ‘immunize’ itself against nuclear sanctions (JNS.org) Ahead of the resumption of nuclear negotiations between Iran and Western powers, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for efforts to “immunize” Iran against sanctions. “What would you do if [negotiators] set a condition for lifting the sanctions
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International, Middle East, USABy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California–The seventh season of “Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices” will open Tuesday evening, January 13, at 7 p.m., in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family JCC. Three local poets will be featured, Michael Mark, Lauren Ponder and Eleña Horvitz . Michael Mark, a native New Yorker, has had two published
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Rabbi Jonah Pesner will serve as the Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC), the Washington, D.C. advocacy and social justice arm of North America’s largest Jewish Movement. Rabbi Pesner, an accomplished advocate with broad experience leading social justice campaigns, comes to the RAC with a mandate to deepen
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Jewish Religion, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO, Jan. 7– The Gallup polling organization has found that the percentage of Jews identifying as Democrats has dropped from 71 percent in 2008 to 61 percent in 2014. Over the same period, Republican registration among Jews climbed from 22 percent to 29 percent, according to the pollsters. About 10
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyBEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have discovered that alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) could prevent deadly infections in immune system-compromised patients. Their study, reported in the Journal of Infectious Diseases by Dr. Eli C. Lewis and his team of BGU researchers, examined the effectiveness of AAT treatment in halting bacterial colonization and spread.
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–In December 2014, Jewish Family Service (JFS) was certified as a “Service Enterprise” by Points of Light and California Volunteers, the state office that manages programs and initiatives aimed at increasing the number of Californians engaged in service and volunteering. JFS is part of the very first Service Enterprise cohort that has
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San Diego CountyEditor’s Note: The following eulogy is extrapolated from Rabbi Rosenthal’s notes. A Eulogy by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal Tifereth Israel Synagogue SAN DIEGO — When we recite the Yizkor prayer for a mother, we refer to a mother who has passed away as imi morati, my mother, my teacher. In this simple phrase we have a
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