Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO–In .28 seconds I found 18,900,000 results on Bing, and 61,500,000 results in 0.46 seconds—honestly—on Google on how to “survive the holidays.” Millions of tips on how to “survive” the holidays! What in the world has happened to us? Have we gone mad? C’mon now. We need more than these many […]
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Michael MantellSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– For the first time ever, the Jewish Federation of San Diego County is participating in #givingtuesday, a global day of philanthropy following Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. On Tuesday, December 2, the Federation will launch a one day campaign in an effort raise enough money to provide 1,000 hot, home-delivered meals
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San Diego CountyNGO Monitor leader ‘not surprised’ of AP media ban (JNS.org) NGO Monitor leader Professor Gerald Steinberg says he is “not surprised” of the alleged revelation that the Associated Press banned its reporters from contacting the watchdog organization. In an article published in The Atlantic on Sunday exploring media bias covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, former AP
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Middle East
SAN DIEGO (SDJW)– This license plate introduces the vehicle owner as an aunt. “Tante” means aunt in Yiddish. Whose aunt we can’t say, because IM could mean I’m, as in I am, or it might be the initials of someone to whom the driver is an aunt. Regardless, score another interesting Yiddish-influenced license plate to
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
JERUSALEM (WJC) — On Sunday, Nov. 30, Israel officially remembered the suffering of an estimated 850,000 Jews who left, were expelled from, or fled from their homes in, Arab and other Muslim countries in the wake of the establishment of the State of Israel. The national day of commemoration for Jewish refugees from Arab lands
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Middle EastNEW YORK (WJC) — A lawmaker of Venezuela’s governing party recently told Lebanese television that Zionists had bankrolled Hitler prior to World War II and suggested that “no representatives of global Zionism” had been killed during the Nazi Holocaust for that reason. Speaking in Arabic, Adel El Zabayar, a member of Venezuela’s National Assembly born
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Press Release) – Former Prisoner of Zion Yosef Mendelevitch made an emotional return to the city where he was imprisoned in the 1970s to join hundreds of Jews from across Russia for the 4th Annual Limmud FSU (former Soviet Union) St. Petersburg during the Nov. 28-30 weekend. The three-day Jewish learning festival, at the
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International, Jewish History, Middle East
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Although the Israel Border Police have been very busy in Jerusalem amid the terrorist attacks that have engulfed the city in the recent month, a group of border policemen took the time between shifts to celebrate a very important birthday to Leah Genzel, 79, a Holocaust survivor living in
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Jewish History, Middle EastBy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Year end is approaching. If you act before December 31st, you just might be able to cut down on your 2014 tax bill. Here are five ways to do that: Harvest tax losses. If you have investments like stocks or mutual funds, you should take a look at positions
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Sheryl Rowling, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–It would be prime material for a stand up comedian if it was not the reality that could do us all a lot of harm. The current triumvirate dealing with three interdependent national entities, with more than the average capacity to affect wider catastrophes, have all been operating as political caricatures, making
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — My family owned shoe stores in Newark, New Jersey, when I was growing up. I worked in their stores from the time I was seven years old. One day, my grandfather brought me outside to teach me an important lesson. He pointed out the competitor down the street
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Michael MantellBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO –Native son Jerry Joseph played at the Merrow, a club in the Hillcrest neighborhood, recently. The son of an international scientist, Jerry Joseph was born and raised in La Jolla, but you’d never know it. Nothing about this man indicates a silver spoon. I caught Jerry in his trek
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Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–When the IT’SUGAR company of Deerfield Beach, Florida, offered Chanukah candies for sampling, I decided to turn to some local experts: my grandsons, Shor, 13, and Sky, 7; and Shor’s friend, Max Gideon, 13, for a knowledgeable evaluation. The candy company had two chocolates for tasting. One was a box
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Donald H. Harrison
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Two West Coast balloon artists—Sandi Masori of San Diego, California, and Rachel Porter of Seattle, Washington—have teamed up to produce a book-and-video combination explaining how do-it-yourself (DIY) party planners can create special decorations for their parties and special events. The DIY Balloon Bible for All Seasons: How To Wow Your
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Donald H. Harrison