By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON– “What if the Jews themselves were Nazis?,” mused French philosopher, Vladimir Jankélévitch in 1986. “That would be great. We would no longer have to feel sorry for them; they would have deserved what they got.” The recasting of Israelis, and, by extension, Jews as Nazis has, in fact, taken […]
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By Janice Steinberg SAN DIEGO–John Malashock makes intensely emotional dances, and his latest show, “Malashock/RAW5,” at the Lyceum Theatre last weekend, displayed a vibrant palette of feeling-tones. Opening with the menace of “Departure of the Youngsters,” the mood shifted to the tense, visceral “Uneasy Surrender.” The final “Party of One” began wistfully, but toward the
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San Diego CountyBy Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Tensions between Druze and Israeli Arabs in a small Galilee town boiled over during the weekend, resulting in brawls that left more than forty people wounded. Fighting between Druze and Arab residents broke out over the weekend in Abu Snan, a small town in the Galilee. Abu Snan has
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Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –On 9th November 2014, on the very same day that Berliners and others were celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the fall of the wall that had divided their city in two, Jews were marking the seventy-sixth anniversary of the night on which Nazis all over Germany destroyed and vandalized
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle EastBy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — In setting up and maintaining a library for a Temple, the librarian is faced with a number of choices as to where to place and how to shape the collection on the Holocaust. The following are a few of my thoughts on the matter. While it is important to
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish HistoryBy Eileen Wingard ENCINITAS, California — Amnon Weinstein, Tel Aviv’s famous luthier, who learned his craft from his father, Moshe Weinstein, has been restoring violins used during the Holocaust. Seven such violins were exhibited at the University of North Carolina. The chair of the music department, Musicologist, Dr. James A. Grymes, fascinated by these restored instruments,
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I have known Dick Sharkansky since my first memory. Our families lived for a while in the same building on Belmont Street, and sometime during our second year, I’m pretty sure that he bit my finger . He may have a different set of memories. We were in the same
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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, USABy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, Califorinia — This is part five of a five-part series, The Seven States of Loss and Healing. The poems are excerpted from my book, Living Without the One You Cannot Live Without: Hope and Healing after Loss. Post-Grief Missing Him Again He has been gone for several years and
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON DC. (Press Release)– Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) has opposed an effort in the House to ignore environmental law over the Keystone XL Pipeline approval process. “This bill is essentially an earmark for a Canadian oil company,” said Davis. “Keystone will have virtually no impact on job creation and an unnoticeable effect on gas
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USAPoll: 77% of Israelis oppose bill to ban free newspapers (JNS.org) A new poll found that 77 percent of Israelis oppose the bill to ban free newspapers in Israel, which passed its preliminary Knesset reading on Nov. 12. The legislation targets the free daily Israel Hayom, the country’s top-read print newspaper for more than four
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International, Middle EastMADRID (WJC) — The Spanish legislature will hold a vote on the recognition of a Palestinian state. Lawmakers from the opposition Socialist Party have proposed a non-binding resolution text which is to be debated and voted on next Tuesday. According to media reports, the governing Popular Party of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will support the
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OTTAWA, Canada (WJC) — Canada’s Supreme Court has paved the way for the extradition to France of a suspect in the 1980 terrorist attack against the Copernic Synagogue in Paris. The decision brings to an end 60-year-old Hassan Diab’s six-year legal battle to avoid what he said would be an unfair prosecution in France for a
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International, Jewish HistoryBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–A few years ago our daughter, Margalit, called Judy on a Monday afternoon. Knowing it was my day off she asked, “What are you doing?” Judy hesitated and said, “You don’t want to know.” Margalit persisted, “Why won’t you tell me?” Judy said, “Alright, if you really want to know,
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Jewish ReligionAGAWAM, Massachusetts (Press Release)– Jcamp180®, a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF), hosted more than 475 leaders from non-profit Jewish camps and other organizations during its 10th anniversary conference earlier this month. During the event, top individuals and camps were honored for their growth in managing their daily operations and for their collective effort
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