By Ryan Dawes NEW YORK — As the story goes, when the Jews of 17th-century Prague feared for their lives, their rabbi went down to the river where he collected clay and fashioned it into the shape of a man. It came alive, and the golem was born. But the rabbi’s creation was all too
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — A General will sometimes need to sacrifice a battle in order to win the war. An expert chess player will sometimes sacrifice a chess piece in order to win the match. The manager of a baseball team will sometimes sacrifice a runner in order to win the game.
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Jewish Religion
By Regina Brett/JNS.org CLEVELAND — That first Passover was a tough one. I had been dating a Jewish man for the first time in my life and he invited me to celebrate Passover with a few dozen friends. He didn’t warn me about the four cups of wine. (I don’t drink.) He didn’t tell me
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Jewish ReligionRussian bill against denial of Holocaust and Nazi crimes gains initial approval (JNS.org) Russian legislators have given initial approval to a bill against the “rehabilitations of Nazism” that will punish historians for denying Nazi crimes, including the Holocaust, Voice of Russia reported. “Our country has not simply defended itself. We have defended the whole world
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International
AVENTURA, Florida (Press Release) – South Florida will be home to a second professional basketball team – the Miami Midnites – the official professional developmental team of the 2012-13 Israeli Super League champion Maccabi Haifa basketball club. The Miami Midnites were founded by Triangle Entertainment, a sports and entertainment firm based in Aventura, Florida, which owns
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Sports & Competitions
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — Tawfik Hamid, Ph.D., is a unique and solitary voice in the Islamic world. A self-described former terrorist, he was a member of the militant al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya with Dr. Ayman Al-Zawaherri who later on became the second in command of Al-Qaeda and now heads it. He stresses he has never actually committed an
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Whenever there is a hiccup in the peace process, or signs of real crises between Israelis and Palestinians, the Israeli and international left trot out the one-state solution. Their message is that Israel will be stuck with one state between the Jordan and the Sea that will include both Israelis
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Adventures in SD History
SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — A free El Al flight to Israel for one along with a two-day stay at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem will be given away at the Yom Ha’Atazma’ut (Israel Independence Day) festival May 18 at Nobel Field. To enter the contest, simply click on our advertisement for Yom Ha’Atszma’ut as it cycles
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San Diego Calendar
SACRAMENTO (Press Release) – California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) made the following statement about Assembly Bill 2140 by Richard Bloom in anticipation of the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife’s consideration of the bill on Tuesday morning: “Upon learning a few weeks ago that Assemblyman Bloom would be authoring Assembly Bill 2140, I told the
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The World We Share
By Marnie Winston MacCauley LAS VEGAS, Nevada — In Fred A. Bernstein’s “The Jewish Mothers’ Hall of Fame,” Florence, a Holocaust survivor and mother of rock star, Gene Simmons, shared her Yiddishkeit with Gene’s pop-star pals. One year Gene brought Cher and her family to his mom’s home for a Passover Seder. Mom was thrilled.
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Trivia, Humor & Satire
ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) — The Leichtag Foundation has announced that Daron “Farmer D” Joffe will assume the position of Ranch Development Director effective April 29, 2014. A nationally recognized organic/biodynamic farmer, educator, speaker, and eco-entrepreneur, Joffe has consulted with the Foundation for the last 18 months on the development of the former Paul Ecke Ranch in
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
OCEANSIDE, California (SDJW)– Anti-Islamist speaker and columnist Pamela Geller, in a weekend appearance at the Iglesia del Senor Jesucristo en America, called for Christians to unite with Jews to resist efforts by Islamists around the world to impose sharia law on others. In a speech that was translated phrase by phrase into Spanish, Geller said
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San Diego CountyWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) is spearheading a drive in the House of Representatives to boost federal funding for medical research. In a bipartisan letter to House appropriators, 190 Representatives signed the Davis letter urging $32 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health. “San Diego is the cornerstone of medical
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education