SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – On January 12, the Jewish Federation of San Diego County will host more than 1,000 women philanthropists for a lunch event with world famous sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westhiemer at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. OPTIONS, celebrating its 21st year, is the centerpiece of the Federation’s Women’s Philanthropy campaign, serving […]
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday voiced “concern and disappointment” with the way the Chief Rabbinate of Israel is questioning the status of prominent and long-established Orthodox rabbis and their ability to perform marriages according to Jewish law. The League specifically cited the case of Rabbi Avi Weiss, a
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Jewish ReligionBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―Jahi McMath’s parents won their law suit to transfer their daughter from the hospital that declared her brain dead and planned to terminate her life-support systems to another hospital which has agreed to keep her alive. The McMaths are confident their insurance will cover the additional expenses because it is no
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Hayyim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934), recognized as the father of modern Hebrew poetry, will be brought to life by local Jewish educator and scholar, Gabriella Hartstein Labson at 7 p.m., Tuesday evening, January 21, in the Astor Judaica Library, Lawrence Family JCC at Executive Drive and Genesee in La Jolla.
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Travel and Food
LONDON (WJC) — French soccer player Nicolas Anelka has come under fire for celebrating a goal last week by flashing the so-called ‘quenelle’ salute popularized by the anti-Semitic comedian Dieudonné Mbala-Mbala. Anelka made the controversial gesture after scoring the first of two goals for his West Bromwich Albion team against West Ham United in
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Jewish Religion
By Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org The weapons used by Palestinian terrorists against Jews are well known: suicide bombs, like the one that killed my daughter Alisa in 1995; knives, like the ones used to slaughter the Fogel family in Itamar two years ago; rifles, like the one used in the sniper shooting of the infant Shalhevet
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Travel and FoodNew York Post under fire for coverage on murder of Brooklyn Jewish businessman (JNS.org) Members of Brooklyn’s Jewish community and local politicians on Monday protested a controversial New York Post cover that featured a photo of Menachem Stark, an Orthodox Jewish businessman whose smoldering body was found in a Long Island dumpster on Sunday, accompanied by the
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International
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Friends of the IDF (FIDF) San Diego Chapter will host its 4th Annual Gala Appreciation Evening on Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront in San Diego. Over 650 prominent lay leaders and FIDF supporters from across the San Diego area are expected to attend the event and
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Travel and FoodBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM — The Cabinet, during its weekly meeting yesterday (Jan. 5), discussed the harsh incitement, the culture of hatred and Antisemitism orchestrated by the Palestinian Authority. Intelligence Affairs Minister Dr. Yuval Steinitz and the Director General of his ministry, Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Yossi Kuperwasser, presented the annual “Palestinian Incitement Index.” The report includes
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Middle East
SAN DIEGO — Pianist and storyteller Jacquelyne Silver will present “The Extraordinary World of Glamour,” a show about Hollywood in the 1920’s and 1930’s, to benefit the Women’s Museum of California, at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 12, at the museum located at 2730 Historic Decatur Road (Barracks 16) at Liberty Station (formerly Naval Training Center)
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Travel and FoodAs a service to genealogists, our editor Donald H. Harrison is making available an index of articles that he has written since he began his journalism career in 1962. A typical index entry has the name of the author, name of the publication, the people whose names appear within the article, the date, and the
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Travel and FoodPersonals Southwestern Jewish Press, July 26, 1957, Page 2 A pleasant surprise awaited Jerry and Rudy Hess, when they went to the De Angelis Restaurant on their 25th wedding anniversary. Twenty-two friends were waiting to surprise them and present them with a beautiful silver piece commemorating the happy event. * Mrs. Morton J. Cohn and
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Adventures in SD History, San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In a TV clip showing the exchange between the new European Union envoy in Israel and President Shimon Peres when the envoy presented his letters of credential, the president described Israel as an island in a turbulent sea and added something to the effect that the inhabitants must defend
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Middle East