By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — During my college years, I sang with the Men’s Glee Club, mostly classic vocals and many freedom songs inspired by the still lingering memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The preacher was gone six years when the club crossed the Mason-Dixon line from Cincinnati for a grand
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USA
First of two parts By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Mayoral candidate and City Councilman Kevin Faulconer says, yes, he is a Republican, but his higher priority is working across party lines for the well-being of the City of San Diego. “I am less concerned about party affiliations,” he said. “I have won two elections
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Donald H. HarrisonHAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Engineering students at the Technion team up with Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind to give future companion dogs a home and training during their puppy-hood. Here is a video examining the joyful collaboration:
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The World We Share
By Bonnie Dumanis SAN DIEGO–Leaders in the Assembly and Senate have introduced the Kindergarten Readiness Act (SB 837), which would expand and streamline our early education programs in order to more effectively serve young children in California. The legislation would provide at least one year of transitional kindergarten to all 4-year-olds; low-income children would be
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Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –AJC applauds the introduction of bipartisan legislation amending the Voting Rights Act of 1965 so that it will continue to ensure fair treatment of all voters. “Voting rights are a foundation of democracy,” said Richard Foltin, AJC Director of National and Legislative Affairs. “The Voting Rights Act remains an important bulwark
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USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Many department stores are holding special sales this weekend in honor of Martin Luther King Day. Somewhere in heaven, Martin Luther King is looking down and asking, “Was it worth the cost of sacrificing my life so American shoppers can save a few bucks to celebrate my birthday?” Overhearing Martin, Jesus
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireFirst of Two Parts By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Despite the recent conventional wisdom that America “could not drill itself out of energy dependence,” North America is estimated to be on the verge of doing just that. I believe that this fact is having important consequences for America’s foreign policy and Israel’s perpetually
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Middle East, Steve Kramer
ROME (WJC) – A delegation of 15 Argentine Jewish leaders was hosted Thursday for an informal kosher lunch at the Vatican’s Santa Marta guesthouse by Pope Francis. Latin American Jewish Congress Executive Director Claudio Epelman, who organized the meeting together with Argentine Rabbi Abraham Skorka, said it was an “extraordinary gesture by Pope Francis to
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–This week’s parasha begins: “Yitro priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.” (Ex. 18:1) So he decided to pay Moses a visit. Rashi asks: “What exactly had Yitro heard that
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Jewish Religion
Editor’s Note: Rabbi Baruch Lederman, whose column regularly appears in San Diego Jewish World, this week introduces Rabbi Yehuda Simes as a guest columnist. In 2010 Rabbi Simes suffered injuries that left him a quadriplegic. The following true story is told in his own words. By Rabbi Yehuda Simes OTTAWA, Canada — Over the course
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Jewish ReligionIsrael summons four envoys over European criticism of Israeli construction (JNS.org) Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday summoned ambassadors to Israel from Britain, France, Italy, and Spain, in response to those countries’ reprimanding of Israeli envoys for the Jewish state’s announcement of the planned construction of 1,400 new residential units beyond the 1967 lines.
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International
By Anav Silverman ESH KODESH – Maayan Shaar, 26, of Esh Kodesh had no idea that her family’s favorite midweek dinner – sushi rolls – would become such a sought-after food item across Samaria’s hilltop communities. “I’ve been making sushi for a long time,” Shaar told Tazpit News Agency. “My children love it – every
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Travel and FoodBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Warning: The following isn’t nice. The liberal moaning and wailing has begun. The circumstances of the referendum on Egypt’s new constitution, the crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, and what appears to be the impending crackdown on Hamas have produced calls for “inclusion” and “democratic norms,” and the denunciation of the
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Middle East
By Rhonda Spivak WINNIPEG, Canada — In the summer of 2009 as a journalist I attended a peace conference for Israelis and Palestinians put on by IPCRI (Israel-Palestine Centre for Research and Information) at Talitha Kumi Evangelical Lutheran School , above the town of Beit Jalla, adjacent to Bethlehem in the West Bank. The conference
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Travel and Food