Donald H. Harrison

Noah & Abraham: A Rabbinical Comparison

October 4, 2013

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California —These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfecta in his generations, and Noah walked with God (Gen 6:9). אֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת נֹחַ נֹחַ אִישׁ צַדִּיק תָּמִים הָיָה בְּדֹרֹתָיו אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים הִתְהַלֶּךְ־נֹחַ (Gen 6:9 ) in his generation – What is signified by “perfect in his generation”? R. Yochanan said: […]

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European body votes to challenge circumcision

October 4, 2013

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I wonder how to label this column: as concerned with an issue as profound as Iran’s nuclear program or Palestinians’ desire for gaining a state with minimum concessions, or as just another annoyance on our Jewish road through history? What various ancient Greeks and Romans viewed as repulsive and barbaric,

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JNS news briefs: October 4, 2013

October 4, 2013

Terrorism doubles in Israel from August to September, Shin Bet says (JNS.org) The number of terror attacks and attempted terror attacks roughly doubled in Israel over the last month, rising from 68 in August to 133 in September, new data from the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) revealed Thursday, Israel Hayom reported. Two notable instances

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International

Humoring the Headlines: October 4, 2013

October 4, 2013

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — After several days of the government shutdown, Bain Capital has offered to buy the Federal government, downsize and reorganize it, and outsource most of its services. Bears in the National Parks have petitioned Congress to reopen the parks. It reads: “You humans are beastly and unbearable. Please restore

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

By Jove! Hannah Hedgecock has got it!

October 3, 2013

By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON–It seemed as if the entire Pygmalion audience fell in love with actress Hannah Hedgecock as she threw herself into the part of Eliza Doolittle on Thursday night at Grossmont College’s Stagehouse Theatre. The meaner that co-star Derek San Filippo in the role of Henry Higgins behaved toward Eliza, the

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Donald H. Harrison

Teens involved in tikkun olam eligible for $36,000 scholarships

October 2, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release)—The Helen Diller Family Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2014 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards, an awards program that recognizes up to 10 Jewish teens with $36,000 each for exceptional leadership and visionary actions that are helping to repair the world. Up to five teens from California and five from

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USA

College scholarships offered for high school entrepreneurs

October 2, 2013

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – For the second year, applications are now available for the Jeffrey D. Sollender Business and Philanthropic Youth Entrepreneurship Scholarship Program at the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego. The program was established in 2012 by Elyse K. Sollender in memory of her late husband, Jeff Sollender, a renaissance man who

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San Diego County

Interpreting Obama and Netanyahu

October 2, 2013

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Politicians lie, do not tell all the truth, or exaggerate. One of the first lessons that a child in a politically alert family may learn is not to believe campaign promises. Years later that child may learn that politicians have to stretch the truth, or hide their intentions, in order to

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

JNS News Briefs: October 2, 2013

October 2, 2013

Renowned Holocaust historian Israel Gutman dies at 90 (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) World-renowned Holocaust historian Professor Israel Gutman, a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the Auschwitz concentration camp and one of the founders of the Yad Vashem International Institute for Holocaust Research, passed away in Jerusalem on Monday night. He was 90. Yad

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International

Why do we know so little of Abraham’s childhood?

October 2, 2013

By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — The Torah is replete with inspiring stories of its heroes. The lives of Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and David, to name just a few, are narrated at great length and in vivid detail. Their noble acts and admirable accomplishments are described, and even their occasional faults or failures

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Jewish Religion

JNS news briefs: October 1, 2013

October 1, 2013

Knesset members slammed over attending J Street conference (JNS.org) Member of Knesset Ayelet Shaked (HaBayit HaYehudi) slammed the Israeli Knesset members for attending the Washington, DC conference of J Street, which she called “Israel’s loudest critic.” “Among its actions are the leading of a media campaign against the placing of sanctions on Iran by the

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International

Dissecting Obama’s U.N. speech

September 30, 2013

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — As he waited in the wings at the United Nations, President Obama was struck with this sledgehammer from Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff: Tampering… in the affairs of other countries is a breach of international law and is an affront of the principles that must guide the relations among them,

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

Rabbi offers pathway for Orthodox Jews

September 30, 2013

We’re Missing the Point: What’s Wrong with the Orthodox Jewish Community and How to Fix It by Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein, OU Press, New York, ISBN 978-01-6028–202-5 ©2012, $25.00, p. 252 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Outsiders might wonder what could possibly be wrong within the Orthodox Jewish community. Until the Age of

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Jewish-interest license plates: ‘GDS WLL’

September 30, 2013

SAN DIEGO–Well, of course, no single group can claim to know God’s Will, but among those who forever are inquiring about it are us Jews. So our license plate maven Melanie Rubin recorded this one as of Jewish interest.

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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Noah & Abraham: A Rabbinical Comparison

European body votes to challenge circumcision

JNS news briefs: October 4, 2013

Humoring the Headlines: October 4, 2013

By Jove! Hannah Hedgecock has got it!

Teens involved in tikkun olam eligible for $36,000 scholarships

College scholarships offered for high school entrepreneurs

Interpreting Obama and Netanyahu

JNS News Briefs: October 2, 2013

Why do we know so little of Abraham’s childhood?

JNS news briefs: October 1, 2013

Dissecting Obama’s U.N. speech

Rabbi offers pathway for Orthodox Jews

Jewish-interest license plates: ‘GDS WLL’

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