U.S. maintains opposition to Israeli building (JNS.org) During a speech at the United Nations Security Council’s Open Debate on the Middle East, U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Susan Rice outlined the Obama administration’s stance on key Middle East issues including Israeli building in the West Bank, peace efforts and the Palestinian bid for statehood. […]
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International
By Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD, California–They rolled out the pink carpet to celebrate the opening weekend of Jackie “The Pink Lady” Goldberg’s fourth annual musical production, Rockin’ with the Ages – The Beat Goes On! And they have a lot to celebrate: a sassy production written, directed, and choreographed by Cate Caplin, a cast of talented
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Cynthia Citron
By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — To counteract the impression that he didn’t have the credentials to be the commander in chief or positions on key international issues, Governor Romney recently put forward his ideas on Syria. Actually, he made like a cliff diver and made a huge splash with great risk. His solution is
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Middle East
By Carol Davis CHULA VISTA, California–If you’re in the mood for a Gothic thriller, lots of blood, the supernatural, bewitching witches, flying cats (check it out) supernatural curses, and family loyalty (and that’s just the beginning) The Sugar Witch by Nathan Sanders might be your choice of thrills for a Halloween Delight. On Stage Playhouse
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastEU adopts new sanctions against Iran (JNS.org) The European Union has tightened sanctions on Iran’s financial institutions, trade, energy and shipping in a bid to persuade Iranian leaders to return to serious discuss over its nuclear program and avert possible military action. The latest sanctions represent the most far-reaching to date by the 27-member bloc
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InternationalWhile rockets fall on southern Israel and Jewish residents remain on high alert, the Israeli Air Force kills two Gaza terrorists who were reportedly the most senior al-Qaida affiliates in the Palestinian enclave, Hisham Saedni and Ashraf al-Sabah. By Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org Two rockets fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip exploded in
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Middle East
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –In Pakistan, this past week, the Taliban shot a young fourteen year old woman named Malala Yousafzai in the head. She is fighting for her life. She was no average target; this was not a random act of gratuitous violence that we read about in the paper.
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Our Kentucky cousin, Harry Jacobson-Beyer, whom I like to call the “Ishmaelite” for reasons to be explained, is determined to learn Spanish, notwithstanding his Kentucky accent, which is something between a twang and a drawl. To that end, with his wife, Sherry, he has traveled to various locations in Spain,
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Carol Davis, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Michael Hess writes columns for the CBS MoneyWatch website, and a recent column headline caught me eye online: “Is your business a mensch?” I knew right then and there I wanted to contact Mr Hess over the Internet and ask him some questions about how he came up
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky FREIBURG IM BREISGAU, Germany– I’m directing this column against my Internet friends and many others who think that Benyamin Netanyahu is an extremist, against Barack Obama who has told a number of people that Netanyahu is a pest, and against analysts who assert that Israel is a marginal issue in the American election.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492 by Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ; ISBN 978-0-691-14487-0 ©2012, $39.50, p. 273, plus appendix, bibliography, and index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — How many Jewish doctors and lawyers do you know? How many Jewish farmers? I would hazard
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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – The 18th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair, presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture launches the largest Jewish Book Fair in the U.S.on November 3, 2012. Spanning nine days, Nov. 3 – 11, the fair is open to the public with tickets available online at http://www.sdcjc.org/sdjbf/index.aspx
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San Diego CalendarBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — According to rabbinic tradition, in order to impress upon Adam the need for human companionship, God brought him all the animals so that he might notice that each one had a partner. This parade of God’s creatures was intended to lead to a deepening of Adam’s own consciousness
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — So much wonderful theatre to see this month that it’s difficult recommending one above the other. In one of San Diego’s little treasures, Moxie Theatre Company, tucked away in a strip mall shopping center in the East County, Naomi Wallace’s 1999 The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek is being
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast