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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Feb. 22, 1957, Part 1

September 16, 2012

Mrs. Solomon To Head Women’s Division For Fund Southwestern Jewish Press, February 22, 1957, Page 1 Mrs. Lewis Solomon will lead the Women’s Division for the 1957 Campaign of the United Jewish Fund, it was announced this week. In the next few days, Chairman Solomon will select her four co-chairmen and begin planning the opening […]

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Blame Obama’s amateurism for Mideast chaos

September 16, 2012

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California —The streets of Europe and the Middle East are burning as we prepare ourselves for Rosh Hashanah. Life in Israel is making everyone nervous as the President is doing nothing meaningful to prevent Iran from developing the bomb. One gets the impression that Iran will finally “cave

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JNS news briefs: September 16, 2012

September 16, 2012

Islamist rioters storm multinational peacekeeping force base in Sinai (JNS.org) Amid the recent wave of riots and angry protests across the Muslim world over a film portraying the Prophet Muhammad in a negative light, dozens of Salafist Islamist gunmen stormed a Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) base in Al-Jora in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday,

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International

Netanyahu: ‘It’s not about elections in America, but centrifuges in Iran’

September 16, 2012

In a full interview with Israel Hayom, which provides exclusive news for JNS.org in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the claim that he is using the Iran issue to harm President Barack Obama’s re-election bid. By Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dedicates much of his time to thinking about how

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Middle East

Video of President Peres’ visit to Sha’ar Hanegev high school

September 16, 2012

SAN DIEGO— A school in Sha’ar Hanegev–sister region to the Jewish Federaton of San Diego–that had been dedicated with the help of San Diegans including the Viterbi and Ellman families–recently was honored on its first day of classes with a visit by Israel’s first President Shimon Peres. The following video combines some of the highlights

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Travel and Food

Rosh Hashanah is a time to celebrate life, opportunity

September 15, 2012

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Attitude is everything. But in hard times, it’s a lot easier to sit and complain rather than do something about bettering our life circumstances and attitudes. I am reminded of an old story I came across almost 10 years ago, which I filed away for a

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

Be direct in stating your opinions

September 15, 2012

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — We have become afraid to speak honestly and directly. We don’t want to upset, offend, or step on someone’s toes. We fear being seen as aggressive, pushy, opinionated, demanding, or critical so intensely that we often pussyfoot around and avoid what really needs to be said. And

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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food

Notes from the Woodcutter: ‘Manhattan’

September 15, 2012

By Loren Kantor STUDIO CITY, California — Manhattan is a sweet little gem of a movie made by Woody Allen in 1979. Shot in gorgeous black & white, the film opens with a stunning montage of New York set to the strains of Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue. Unlike Scorsese’s gritty Mean Streets & Sidney

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Israeli prosperity has changed Kfar Saba

September 15, 2012

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO –In light of the murderous meltdown in so many Arab quarters, many commentators note the contrasting modernity and true democracy in Israel. They celebrate Israel’s postmodern cyber culture and Western avant-gardism. This says a great deal about the miraculous Jewish state, but it ultimately oversimplifies. Israel is a lot

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Middle East

How the ADL views the past Jewish year

September 14, 2012

By Robert G. Sugarman and Abraham H. Foxman NEW YORK–The start of a New Year always offers an opportunity to reflect on the events of the past year and to contemplate what lies ahead for the Jewish people and the state of Israel. It has been a year of momentous change both at home and

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Middle East

Insulting or not, freedom of speech is protected

September 14, 2012

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an effort to protect the delicate sensibilities of Egyptian rioters who invaded the American Embassy and tore down the American flag, Secretary of State Clinton accepted at face value the claim that the rioters were just so outraged and horrified by an anti-Muslim movie that they couldn’t control

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

Remembering the covenant made at Sinai

September 14, 2012

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — After Torah School on Wednesday, Judaica teacher Cheryl Katz, told me about her experience teaching her students about parashat Nitzavim: “You stand this day, all of you, before the Lord your God…to enter into the Covenant of the Lord your God….” (Deut. 29:9-11) She was trying to explain

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Jewish Religion

Jewish fiction finds a new home on the Internet

September 14, 2012

By Jeffrey F. Barken/JNS.org Speaking over lively klezmer music in a Krakow café, Canadian author and freelance journalist Menachem Kaiser wonders if Jewish readers are comfortable with the term “Jewish fiction.” Kaiser is a recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in Lithuania, where he teaches creative writing. His story, Din, was recently published alongside several prominent

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Travel and Food

Israel wary as protests engulf Muslim countries

September 14, 2012

By Israel Hayom and JNS.org Israel stepped up security after a controversial American film, Innocence of Muslims, sparked protests at U.S. embassies in Libya, Egypt and Yemen. In Libya, U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other diplomats were killed. Several dozen protesters from the Islamic Movement’s northern branch demonstrated outside the U.S. Embassy in

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Middle East

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Feb. 22, 1957, Part 1

Blame Obama’s amateurism for Mideast chaos

JNS news briefs: September 16, 2012

Netanyahu: ‘It’s not about elections in America, but centrifuges in Iran’

Video of President Peres’ visit to Sha’ar Hanegev high school

Rosh Hashanah is a time to celebrate life, opportunity

Be direct in stating your opinions

Notes from the Woodcutter: ‘Manhattan’

Israeli prosperity has changed Kfar Saba

How the ADL views the past Jewish year

Insulting or not, freedom of speech is protected

Remembering the covenant made at Sinai

Jewish fiction finds a new home on the Internet

Israel wary as protests engulf Muslim countries

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