Donald H. Harrison

Reasonable restrictions necessary on who can buy a gun

February 1, 2012

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Over a year has passed since the terrible Arizona shooting, when a gunman opened fire, killing six people and wounding 13 others. Gabrielle Giffords, a conservative Democrat representing Arizona’s Eighth District, was among those wounded. She remained in critical condition after she survived a single gunshot to […]

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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

Netanyahu’s continuation as Likud’s leader may lead to increasing isolation for Israel

February 1, 2012

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–In this week’s Likud party primaries Binyamin Netanyahu got some 75% of the votes cast by card-carrying members. The rest went to Moshe Feiglin, an extremist with considerable nuisance value but, mercifully, not much political clout. Even though more credible contenders and reputed critics within the party didn’t stand against him,

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Middle East

Are Egypt’s domestic problems so bad that war with Israel will be a welcome distraction?

January 31, 2012

By Evelyn Gordon WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last month, Victor Davis Hanson published a fascinating article on why Iran might nevertheless decide to start a war it can’t win. In it, he analyzed several cases in which countries did exactly that, including the Korean War in 1950, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the 1982 Falklands War and

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Middle East

Headless in Judea; handless in Spokane

January 31, 2012

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO– Overall, I consider myself one lucky gal. How many of us can boast of seeing endless hours of theatre; some good, some bad and some ugly and then having the privilege of sharing that experience by writing about it? And just to carry that theme a bit further, how lucky can

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Carol Davis, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Is Israel giving up its right to be called democratic?

January 31, 2012

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The usual complaints about the inadequacy of democratic governance are about the majority that disenfranchises a minority. InIsrael, it seems to be the other way around. Often it’s relatively small groups that hold the rest to ransom – democratically. Today’s examples: two minority groups, the settlers (probably around 5%

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Middle East

Misogyny may be found in doctrines of some Muslims, some Jews

January 31, 2012

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Kingston, Ontario was once a quiet peaceful community. That all changed when Mohammad Shafia, his wife, and son decided to murder the girls of their family. When he discovered his daughters sending pictures of themselves posing in bras and panties to their boyfriends, he said,

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

PM’s administrator accused of harrassing woman on staff

January 30, 2012

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The headlines are about a couple of issues roiling close to the Prime Minister. They do not concern the big stuff that will attract people around the world who look to Israel for the excitement of threat, promise, personal or collective salvation. Insofar as the Prime Minister is the Prime Minister, however,

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

‘Brooklyn Boy’: When ‘success’ is not enough

January 29, 2012

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — In the play Brooklyn Boy, novelist Eric “Ricky” Weiss (Cris O’Bryon) should feel as if he’s on top of the world. His roman-a-clef, also bearing the title Brooklyn Boy, has made it to Number 11 on the New York Times best seller list. Katie Couric has interviewed him

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Donald H. Harrison

Agudat Israel and the yeshiva that was never built

January 29, 2012

By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida– My father, Jacob “Yankel” Lurie and my mother, Ida “Hayele” Lurie, made aliya from Brooklyn to Haifa in 1929 a few months before the crash on Wall Street. My father, the owner of several ready-to-wear women’s fashion stores, was 54. My mother at 50 had brought up six sons and

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Jewish History, Middle East

Was King David guilty of adultery?

January 28, 2012

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California–After reading Neil N. Winkler’s new book, Bringing the Prophets to Life: A Timely Look at a Timeless Story (Jerusalem: Gefen, 2011), I felt elated. Somebody in the Orthodox world has finally written a book on the Prophets! The study of the Tanakh remains one of the most

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

Book review: ‘Tough Questions Jews Ask’

January 28, 2012

Tough Questions Jews Ask: A Young Adult’s Guide to Building a Jewish Life, 2nd Edition by Rabbi Edward Feinstein, Jewish Lights Publishing, 2012, 140 pages, ISBN 978-1-58023-454-2-51599, U.S. cover price: $15.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Some years ago I interviewed a spokesperson for the Home Instruction for the Parents of Pre-School Youngsters program (or

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Donald H. Harrison

Planning for our descendants’ future

January 28, 2012

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO – Moshe accomplished his great mission. He liberated the Jews from the bondage of Mitzrayim (Egypt). One could feel that his accomplishment was offset by the fact that most of the Jews in Egypt never made it to the promised land. Most of them perished along the way. The

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Jewish Religion

Intern who saved Giffords’ life sought her out because she’s pro-Israel

January 28, 2012

By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — You know how we hear about social media surveys in Twitter or Facebook? How the media measures “what’s trending now” about a person or a political event? Well, Daniel Hernandez was “trending now” amongst my Facebook Friends immediately after the regional AIPAC Dinner in San Diego. The name probably

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San Diego County

The odyssey of little Lula

January 28, 2012

By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — Quick! Who is Luiz Inacio da Silva? Or do you know him as “Lula”? Would it help if you were told that Time Magazine had named him one of the Most Influential People in the World in 2010? That Forbes ranked him One of the World’s Most Powerful People?

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Cynthia Citron

Reasonable restrictions necessary on who can buy a gun

Netanyahu’s continuation as Likud’s leader may lead to increasing isolation for Israel

Are Egypt’s domestic problems so bad that war with Israel will be a welcome distraction?

Headless in Judea; handless in Spokane

Is Israel giving up its right to be called democratic?

Misogyny may be found in doctrines of some Muslims, some Jews

PM’s administrator accused of harrassing woman on staff

‘Brooklyn Boy’: When ‘success’ is not enough

Agudat Israel and the yeshiva that was never built

Was King David guilty of adultery?

Book review: ‘Tough Questions Jews Ask’

Planning for our descendants’ future

Intern who saved Giffords’ life sought her out because she’s pro-Israel

The odyssey of little Lula

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