By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–Jewish jokes tend to be insightful: A man was traveling through a town where an old friend of his lived. He decided to seek him out and pay him an impromtu visit. He asked someone, “Excuse me, I am looking for a friend of mine Mr. Schwartz. Do you know
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By David Bedein JERUSALEM — Flashback to 1976. I was then escorted with a delegation of social work professionals to visit UNRWA facilities in Gaza. There, Dr. Eli Lasch,then the head of the Israel Civil Administration’s Gaza health department, explained that his life’s mission was to eradicate infant mortality in the teeming UNRWA Gaza facilities
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –The notes I receive from overseas emphasize the threats to Israel from Iran and its friends, and the threat to the peace of the region and elsewhere if Israel preempts and seeks to destroy Iran’s nuclear capacity. Here, in contrast, political energies are concentrating on the implications of a Supreme Court
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By Rabbi Dow Marmur Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –Unfortunately, it’s not as exciting as it’s being presented in the media.Israel’s Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision may have made an historic ruling when it refused to allow the extension of the law that exempts ultra-Orthodox (haredi) Jews from military service. However, in order not to
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By David Brin ENCINITAS, California –Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is truly on a roll. Feeling his oats, he has been laying down a hardcore line. And if this one week is any sample, we are in for one heckuva ride. He started by impugning President Ombama’s religious faith as “phony theology.” This is red
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By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO –Israeli-born pianist, Ory Shihor, celebrated performer, pedagogue and administrator, will share his artistry in a program of works by Mozart and Schubert at the Dove Library in Carlsbad on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 2:00 p.m. The multi-faceted musician teaches piano in three of the divisions of the famous Colburn School
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Eileen WingardBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –Somebody recently asked me, “Are Haredim changing the face of Traditional Judaism? Is the divide between the ultra-Orthodox and other denominations (Modern Orthodox, Conservative and Reform) too great to promote a better understanding and respect between each other?” This is a very important question. In the 19th
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By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK– It is something I have noticed just about every election year, and I am always taken aback by it. This year was no different. Inevitably, the major candidates make their income tax reports public. Included in these reports are the contributions to charity that they have made during the
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Jewish ReligionBy Matt Quijas CAMP PENDLETON, California–Marines and sailors stationed here are devoting this week to honoring service members injured in combat from all over the world; this is a great opportunity for them to showcase their new facility for Wounded Warriors. An international assemblage of Wounded Warriors gathered Feb.13 to kick off this year’s Marine
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Science, Medicine, & EducationNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Orthodox Union has launched a new OU Kosher phone App to search the kosher status of all OU products year-round, including a product’s special Kosher for Passover status. The free App is available for download for iPhones, iPads, iPod Touch, and Androids. To download this App, simply select “OU Kosher” from the
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Jewish ReligionSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Parade explores the true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager, accused and convicted in 1913 of murdering thirteen-year-old girl in Atlanta, Georgia. Sensational journalism fanned the regional flames of bigotry and anti-Semitism, obscuring Leo’s innocence. After his death sentence was commuted, Leo Frank was taken by vigilantes and
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Travel and FoodJERUSALEM (WJC)–The Israeli Supreme Court has ruled that a law that exempts Jewish religious students from the mandatory military service is unconstitutional and can therefore not be extended after it expires next August. With six justices in favor and three against, the controversial law, called ‘Deferral of Service for Yeshiva Students for whom Torah is
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The current uncertainty is profound, but presents opportunities as well as threats. Most of the attention is on Iran, widely assumed to be moving toward nuclear weapons, against the background of its leaders’ obsession with the destruction of Israel, raising the possibility of an Israel attack meant to avoid
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–More San Diegans will be able to raise chickens, miniature goats, and bees at home, and have more options for selling the food they grow on urban farms, thanks to new regulations approved by the City Council on January 31st. “More and more, we realize the important role urban agriculture can play
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