By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–The good news:Israelis like all other countries and its Jewish citizens are like all other nations. Thanks to our sovereignty, we Jews have been able to excel in ways that weren’t possible before – and may not have been possible in the diaspora today, had there been no Israel. The bad
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Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Cash Collection Campaign Set To Rush Money To Israel Southwestern Jewish Press, November 16, 1956, Page 1 William Colt, Treasurer of the United Jewish Fund, announced today that an additional $26,500 was forwarded to the United Jewish Appeal in answer to their urgent appeal for funds. This was
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By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –We see the Shuafat refugee camp from the route that we walk around French Hill a couple of times each day. We don’t see tents or low rise mud brick dwellings, but high rise concrete and stone apartment houses that look pretty much like those on this side of the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The 22nd Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival, sponsored by the Leichtag Foundation, and presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS, will run February 9-19, 2012. The San Diego Jewish Film Festival showcases 48 of the best
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By David Amos SAN DIEGO– “Mozart”– This word can only mean one thing, and we all know what it is. If you use most proper names, such as Smith, Jones, Kaplan, Finkelstein, or even Richter, Roosevelt, Rubinstein, Horowitz, Clinton, or Bush, you could be talking about a variety of people, and you need to be
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Travel and FoodLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–JewishPoets—Jewish Voices begins its fourth year Tuesday evening, January 17, 7:00 p.m. in the Astor Judaica Library at the Lawrence Family JCC with readings by three local poets, Frieda Levinsky, Elizabeth Schwartz and Sue Marder. Introduced by poet Joy Heitzmann, the three featured authors will read their works during the first
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Shoshana Bryen, former Senior Director for Security Policy at the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), has joined the Jewish Policy Center as Senior Director. She will focus on national security and defense issues, while expanding the JPC’s influence among policymakers and in government. “Shoshana has more than 30 years
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USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –Prime Minister Netanyahu’s sympathies for the Republican Party are no secret, but the news of the massive $5 million donation by Sheldon Adelson to the campaign of Newt Gingrich for the Republican nomination invites speculations about the close link between Gingrich and Netanyahu, and its implications for the future ofIsrael.
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Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff NAACP Invites Southwestern Jewish Press, November 12, 1956, Page 9 The San Diego Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will launch their Freedom Seal Campaign with a kick-off Tea on Sunday, Nov. 11, 3-6 p.m., at 3180 C St. * Tifereth Israel Sisterhood
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Adventures in SD HistorySAN DIEGO (Press Release) –The College Avenue Senior Center, operated by Jewish Family Service inside the social hall of Beth Jacob Congregation, 4855 College Avenue, has announced its schedule activities for February. They are as follows: February Feature – Richard Lederer presents American Trivia Thursday, February 23 at 12:45 p.m. Richard Lederer – American Trivia
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Congregation Beth Israel continues the celebration of its 150th anniversary with a special appearance by renowned Rabbi David Wolpe at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 19. Rabbi Wolpe, who has been named one of the 50 most influential rabbis in America by Newsweek magazine three times, will discuss “Where Leaders Become Heroes
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO–Rabbi Ben Kamin’s article on C.T. Vivian appeared on the websites of both San Diego Jewish World and Examiner.Com. Now, on the basis of that article, Vivian has been nominated as a hero who sacrificed himself in the cause of Civil Rights. Reader voting will determine the outcome of this contest. You can read the
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San Diego CalendarBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The attack on an Israeli army base in the West Bank last month came as a shock to Israelis, not only because security was breached but because it was Jewish settlers, not Palestinian terrorists, who breached it. The army is responsible for all security in the West Bank. Soldiers are
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