By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Several items lead me once again to write about the two countries where I have spent my life. Already some of my readers are readying their fingers to accuse me of turning against my homeland, or ignorance about the place that I left half a lifetime ago. To be sure,
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Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Hutler Says Israel Greatest Social Planning In World Southwestern Jewish Press, September 21, 1956, Pages 1,3, 5 KIRIAT GAT, ISRAEL –Little more than a year ago this name did not exist. For the town which is so named was only a dream in the minds of Israel’s national
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From the Holocaust to a New Dawn by David Shachar, Gefen Publishing House, 2011, ISBN 978-965-229-546-0; 198 pages, No price listed. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– David Shachar is not a world leader, nor are his Holocaust experiences particularly extraordinary, although they are, of course, tragic. Yet Shachar has written a personal memoir that
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By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California– Stephen Hawking in the beginning of his book, A Brief History of Time, relates a story he believes originated with the scientist-philosopher Bertrand Russell, who once fielded an interesting question asked by an elderly woman after finishing a lecture he gave on astronomy: “He described how the
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff As the Psychologist Sees You Southwestern Jewish Press, September 7, 2011, Page 19 By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant What’s New for New Years? On January first of 1957 we shall follow a pattern that has been established by custom and which has become a routine. We shall
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — In my many intervals of teaching—and, more importantly—learning about the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, I’ve come to appreciate the real, flawed, and poignant elements of the man. The great preacher, erstwhile “moral leader of our nation,” was in fact an endlessly weary, often frightened,
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USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Historically, the holiday of Hanukkah is a relatively minor holiday when compared to holidays like Passover or Yom Kippur, or the Sabbath. Nevertheless, its significance should not be under-appreciated. Hanukkah celebrates the first triumph for religious freedom in the ancient history of late antiquity. Although the
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Jews and Booze: Becoming American In the Age of Prohibition , by Marni Davis. New York University Press, 248pp. By David Strom SAN DIEGO — At the next family simcha (joyous occasion) as I raise my kiddish cup, I might think about the Jewish connection to alcoholic beverages, realizing that wealthy Jews, prior to the
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Travel and FoodPETACH TIKVAH, Israel (Press Release) — Sigal Ered and her camera were siamese twins. Her camera never left her hands. Photography was her career. Photography was her love. And for dessert, she engaged in sports. Sigal’s life was full, until the day it all stopped. Here is her story in her own words: “I’ll never
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Editor’s Note: We wish to extend a heart mazal tov to columnist J. Zel Lurie, who celebrated a birthday on December 4th — his 98th! By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — The time was the spring of 1936. I was a cub reporter on the Palestine Post, which became the Jerusalem Post 12 years
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Jewish History, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Read Josephus. It’s relevant. The most recent rampage of religious nationalist extremists has brought forth statements from a wide range of Israeli leaders that they have gone too far. They have crossed a “red line.” They will be dealt with by means of all the tools at the disposal of the military
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Ira SharkanskySAN DIEGO — Cantor Sheldon Merel, the emeritus chazan of Congregation Beth Israel, was impressed by this video of the Holocaust Memorial in Miami Beach.
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USACompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff The Approaching Showdown on Civil Rights Southwestern Jewish Press, September 7, 1956, Pages 17, 20 By Joseph B. Robison Senior Counsel, American Jewish Congress The pressing problem of racial equality has now been turned over to the uncertain helter-skelter of the presidential campaign. It remains to be seen
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