By Cynthia Citron SANTA MONICA – There is something decidedly peculiar about the old couple who live deep in the forest in a cottage that they built themselves. They have no electricity, no telephone, and no water. “Who needs water when we have a beautiful river so close by?” she says. But that’s not […]
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Cynthia CitronBy Dov Hartuv KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel — Places and people have their names changed from time to time. Kibbutz Nahal Oz was originally established as an army outpost in 1951. At that time the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel was just a ploughed furrow to demark where Egypt ended and Israel began.
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Middle East
Beginnings: The First Love, the First Hate, the First Dream… Reflections on the Bible’s Intriguing Firsts by Meir Shalev, Translated from the Hebrew by Stuart Schoffman, Harmony Books, New York; ISBN 978-0-037-71718-4 ©2011, $25.00, 295 pages By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California– Americans relish someone accomplishing something first! Do you remember who flew the first airplane? How
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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — When the pioneers of modern Zionism wanted a homeland that became the State of Israel to be a country like all other countries so that Jews could again be a “normal” people, they didn’t dream that they’d also be as racist as elsewhere in the world. Though it’s by
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — For several years I’ve been telling you that under its current Islamist regime, Turkey has become less and less of a democratic state. Hundreds of peaceful dissidents have been arrested, thrown in prison, and accused of seeking to overthrow the government violently when there is no real evidence. The
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Barry Shaw, Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—It was no accident that Louis Rose Point was dedicated at 10 a.m., Thursday, March 24, rather than at some other time on some other date. Nor was it happenstance that hamantaschen, rather than some other sweet, was served at a reception immediately following the event. In fact, little
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Jewish HistoryBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Judging a prominent politician who is also a skilled showperson is like putting on a blindfold and attempting to judge a beauty contest. One can ask for advice, listen to the contestants, maybe even touch their faces. Yet a lot will be missing. Any decision to be made will be risky in
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — “Sing Out!” San Diego Jewish Choir Festival with two distinct programs Sunday, April 3 at 1:00 and at 4:00 at the Lawrence Family JCC will bring together nine choirs with directors of outstanding backgrounds and accomplishments. The final combined choirs will be directed by David Amos, the San
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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Help is wanted. My wife Nancy and I have been publishing San Diego Jewish World for several years now. After the San Diego Jewish Press-Heritage and the San Diego Jewish Times folded, we created this publication to make certain San Diego had a daily Jewish news voice. San Diego
By Cynthia Citron BURBANK, California – You might think that living in an all-pink house would give you a toothache. But, au contraire, Jackie Goldberg, the “Pink Lady,” has made her all-pink home a delightful nest of airy light and soft color. White walls and tasteful pink furnishings, but nothing in Pepto-Bismol, thank you very
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Travel and FoodCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff USO-JWB Southwestern Jewish Press, January 6, 1956, Page 3 Now hear this: “Would you believe it – we’re proud of you!” thusly ran the letter of invitation sent to Junior Hostesses of the USO-Jewish Welfare Board for their many hours of service to USO, for a dinner in
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Adventures in SD History
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nobody expected the Syrian uprising. Syria has long been thought of as “stable” country, if not a nice one, but maybe it is just a country on which you could write your own script. The Obama administration saw a needy country that could be “weaned” away from Iran and
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Shoshana BryenBy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel–As I’ve reported, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is horrified by White House policies in the Middle East. Indeed, he has an extra reason for being upset since it is his military forces that have to manage the Libyan mess while simultaneously fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while, on top
U.S. miscalculations make another Israel-Gaza war inevitable Read More »
Middle East, USA
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–The Talmud’s words: “I have learned from all of my students” certainly holds true for me. On Tuesday evening my eighth grade class at our Community Jewish High School was studying an ancient aphorism quoted in the Talmud: “When we were young, [we were treated] like grown-ups; now that we
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