By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — A correspondent wrote to ask if of late there have been any rockets coming from Gaza to Sderot and other places in Israel’s south. He was astounded that only on one day last week some fifty fell and there have been attacks every day since. Why this flare-up? As I’m […]
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — So constant are the lies told in mass media coverage of Israel-Palestinian issues that it is hardly worthwhile to critique individual articles any more. Following the horrendous murder of the Fogel family, a number of Internet—but not print—writers have pointed out that various mass media institutions have either not
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Remember John Kennedy’s sending advisors to protect the South Vietnamese and the rest of Southeast Asia from Communism, Lyndon Johnson’s escalation after the attack on American ships in the Gulf of Tonkin, George W. Bush’s explanation for attacking Iraq and his later declaration of victory, as well as pronouncements and claims about
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Ira SharkanskyBy David Ogul SAN DIEGO — All of us probably know someone who suffers or who has died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Sadly, my mother has been living with this terrible affliction for the past several years. Two years ago, my sister and I made the heartbreaking decision to move her from her Los
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David Ogul, Travel and Food(Column 28, March 21, 2011) Compiled by Donald H. Harrison * UPCOMING EVENTS (In Chronological Order) * Current trends in the Middle East will be the subject of a panel discussion at 7 p.m., Monday, March 21, at Congregation Beth Israel. Panelists are Hisham Foad, SDSU Assistant professor of economics on “The Economic Roots of
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By David Amos SAN DIEGO–The 75 member Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra will present two programs of great variety and musical interest, on Sunday, March 27 at 3 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El, and Tuesday, March 29, 7:30 p.m. at the orchestra’s home, Tifereth Israel Synagogue. Featured as soloist will be the distinguished, retired concertmaster of the
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — There are the beloved Five Scrolls in the Hebrew Scripture, including Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, Lamentations and two named for heroic women: Ruth and Esther. Ruth was the consummate loyalist, paradigmatic convert to Judaism—a maternal ancestor to the Davidic line. Christians link her spiritually to Jesus. Esther,
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Travel and FoodCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Who Started This Arms Race? (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press, December 23, 1955, Page 3 The secretary-general of the Arab League, speaking in Los Angeles this week, warned that the United States is in danger of losing the friendship of the oil-rich Arab nations. The big fly in the
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Adventures in SD HistoryBy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel–When Muhamad ElBaradei tried to vote March 19 in the referendum on Egypt’s constitutional changes, he was attacked by hundreds of Islamists with stones, at least one of which hit him, and shoes. “We don’t want you,” the mob shouted. “He lives in the United States and wants to rule us.
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Barry Shaw, Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff UJF Fund Board Pledges $51,600 As Special Fund Southwestern Jewish Press, December 23, 1955, Page 1 The United Jewish Fund has accepted the responsibility for the Jewish community of San Diego of raising a Special Fund of $51,600 for the United Jewish Appeal, over and above its usual
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Adventures in SD HistoryBy Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California—Chaim Peri spent nearly three decades as the headmaster of a unique residential and educational complex near Haifa, Israel, known as Yemin Orde. Typically, 500 students live and go to school there, with 150 graduating each year. The high school was located a five-minute walk from the residential village
By Cynthia Citron WEST HOLLYWOOD, California— Girls Talk is an uproariously funny play—for about 20 minutes. Then it turns from affectionately teasing banter to passive-aggressive vitriol and it isn’t funny any more. Roger Kumble‘s new play, now having its world premiere at the Lee Strasberg Theatre in West Hollywood, brings together three high-end matrons from Bel
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Cynthia CitronBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– The weekly Israeli TV program, “Meet the Press” was devoted today to an extended interview with the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority in which Abu Mazen spoke persuasively about making peace with Israel. Recently, Prime Minister Netanyahu has repeatedly expressed similar sentiments. So why is the peace process deadlocked? To start
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Middle EastBy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel00For a comprehensive statement of current U.S. Middle East policy you can’t do better than the testimony of Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William J. Burns at the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on March 17, 2011. It’s horrifying. Here’s my summary of the key point: The United States will
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