By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — The years have turned over and suddenly you are fifteen and eighteen years old—a young man with a 4G phone and a young woman with a car. You have never known anything but wireless and mobility. You are living in interesting times, dear children. You have seen our […]
(Col. 22, Feb. 28, 2011) Compiled by Donald H. Harrison Simchas When Allison Ogul became a bat mitzvah over the weekend at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, the congregation led by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal welcomed many non-Jewish visitors, including relatives of her mother, Sharon Wilson-Ogul. They also came from the staff of the San Diego Union-Tribune, where
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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Yeruchem Eilfort-RabbiNEW YORK (WJC)–The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CoP) has sent a letter to Cuban President Raúl Castro appealing for the release of Jewish aid worker Alan Gross, 61, who has been held in a Cuban jail since December 2009 and now charged with “crimes against the state.” His trial is to
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Travel and FoodTEHRAN (WJC)–Iran and Syria have agreed to cooperate on naval training, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported on Saturday, after two Iranian warships docked in a Syrian port. “The two parties will cooperate with each other in training issues and the exchange of personnel,” IRNA quoted the agreement, signed by the commanders of both navies,
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Travel and FoodEDINBURGH, Scotland (WJC)–Education Minister Angela Constance announced the Scottish Government would pay to ensure two students from every secondary school could take part in the Lessons from Auschwitz Project, which is run by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET). The four-part course involves a day-trip to Auschwitz. Pupils are given a tour of the death camp
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Among the lessons we can tentatively parse from the current commotion in Muslim countries are possible clarifications about the murky overlap between international law and international politics. Notice the extreme lack of certainty, suitable for any discussion of international law and politics. Much more than domestic law in well ordered countries,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastTel Aviv Stories by Ashley Rindsberg; Midnight Oil Publishing, 2010; ISBN 978-0-615-42243-5; 159 pages, $14.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This is a surprising book. It begins with six sketches of down-and-outers, people living on the margins of Tel Aviv society, but finishes with a longer story, a near novella, following
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By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — You might call director Elina de Santos an Arthur Miller groupie — not to trivialize, but to celebrate, her lifelong devotion to the works of the man she considers America’s greatest playwright. “I read Death of a Salesman when I was 15 and was completely stunned by it,”
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By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — When the Israeli political system – ironically based on the purest form of democracy of “one person one vote” – seems particularly perverse (which is often the case, alas), a new party emerges. The hope is that having one more option will help the confused electorate. In recent years,
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM _- The best that Israeli policymakers can do in the context of what is happening in the region is to say little and to do virtually nothing. And the best that interested outsiders can do is to avoid dreaming that this is the time for Israel and Palestine to negotiate seriously
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSAN DIEGO — The office of San Diego City Councilwoman Marti Emerald has announced the death of her husband, S. Myron “Mike” Klarfeld, at the age of 83 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. A news release from the councilwoman said that Klarfeld, an attorney, pilot and motorcyclist, died in Emerald’s arms on February
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — Once the revolution began, Egypt’s Christians knew precisely what to expect. It isn’t that the regime of Husni Mubarak protected them so well from Muslim wrath. On the contrary, it was reluctant to prosecute Muslims who attacked and killed or wounded Christians as well as damaged or destroyed churches.
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Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Three Hungarian Families Locate Here; More To Come Southwestern Jewish Press, November 30, 1956, Pages 1, 10 The Émigré Committee of the United Jewish Fund will furnish assurances for employment and affidavits against becoming a public charge, for three Hungarian Jewish families, escapees from the bloody holocaust of
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ESCONDIDO, California —The musical The Fantasticks with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones was originally an off-Broadway production that ran a total of 42 years and 17,162 performances making it the world’s longest running musical. It’s characters are Matt (a Boy), Louisa (a Girl), Huckaby (the Boy’s father), Bellomy (the Girl’s father), Henry,
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