By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — He compared himself to Ben Gurion and Sharon, both of whom left the parties they were in charge of to form new ones, Ben Gurion formed Rafi (of blessed memory) and Sharon created Kadima, which still is the most likely mainstay of a new coalition. Peres and the […]
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(Column 10, January 17, 2011) __________ News topics _________ Rethinking American Jewish Education * San Diego Israel Coalition is actively promoting the appearance at Congregation Beth El of Rabbi Daniel Gordis, who will be delivering three lectures Feb. 11-12 as the Scholar in Residence. On Friday evening following Shabbat Services, Gordis, senior vice president of
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By David Amos SAN DIEGO — If you enjoy a tender, sensitive film with an underlying strong message and a reminder of a recent tragedy, this one is for you. The 2009 Argentinean film ANITA, written and directed by the renowned filmmaker Marcos Carnevale is the story of a young woman (Played by Alejandra Manzo)
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Travel and FoodMONTREAL, Canada (WJC) — Police are investigating a series of attacks by vandals on five Jewish institutions. Windows were broken at three synagogues and at a Jewish school and a kindergarten. The attackers struck at the different sites between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Sunday morning, and the attacks are believed to be linked. “In
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Travel and FoodTOURS, France (WJC)–Marine Le Pen has been elected as leader of the extreme-right and xenophobic National Front (FN) movement, succeeding her father Jean-Marie. In his farewell speech, Jean-Marie Le Pen, 82, made a new public anti-Semitic slur when suggesting that Jews were crying wolf, unduly claiming to be victims of anti-Semitism. He was referring to
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Travel and FoodNetanyahu – Military Option Against Iran on the Table * NEW YORK (WJC)–The US and Israel jointly developed of the Stuxnet computer worm which did great damage to Iran’s nuclear facilities, the ‘New York Times’ newspaper reports. Stuxnet selectively infects industrial control (SCADA) systems made by the German manufacturer Siemens, establishing a backdoor that creates
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Travel and FoodJERUSALEM (WJC)–In a surprise move, Israel’s Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Barak, 68, has left the Labor Party, which he had led until now, and has formed his own faction in the Knesset, the nation’s parliament. Four of the 17 Labor members in the Knesset, including three other ministers, will join Barak in
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Brian Lewis, 23, of Modesto, Calif., and Abel Mark Gonzalez, 23, of Morgan Hill, Calif., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to conspiring to violate the civil rights of congregants of Congregation Beth Shalom, a synagogue in Modesto, Calif. According to court documents, on or about Feb.
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By Lloyd Levy EILAT, Israel — The supermarkets in Israel stock many authentic Russian foods, such as marvellous black bread, and herrings. The range of Vodka is unfathonable in its diversity. Somehow they stir ancient folk memories in my Jewish soul. Yet ex-President Bill Clinton was recently quoted as saying that Israel would be a
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Lloyd LevyBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–It has not been a good week for our neighbors. A referendum in South Sudan may produce the first division of a country that defines itself as Muslim. One can expect dispute about the results. If the separatists win, defining borders will not be easy and the near future may not be
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Travel and FoodJERUSALEM — One reason why I didn’t go to Tel Aviv on Saturday night to attend the rally in support of Israeli democracy was because I attended the celebration of 25th anniversary of the founding of Kol Haneshama, our congregation in Jerusalem. Kol Haneshama was born in the home of its spiritual leader Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman
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Middle EastBy David Amos SAN DIEGO — The Mexican film Visa al Paraiso, (Visa to Paradise) is the story, told in a documentary format of the Mexican diplomat, Gilberto Bosques, who was assigned by his government, (led at the time by President Lázaro Cárdenas in the late 1930’s) to be Consul General in Paris, and
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By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan– Daniella Ashkenazy is a seasoned journalist, born in Washington and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, and living in Israel since 1968. For over two decades she published articles in Israel’s leading print media and in newspapers and periodicals abroad including features in Israel’s second-oldest Hebrew newspaper Davar and the
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — The 21st Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival sponsored by the Leichtag Family Foundation is presenting a number of short but engrossing documentaries, three of which I had the pleasure of screening: Ingelore, Wrong Side of the Bus and He’s My Girl. Ingelore, the shortest of the three running
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