Remembering Joel Siegel
The late movie critic Joel Siegel was born on this day (July 7) in 1943. Here is a tribute to his memory.
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Travel and Food
Israel on limb whoever wins U.S. election
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The more I read about Trump and Israel the more it seems clear that he wants to please not the Jews but Christian evangelicals of whom there’re many more than Jewish voters in the United States and without whose votes he wouldn’t have become president. Evangelicals believe that Jesus’
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Middle East, USABig Boss Bubeleh entertained on Fair’s final day
By Eileen Wingard DEL MAR — July 4th was the third time that Yael and Vlady were invited to perform at this year’s San Diego County Fair. I heard their 3:00 p.m. performance that final day of the fair, on the O’Brien Stage, near Gate 5. Yael’s sultry singing voice is beautifully supported by her
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyCantor Sheldon Foster Merel’s shares his songs
SAN DIEGO — Here is a collection of songs recorded by Cantor Sheldon Merel during his tenure as cantor at Congregation Beth Israel. Click on any title to hear Cantor Merel’s recorded rendition. In some cases, the songs are accompanied by an explanatory article indicated by a date alongside. Adon Olam Adon Olam, Jazz Version
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyHolocaust, detention centers, and Ocasio- Cortez
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — The dentist in the television series Seinfeld, Tim Whatley, D.D.S., converted to Judaism in order to tell Jewish jokes, so perhaps Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed Jewish roots to exploit Jewish suffering – and in the process created a sideshow that diverted attention from the suffering of migrants held in
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Jewish History, USAFamily cruising aboard Star Princess
By Donald H. Harrison AT SEA, Aboard Star Princess – As our family did quite often during the week we were aboard the 3,100-passenger, 950- foot-long M.V. Star Princess, we gathered one afternoon at a round table on Deck 14, which is where the swimming pools and the indoor buffet are located. On this particular
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Donald H. Harrison, Sandi Masori, Shor M. Masori, Travel and FoodAnne Frank (The Whole Story)
On this date in 1942, Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the Secret Annex in Amsterdam. This movie retells the story told in The Diary of Anne Frank, but continues where that movie left off, with the arrest of Anne and her family and their subsequent lives and deaths in Nazi concentration camps.
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Travel and FoodDouglass would have disagreed with Kaepernick
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — This past week, the American flag became a focal point as we celebrated the Fourth of July. The Wall Street Journal reported how NIKE was forced to recall a shoe that featured the “Betsy Ross” flag on the heel. Colin Kaepernick who signed a multi-million-dollar sponsorship
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Sports & Competitions, USAComparing Holocaust and slavery reparations
By Dorian de Wind The Moderate Voice AUSTIN, Texas — During the Holocaust, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, or NS (the Dutch national railway company), on behalf of the Nazi occupiers, operated the trains that transported more than 100,000 Dutch Jews, first to “transit camps” and then to the Dutch border. There, the Dutch Jews were transferred to
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Dorian de Wind, International, Jewish History, USAOn making aliyah to Israel
In honor of the 69th anniversary of Israel’s Knesset passing the law of return on this date (July 5) in 1950, guaranteeing every Jew in the world the right to become an Israeli citizen.
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Travel and FoodHumoring the headlines: July 5, 2019
In Memory of Bob Hope Who Entertained the Troops Rather Than Vice Versa By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Tanks for the memory Of military pomp Funded by the swamp. The greatest event for the one percent. It was quite a romp. How bigly it was. Tanks for the memory Of Lincoln sitting there. Silent
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire30- year- old Holocaust research still relevant today
The Journey Back From Hell: Conversations with Concentration Camp Survivors by Anton Gill, Grafton Books, 1988. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Although published thirty years ago, this book is at least as relevant today as it was when it first appeared. As the survivors of concentration camps grow old and die it is
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish HistoryTracking down a memory in Victoria, B.C.
By Donald H. Harrison VICTORIA, British Columbia – Thanks to the U.S. Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886, M.V. Star Princess made a required stop in this Canadian provincial capital, providing a brief opportunity for my wife Nancy and me to hunt down a honeymoon memory. That 133-year-old protectionist piece of legislation banned foreign flagged
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and Food, USAThe 527 -year- old pact between Jews and Basques
.…and won’t you please release us from our commitment of 1492 to preserve the Jewish cemetery. The city wishes to build on those grounds, which today is encircled by our growth…’ Restpectfully, The Vitoria City Council (January 1952) (paraphrased) At Vitoria by Marcia Sue Riman Selz, Ph.D. Archway Publishing, 2016 Reviewed by Irvin H. Jacobs,
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