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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, March 5, 1954~ Part II

Compiled by Gail Umeham Music Festival Set By Cantor Cysner Southwestern Jewish Press March 5, 1954 Page 3 Tifereth Israel Synagogue will celebrate its fourth Annual Music Festival on Friday, March 5th, 8:15 p.m. Cantor Joseph Cysner presents on this occasion the Adult and Junior Choirs in a program of Liturgical, Israeli and Yiddish music. […]

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Adventures in SD History

Jewish community organizes relief effort for Haiti quake victims

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– On Tuesday, January 12, a powerful earthquake battered the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck about 10 miles southwest of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday evening, devastating the island’s most populated city. Hundreds of thousands are feared dead from the immediate impact, with tens of thousands

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Travel and Food

She looked down on other Ruhama Riders–but they didn't mind a bit

  ________________________________________________________ By Ulla Hadar KIBBUTZ RUHAMA, Israel — A slight gentle movement and the basket lifted of the ground. The fields still were covered with the morning dusk and the sky was only beginning to show pink and yellow colors.  Was this a dream or had my dream come true? I had to pinch

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Middle East

San Diego Jewish Film Festival preview: 'Brothers'

By Yvonne Greenberg LA JOLLA, California–The film Brothers won last year’s Audience Choice Award in two European countries, and best actress and actor in another overseas location.  Now the film in Hebrew and Spanish with English subtitles will be shown at the 20th Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival (sponsored by the Mizel Family Foundation) at the AMC

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Middle East, USA

ADL says Turkey encouraging hateful statements about Jews

  NEW YORK (Press Release) –The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday renewed its concern that Turkish society is becoming increasingly and openly hostile to Jews and Israel – with harmful statements by government officials and hateful depictions in the mass media.  “We continue to be concerned about a new environment in Turkey which permits and

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Middle East

Schusterman Foundation finds improvements in education in U.S. about Israel

WASHINGTON, DC (pRESS rELEASE)– The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation announces the release of Searching for the Study of Israel: A Report on the Teaching of Israel on U.S. College Campuses 2008-09, prepared by the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University. An update of a 2006 report, Searching for the Study

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Travel and Food

New species of spider found in vanishing sand dunes of the Arava

Cerbalus aravensis  (Photo by Roy Talbi) ________________________________________________________________ HAIFA (Press Release)–A new and previously unknown species of spider has been discovered in the dune of the Sands of Samar in the southern Arava region by a team of scientists from the Department of Biology in the University of Haifa-Oranim. Unfortunately, however, its habitat is endangered. “The

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Parallels between terrorist incidents against U.S., Israel

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–A New York Times article about “al Qaeda” terrorism directed against the United States could have been written about Palestinian terror against Israel. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/us/13intel.html?hp Rather than central planning and coordination by skilled Islamic evil-doers, the most recent spurt of events were largely the work of individual enthusiasts, inspired by extremist preachers or

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Ira Sharkansky, USA

Sculpture recalling illegal immigration to Israel unveiled in Haifa

__________________________________________________________________ HAIFA (Press Release)–Soraya Nazarian, wife of businessman Younes Nazarian, donated a sculpture that she herself designed and created to the University of Haifa. The marble sculpture, entitled “Legacy”, depicts a ship with sails made of books, expressing the story of the Jews who landed in Israel on the illegal immigration ships (the “Maapilim”). It

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Middle East, USA

Kevin Youkilis of Boston Red Sox voted 'Jewish Player of the Decade'

NEWTON, Massachusetts  (Press Release)– Boston Red Sox infielder Kevin Youkilis has been voted the Jewish Player of the Decade in online balloting conducted by Jewish Major Leaguers, the organization which produces an annual set of trading cards to honor the Jewish contribution to America’s National Pastime.   Youkilis received 54% of the nearly 350 votes cast,

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Travel and Food

Turkey-Israel controversy a case of playing to each nation's grandstands

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The holiday season is over. The world has gone back to work. Turkey and Israel have spent a few days insulting one another. The President of Turkey accused Israel of attacking Lebanon and overreacting against the Palestinians. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman ordered a retaliation. His deputy summoned the Turkish Ambassador, invited the

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Middle East, USA