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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History~December 11, 1953

November 10, 2009

(Articles culled by Gail Umeham from the archives of Southwestern Jewish Press) Col. Irving Salomon Next Forum Speaker Southwestern Jewish Press December 11, 1953 Page 3 Col. Irving Salomon, United Nations representative and prominent Republican leader, will be the next speaker at the Forum Lecture Series, Wednesday, Jan. 6, at the Jewish Community Center, 3227

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Adventures in SD History

The San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival

November 10, 2009

By Lynne Thrope SAN DIEGO–Finally, it is one week away. The mother of all food and wine fests in Southern California – the event I patiently wait for each year to taste, savor, and schmooze with local culinary personalities, such as Sam Zien aka Sam the Cooking Guy, San Diego’s Top Chef Brian Malarkey,

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San Diego Calendar

Hamas' West Bank Popularity Up, So Abbas Isn't Running

November 10, 2009

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C.–Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority (West Bank division) has announced that he will not run in the Palestinian election currently scheduled for January 2010. He blames Israeli “intransigence” on the issue of houses for Jewish people east of the 1949 Armistice Line. We offer another perspective. “Strengthening

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Who killed the Mideast peace process?

November 10, 2009

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Thomas Friedman has written one of his better articles. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/opinion/08friedman.html?_r=1&ref=opinion As a retired professor still inclined to give grades to everything I hear or read, I’d say about 92, or A-. The major theme is quite good. Friedman recognizes that there is no gas left in the peace process. It

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Ira Sharkansky

‘Who is a Jew’ Controversy Pops up in Britain Again

November 10, 2009

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — When 12-year old M. applied to attend the Jews’ Free School, the secondary school that was founded in 1732 and serves London’s Jewish community, he was not accepted. The reason? His mother was not born Jewish and her conversion was in accordance with the progressive, not the orthodox,

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

Giselle –A review of the City Ballet of San Diego

November 10, 2009

By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO– In Paris, in 1841, the ballet Giselle was danced for the first time. It was part of an entire repertoire in the various arts which became known as the Romantic Era; dance, literature, poetry and music. This milieu envisioned the female as ephemeral, not quite human; a sylph, a swan,

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San Diego Calendar

'Start Up Nation' — A book review

November 10, 2009

By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — Every once in a while a book comes along that reveals a startling gap in our understanding of the world, our passions and desires, and ourselves. Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle is such a book. One of Start-Up Nation’s authors will discuss it at the San

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Middle East, San Diego Calendar

On a flight from Israel back home: who 'adopted' whom?

November 9, 2009

By Carine Chitayat ABOARD EL AL AIRLINES–I am flying to LAX from Ben Gurion Airport as I write this. I was in Israel for a very short visit on behalf of the Adopt A Family program at Congregation Beth Am. It’s been a fast week, leaving on a Thursday and returning exactly one week later.

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Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USA

Ever plan a party from 5,000 miles away? Shari Alter has!

November 8, 2009

By Jeanette Friedman ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey — Shari Alter and her oncologist husband Robert have five kids and live in Englewood. You would think that would keep her busy with no time for so much as a bubble bath or “Oprah” break, since everyone knows, five kids means lots of car-pooling, hockey and assorted craziness. So multi-tasking,

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Middle East, USA

Keeping the Ft. Hood massacre in perspective

November 8, 2009

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM—Allahu Akbar, Praise the Lord, and Hear O Israel elicit the best of sentiments, and something else. A youtube segment from CNN shows radical Muslims, native born Americans, including one who converted from Judaism, who praise Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, call for Osama bin Laden to continue his holy war, and urge

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Ira Sharkansky, USA

Klezmer melodies can be as American as ….

November 8, 2009

By Sara Appel-Lennon SAN DIEGO–Two melodies beloved by English-speaking children recently were played by Klezmer clarinetists at San Diego State University to demonstrate that any song can be Klezmer if played with Klezmer flavor. Yale Strom, Jewish Studies Artist in Residence coordinated the Klezmer complementary concert on Wednesday, November 4, featuring Leo Chelyapov, Robet Zelickman,

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San Diego Calendar

Why I'm marrying a Jewish girl

November 8, 2009

By Steve Hofstetter NEW YORK—I have spent the better part of the last four years convincing my parents that I don’t need to marry a Jewish girl. Turns out I was wrong. It’s not the first time that’s happened. Though it may be the first time I’m admitting it to them. Every Jew of my

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Travel and Food

Sha'ar Hanegev opens rocket-resistant elementary school

November 8, 2009

By Ulla Hadar SHA’AR HANEGEV, Israel—Amid an atmosphere of joy and Zionistic rededication, the rebuilt, rocket-resistant Sha’ar Hanegev elementary school has been reopened in the same compound it had occupied for a half century. Ceremonies inaugurating the seven-building complex on Thursday, November 5, marked the end of the elementary school’s two-year exile from Sha’ar Hanegev’s

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Middle East

Filner says other Jewish members of Congress feared to vote against measure condemning Goldstone report

November 8, 2009

While only Jewish member of Congress to vote against condemning Goldstone report, Bob Filner of San Diego says he was not the only one who held that view

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego Calendar

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History~December 11, 1953

The San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival

Hamas' West Bank Popularity Up, So Abbas Isn't Running

Who killed the Mideast peace process?

‘Who is a Jew’ Controversy Pops up in Britain Again

Giselle –A review of the City Ballet of San Diego

'Start Up Nation' — A book review

On a flight from Israel back home: who 'adopted' whom?

Ever plan a party from 5,000 miles away? Shari Alter has!

Keeping the Ft. Hood massacre in perspective

Klezmer melodies can be as American as ….

Why I'm marrying a Jewish girl

Sha'ar Hanegev opens rocket-resistant elementary school

Filner says other Jewish members of Congress feared to vote against measure condemning Goldstone report

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