By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — I attended a service at Temple Emanu-El a few weeks ago and Gilad Shalit was one of the guests of the Bat Mizvah and the congregation. At least in spirit. Up front to the left of the bimah was a picture of Shalit. A reminder of his captivity. It […]
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Middle East
By Lynne Thrope SAN DIEGO–Sitting on my kitchen counter are three cookbooks that have become my every day culinary bibles. The first, Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen shares convivial advice with the reader who is interested in living a greener, more health-conscious lifestyle. It’s full of easy recipes that use “living foods,” such as fruits, berries, dates,
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — The second of the two Shakespeare plays being mounted on the Lowell Davies Festival Stage is his comedy/farce Taming of The Shrew directed by Ron Daniels. Every now and then companies like to dust off this misogynist piece and see how funny they can make it by just being
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California—As the 4th of July pinwheels, sparklers, cloud bursts and other pyrotechnics lit up the Poway-Rancho Bernardo area, the 9-year-old boys behind me kept up a running commentary: “That’s the biggest one yet… That’s the loudest! …. That’s the coolest! … That’s the highest! … Oh, that’s so awesome.” Occasionally,
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Cities are places where people of different backgrounds and outlooks come together and make do with one another. Jerusalem is no different, but it is also different. Prominent groups in the population are Arabs, about 30 percent, and ultra-Orthodox Jews, about 30 percent of the Jewish population. For Jerusalemites who are neither
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Community Census Gets Under Way This Week Southwestern Jewish Press, August 20, 1954, page 1 Over 400 San Diego Jewish families were being interviewed this week by 40 trained census enumerators in the first Jewish population census ever attempted in our community. Participating in the census are Marshall
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Adventures in SD History, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — One recalls July 4, 1976—the great Bicentennial—with much nostalgia and affection. America was exactly 200 years old, had survived the Watergate scandals and a presidential resignation without bloodshed or constitutional tremors. The dreadful Vietnam War was over after some fifteen years of entanglement, though we struggled (and
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Middle East, USA
By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM, July 4–Today marks the 34th anniversary of Operation Yonatan, Israel’s dramatic rescue of 103 hostages that took place on July 4, 1976 at Entebbe, Uganda. As a college student in the US, I vividly remember watching events unfold as most of the rest of the nation was focused on the
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International, Jewish History, Middle East
By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California–Most Americans, and many abroad, can’t help but choke up as they see our flag floating by in a patriotic parade. But, the 4th of July isn’t Flag Day, June 14. How many hung out their flag then? Most Americans, and many abroad, are thankful for the men and women of
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USA
Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, August 6, 1954, Part 4 Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Yomaco’s At Beach Southwestern Jewish Press, August 6, 1954, Page 7 Members of the Yomaco Club are looking forward to a beach party to be held at Mission Beach, Saturday, August 7, at 8:30 p.m. Arrangements for
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Adventures in SD HistoryCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Southwestern Jewish Press, August 6, 1954, Page 5 Terror in Rumania (Editorial) Recent revelations regarding the reign of terror conducted by the Communist Government against Zionists there have shocked many in the free world. Communists in Israel, faced by the news that 200 Zionist leaders in Rumania have
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Adventures in SD History, Middle East, USAKRAKOW, Poland (Press Release)–In a speech July 3, at the Schindler Factory Museum here, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the U.S. intention to contribute $15 million over five years to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, subject to Congressional authorization and appropriations. The World War II-era factory of Oskar Schindler, the German entrepreneur who saved hundreds
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USABy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–What a better way to kick off the Old Globe’s summer outdoor Festival than to mount a stunning production of William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy King Lear staring Robert Foxworth and directed by Adrian Noble formally of the Royal Shakespearean Company? None that I can think of thank you. Now
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — On Sunday Judy and I visited the Conservative Movement’s Camp Ramah in Ojai, California. Though Judy and I both retired from our summer Ramah jobs several years ago, we like to stay in touch and are local advocates and boosters. The campgrounds and setting continue to be spectacular.
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