By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –When Jeffrey Newman first arrived as the rabbi at Finchley Reform Synagogue in Britain in 1973, he, by his own self-description, was an idealist. And while he knew that he might not be able to change the world, he decided he would at least like to make a difference […]
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By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — What is a holistic mitzvah? A mitzvah that serves humans, animals and the environment. That is the vision of Ecolife and Bill Toone. For Toone, it is finding a holistic approach of service and conservation, and as the executive director of Ecolife, he has this non-profit foundation behind
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Mimi Pollack, The World We ShareEditor’s note: Dan Bloom often uses humor to try to make a point about serious issues such as climate change and global warming. Here he mines a few treasured Yiddish words and phrases to write an oped about the problems humankind faces. By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Look, we have only one “drerd”
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The World We ShareBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — It’s winter in some parts of the world, and summer in other regions, and even in America the temperatures vary widely from Alaska to Florida. It might be pouring raining in one state and snowing heavily in another state. But one thing strikes me as we enter a
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The World We ShareBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Aaron Sorkin, the Hollywood ace scriptwriter for movies and television — “The West Wing,” “The Social Network” and the current HBO hit series “The Newsroom” — grew up in a Jewish family in Scarsdale, New York and graduated from Syracuse University n 1983, Then, like many young actors and writers, he took
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The World We ShareBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Is there a Jewish view of the new movie Interstellar and the themes that director Christopher Nolan tapped into? I’m not a movie critic, and I’m not a rabbi, but here’s my take on the film from afar. “Interstellar” is fine work of movie-making and Mr. Nolan is at
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The World We ShareSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Jewish Family Service and the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank are teaming up for the 13th annual Thanksgiving Day Run for the Hungry sponsored by Westfield Horton Plaza, JIMBO’S…Naturally and Skechers Performance Division. The 10K/5K (6.2 mile/3.1 mile) run/walk takes place on Thursday, Nov. 27 at Broadway Circle, in
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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, The World We ShareBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Hollywood director Darren Aronofsky has been awarded a best original screenplay award for his movie Noah by an online, climate-themed movie awards program I am curating called the Cli Fi Movie Awards, dubbed “The Cliffies.” Aronofsky’s writing partner Ari Handel co-wrote the screenplay and received the award as well. He
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By Toby Klein Greenwald JERUSALEM–President Reuven “Ruby” Rivlin has broken many molds already since taking office. He may be the most citizen-friendly president ever to sit in that hallowed position, is truly dedicated to bridging the gaps in Israeli society and is a born and bred Jerusalemite, of the Rivlin family, descendants of the Vilna
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Middle East, The World We Share, Toby Klein GreenwaldTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Climate change predictions for the Middle East, like other arid regions of the world, are alarming. In an area known for its water scarcity, rainfall is expected to decrease even further in the near future, spelling disaster for the functioning of unique ecosystems — hotspots of biodiversity and rich genetic fodder
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By Mimi Pollack RAMONA, California – Dr. Laurie Marker, a wildlife researcher who is considered one of the world’s top experts on cheetahs, recently visited the home of Roy and Robin Toft here as part of her Fall 2014 tour to talk about her work in Namibia, Africa, as founder and director of the
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Mimi Pollack, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –Take a team of writers in Brooklyn and give them a small yet important assignment: Write an illustrated children’s book about global warming and climate change and what kids can do to help. That’s exactly what an “all-in-the-family” writing team did, using the storytelling traditions they grew up with,
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The World We ShareBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — A native of Massachusetts, Stephen Siperstein is part of a national wake-up call about climate change studies and he is set to teach a course in the winter semester at the University of Oregon (UO) on the rise of the cli fi literary genre. ”Cli-fi” (novels and movies about
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Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — When Rabbi Jeffrey Newman in the UK — Emeritus Rabbi at the Finchley Reform Synagogue — shoots you an email from his office in England and it lands in your inbox with a special “ping” to it, you know it’s about something important and deserves prompt attention. Rabbi
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