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By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –This past week, I enjoyed watching some scary zombie movies on Hulu and Netflix; it’s a custom I have kept since I was a boy of seven or eight years old. Halloween was always a fun time for me as a child. Watching scary movies still remains […]
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food
By Jerry Klinger Herman Stern was a small-town North Dakota clothier based in Valley City. He was isolated, remote from any major Jewish community. He and his wife lived their lives modestly and with community respected dignity on the Dakota Plains. Stern became a major, American Holocaust rescuer. On Oct. 15, 2016, the State Historical
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USAHumoring the Headlines: Weinergate By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−The bad news is that Hillary Clinton emails from her tenure as Secretary of State were found on Anthony Weiner’s laptop. The good news is that they were all marked “Confidential” by Weiner and forwarded to underage girls. * The bad news is that the FBI is
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAThe Koren Sukkot Maḥzor; Introduction, Translation, and Commentary by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, © 2015, ISBN 978-965-301-659-0, p. 1465, $24.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – When a knowledgeable Jew hears the Hebrew word maḥzor, more than likely an image appears of a sanctuary filled with Jews praying during the High Holidays,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The FBI is in the headlines regarding its investigation of Hillary Clinton and her e-mails. The FBI has a long history of being involved in investigations that may not make any sense. The FBI file on Albert Einstein was over 1400 pages in length. Why did the FBI conduct an
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Devil Out of Texas by Roger Raffee, 2016; Amazon Publications; 456 pages; now on Kindle. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Author Roger Raffee, a fellow San Diegan, has written a novel—and I’ll repeat that word “novel”—purportedly about a great-great grandfather who was a sure-shooting, fast-drawing Texas Ranger who could snuff out a
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, USABy Mimi Pollack LA MESA, California — Many of us lead very busy lives, and there are many self help books out there to help people find ways to cope. However, it is nice to find one that gives concise advice on ways to make your life less stressful, healthy and even lighten your footprint
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Mimi PollackBy Eileen Wingard ENCINITAS, California — The Israeli duo, violinist Asi Matathias and pianist Victor Stanislavsky, shone in their recent recital at the Encinitas Library, under the auspices of Virtuosi USA, a concert series sponsored by the Friends of Musical Arts, under the direction of Michael Tseitlin. Matathias and Stanislavsky have performed in San Diego
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican, just announced that he is endorsing Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for president in the upcoming election. Colin Powell has some knowledge of Yiddish. Where did he learn to speak this language? A. Powell grew up in the South Bronx,
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — I was born in 1947. When I was growing up on the north side of Chicago, I had no inkling that the Chicago Cubs had played in a World Series two years earlier, let alone that the last time they won the Series was in 1908. All I knew
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — “Truth’s a game. It’s the lies that are deadly serious.” Imagine that your country is invaded and your king takes refuge in your house. The invading soldiers knock on your door and ask if you know the whereabouts of your king. You must now choose between your duty
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Dreidels on the Brain by Joel Ben Izzy; Penguin Young Readers Group; © 2016; 318 pages, $17.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – With Chanukah soon approaching, this is an enjoyable school boy’s story about Jewish holidays, magic performances, not knowing that a girl you like reciprocates your crush, an ailing father, and a
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonThe Third Presidential Debate-TGIO By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Trump supporters were impressed with how much their candidate had matured since the second debate. He managed not to stalk Hillary Clinton when she was speaking, waited nearly thirty minutes before interrupting her, and did not label her the devil. * Hillary Clinton supported legal abortion
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York – Bob Dylan recently received the Nobel Prize for Literature, “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” as noted by the Swedish Academy which chooses the winners. In 1975, Dylan appeared at a congregational seder at Hollywood’s Temple Israel. What song did he perform at the
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire