By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Government is no less complex than politics. That should be no surprise, insofar government is the creation of politicians, and is worked, modified, and stymied as politicians deal with one another to get what some of them want, and to keep what some of them want from happening. Some of […]
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Ira Sharkansky, USABy Joel A. Moskowitz, MD LA JOLLA, California — Some will find fault with my thesis. Others will acknowledge the validity. The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact With Hitler by Ben Urwand has been reviewed positively and negatively. The essence of the book is that some Nazis wanted to suppress ‘negative’ themes which would be detrimental to
Nazism and Islamism found adherents in U.S. Read More »
USABy Liz Halpern BOULDER, Colorado–Hi there! My name is Liz Halpern and I grew up in Boulder/ Throughout the devastation of this flood, I have seen countless people coming together to help each other out. However, one group in particular, really peaked my interest. That is Rabbi Yisroel Wilhelm and Chabad at the University of
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USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The Wise Men of Chelm have an iconic and legendary status in the history of Jewish storytelling. According to traditions to have emerged from Eastern Poland, the town of Chelm had a dubious reputation for being incredibly foolish. Whenever the townspeople were confronted with any kind
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Jewish Federation of San Diego County (Federation) has launched the Colorado Flood Relief Fund to help organizations and individuals impacted by the devastating floods in Boulder County and Northern Colorado. One-hundred percent of all donations to the Colorado Flood Relief Fund will go directly to those affected, both Jewish
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USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California– There may be some kind of national spirit in India, or in China, or possibly in Finland. No one should really judge. The Germans have their technology, the French their superiority, and the Italians their wine. But the former ceded their hearts to a psychotic jingoism that ignited both
Yes, Mr. Putin, America is exceptional Read More »
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By Isaac Yetiv , Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Let me say at the outset that I am one of the 71% who are strongly opposed to a military action against Syria, and that I have expressed my opinion to the White House and to my elected representatives in the Congress (House and Senate). The president’s handling
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama and supporters of an American strike on Syria have characterized negative American public opinion as “war-weariness.” They are trying to overcome it with exhortations about America’s special responsibility, or America’s credibility, or the president’s credibility, or the terribleness of the fighting there. The public isn’t buying it,
Americans not war-weary, but are ‘war-wary’ Read More »
Shoshana Bryen, USABy Isaac Yetiv , Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — The Jewish immigrants to the United States at the turn of the previous century, fleeing the pogroms and persecutions in Eastern Europe, chanted their hope to reach “the goldeneh medineh,” the golden country. And so did the masses of new immigrants from other parts of the
AWFul government: Abuse, Waste Fraud Read More »
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By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — A friend of mine in Israel told me the following story: Shortly after the Yom Kippur War in 1973 a young man went to enroll in a basic Judaism class in Israel. My friend asked him why he wanted to study the Torah. The young man, whose name was
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USABy Morton A. Klein and Susan B. Tuchman NEW YORK — With the start of a new school year, there’s reason to be concerned: Anti-Semitism is a serious problem on some college campuses, causing Jewish students to feel threatened and even fear for their safety. Yet the U.S. government is not enforcing the law to protect
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — It was a wonderful passage through the 50th anniversary of The Dream, replete with truly credentialed achievements, a variety of historical revelations, and a share of significant embellishments. The latter grouping included the beatification of Martin Luther King Jr.—a real person who had only some relationship with the
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By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO– Russia has approached the United States about transferring Chelsea (Bradley) Manning to Russian custody. It urged the United States to drop the 35 year sentence against him for leaking classified documents in return for Russia imposing a hefty fine and jailing him for a year for promoting a transgender lifestyle.
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Lawrence Baron, USABy Nancy K. Kaufman There’s a funny thing about anniversaries — just as we look back with nostalgia on the way things were, too, do we inevitably reflect on how things have changed in the intervening years. So it is as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Voting rights: Is the U.S. going backwards? Read More »
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