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Davis offers potpourri of measures to aid military

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –  As the House Armed Services Committee considers the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) throughout the day on Wednesday, Congresswoman Susan Davis (CA-53) added key measures to the base bill. As a senior member of the committee, Davis influences policy changes and crafts key provisions each year in the bill. […]

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International, San Diego County, USA

The hidden meanings of the Hebrew alphabet

By Zev Bar-Lev SAN DIEGO – A student, let’s call her Ida, says: “I find the Hebrew language completely opaque, as if hidden from me by a thick curtain. I’ve memorized the whole alphabet, all the shapes & their sounds, but I can’t make much out of words, much less sentences—even with a bunch of

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Those of Jewish blood quite populous

By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin  BOCA RATON, Florida — Most people are convinced that there are comparatively few Jews in the world, only about 13.3 million in 2001, about 1.4 percent of the world population.  Of these 4.9 million lived in Israel and 8.3 million outside the Holy Land. Logic would dictate that the actual

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International, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

NMAJH devotes exhibition to ‘Notorious RBG’

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Press Release)—The National Museum of American Jewish History (NMAJH) will be the premier East Coast venue for Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first-ever exhibition about the trailblazing associate justice. Based on the New York Times bestselling book of the same name and created in partnership with its

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Jewish History, USA

Jewish trivia quiz: Shavuot

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Shavuot (the Sephardic and Israeli pronunciation), or Shavuos (the Ashkenazic pronunciation) just ended. The holiday commemorates God’s giving of the Torah to Moses and the Israelites at Mt. Sinai. Shavuot traditions include eating dairy food, participating in all-night study sessions, and reading the Ten Commandments and the

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Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

‘A Walk in the Woods,’ old but current

By Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel SOLANA BEACH, California — A Walk in The Woods at the North Coast Rep is engaging, informative and entertaining with a fine script and superb acting. The history of the play goes back the Cold War when Russia controlled Eastern Europe, half of Germany, and half of Berlin, while the

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

‘Anne Frank’ may be presented to Muslims in Urdu

By Navras J. Aafreedi. Ph.D KOLKATA, India –The Diary of Anne Frank has been translated into seventy languages, including a few South Asian ones.  These include Hindi, the official link language of India and the fourth most widely spoken language with 341 million speakers; Bengali, the national language of Bangladesh and the fifth most widely

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Why Democrats oppose Trump’s Israel stands

By Ron Klein WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jewish voters are voting their values, and disapprove of Trump’s handling of nearly every issue. According to a non-partisan poll of 1,000 Jewish voters commissioned by the Jewish Electorate Institute (JEI) in May, Jews overwhelmingly disapprove of Trump’s policies on nearly every issue because they are inconsistent with Jewish

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Middle East, USA

Florida shooting survivors appeal for gun laws

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California –Two remarkable young people, Sofie Whitney and Brendan Duff, both alumni of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, were at the Lawrence Family JCC last Sunday evening, talking about the shooting at their high school on February 14, 2018.  They were interviewed by Jordan Harrison, senior director

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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, USA