By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — I’ve often contended that had there not been a State of Israel, Judaism would by now been confined to museums. Enclaves of Orthodox Jews would perhaps continue to practice their ways in the manner of the Amish in the United States. The majority would assimilate. I’ve now come to
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Middle East
Two Who Survived: Keeping Hope Alive While Surviving the Holocaust; Rose & Max Schindler’s story, written by M. Lee Connolly; MRS Publishing © 2019; ISBN 9781738-19877; 179 pages including glossary; $21.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There is a romantic notion in popular Judaism that everyone has a bashert – a special person
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — A young man, Dvir Sorek, religious, a bit short of going from his Yeshiva to the army, was killed as he walked the path from the bus stop to his settlement. It demonstrated, once again, that roadside killings in the West Bank are the most popular targets for Palestinian terrorists.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — It was a venue of juxtaposition on Sunday, August 11. In Mission Bay, a dog rode on a paddle board, with it and its master somehow keeping their balance as the wake from a powerboat rocked the board on its course. Elsewhere,
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, USA
The Cities that Built the Bible by Robert R. Cargill, HarperOne, 2016 By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France — This overview of the history of the Ancient Near East as it relates to the events described in the Bible is written in a language that is accessible to any reader who is not an expert in archaeology
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Mark R. Levin’s very informative book Unfreedom of the Press may surprise many readers when they discover that the book is filled with eye-opening fascinating information that is written in clear easy-to-read English. Levin covers many interesting subjects relating to the press, newspapers, TV, radio, attacks on
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., USA
By H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — If you are reading this, you are probably Jewish and live in California. Even if you’re not, you should do the right thing. There is an August 15th deadline to protest the proposed anti-Semitic California schools curriculum. The people who wrote the curriculum do not know (or don’t care)
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — After our wedding in April 1949 in Beverly Hills, my husband, Sam Josefowitz, and I started our lives together in New York. Sam and his brother David came up with the idea—adapted from the Book of the Month Club—to start a record of the month club. David
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International, Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — President Trump’s rhetoric that might have inspired killers like Patrick Crusius in El Paso and Connor Betts in Dayton, Ohio, last Saturday (Aug. 3) along with Mitch McConnell’s refusal to move gun control legislation, are certainly disgraceful, but their behavior can perhaps be taken up a serious notch. They
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International, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Jewish Family Service’s “On the Go” program in conjunction with Ed Brown Center is one of three senior centers selected from across the country to test an outreach and education program connecting older adults with ridesharing services, so they can participate in health and wellness programs. The pilot program is
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San Diego County, Travel and Food, USABy H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — Every time I move to a new city and join a synagogue, I ask the rabbi what he thinks about political talk in the synagogue. In my parents’ time, it wasn’t an issue. Being so close to the suffering Jews had experienced in Europe under a myriad of different political
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Jewish Religion, USA
By Irv Jacobs, MD LA JOLLA, California — Dr. Itamar Kahn is a distinguished Israeli professor at the Technion, focused on Neuro-degenerative diseases research, at its Prince Center. His biography is most unusual. Interest early on, with a B.S. in computer science from Ben Gurion University, gave him an entrée into neurosurgery operating rooms, where
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Irv Jacobs, MD, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Consider the following facts as you wend your way to the Guggenheim Museum and its uppermost gallery, where you will presently find “The Death of Michael Stewart” (1983), Basquiat’s gut-punching tribute to a slain artist, and the centerpiece for an exhibition that could hardly be more timely. Black people
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA
LOS ANGELES — StandWithUs, the pro-Israel group which offers intellectual debate to Israel’s campus detractors, has issued an “Action Alert” warning against a proposed school curriculum in California that supports the anti-Israel movement. The organization issued the following notice: The State of California is currently reviewing a model Ethnic Studies curriculum, which openly promotes hateful boycotts against Israel
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA