By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Hiddush is an organization that by its self-definition is “for religious freedom and equality.” I referred to an opinion poll it sponsored recently in my April 25 reflections when I argued in favor of a Likud-Blue and White unity government in Israel (without Orthodox and ultra-right parties). In the
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Sam Litvin TEL AVIV, Israel — A rabbi shot in the hand, an 8-year-old girl who moved from Sderot and her 32-year-old uncle visiting from Israel, a mother with a 22-year-old who shielded the Rabbi with her body: are these the victims of the right or the left. He was a teenager, 19, with
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Sam Litvin, San Diego County, USAConsoler and Enabler-in-Chief By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−After the shooting at Chabad of Poway by a white supremacist armed with an AR-15 rifle, President Trump commented: “My deepest sympathies go to the families who were affected. Looks like a hate crime. Hard to believe!” * When asked the day before if he still believed there
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By Mimi Pollack LA MESA, California — The Bravo TV channel, owned by NBC, is known for its over the top reality shows. These shows include, The Real Wives of Beverly Hills, etc. The shows portray the everyday trials and tribulations of wealthy women and their families. Now, Bravo has decided to expand that repertoire
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International, Mimi Pollack, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Getting a PhD in physics from Oxford University wasn’t enough for a British YouTuber known as @ClimateAdam. Worried about the future impacts of runaway global warming, but full of hope and optimism that humans can find ways to stop climate change before it gets unstoppable, he decided to
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO –What are you? For people of mixed ethnicity, this is a common question. That’s why it’s the title of a new work by Asian Story Theater along with Teatro Máscara Mágica and San Diego Black Ensemble Theatre. I first saw Asian Story Theater back in ’98 at Kids Night
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Eric George Tauber, International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The result of the recent municipal elections in Turkey represents a major shift in public sentiment toward President Erdogan, which will have major political ramifications that will bring him down in disgrace. It is true that the economic crisis and the ineptitude he exhibited in dealing with it played
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — After blowing hot, then cold, then hot, then cold again, the weather in Israel seems finally to have settled down to the appropriate behavior for this time of the year. Yes, I know that for a while last week it was warmer and sunnier in London than here,
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — An opinion poll published last Tuesday has it that 66 percent of Israelis want a government that includes the two largest parties, Likud and Blue and White. Without the benefit of research I wrote on April 16 along similar lines. Even though both parties will have the same number
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Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – Four Democratic members of Congress agreed Wednesday that the Trump Administration – particularly the Departments of Education and Veterans Affairs – must do more to protect veterans from the predatory practices of some for-profit colleges and technical schools. A hearing co-chaired by U.S. Reps. Susan Davis and
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Six weeks, eleven flights, six states, one one-week cruise and four countries (in addition to the USA). That is feeble compared with the Beatles’ tour of the USA in 1965 (twenty-five cities in thirty days), but they were much younger than we were (and probably flew first class).
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Travel and Food, USA“We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid.”― Christopher Hitchens By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California —
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International, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USARevenue to fund program for prevention of gun violence SACRAMENTO (Press Release) –Legislation by Assemblymember Marc Levine (D-Marin County) to impose a statewide excise tax of $25 on the sale of handguns and semiautomatic weapons was approved Monday by the Assembly Public Safety Committee on a partisan 8 to 3 vote. Co-authored by eight legislators
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SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) — Eighty organizations that span the political spectrum today called on University of Massachusetts Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy to rescind all named university sponsorship of an upcoming political event that the groups are concerned will “incite animosity towards supporters of Israel, including Jewish and pro-Israel students on your campus.” They also
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