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A scholarly family writes of Chanukah, Purim

Moadim Perspectives: Chanukah – Purim, by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, Rabbi Dr. Solomon Breuer, and Rabbi Dr. Joseph Breuer, Feldheim Publishers, New York, © 2018, ISBN 978-1-68025-072-5, p. 241, $22.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –  Moadim Perspectives: Chanukah – Purim is the third in a series of books on Jewish holidays by the Rabbi […]

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Fred Reiss, EdD, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion

U.S. must end its war on immigrants

By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — No more of this assault on immigrants! I will no longer tolerate this ugly national mood–especially the brazen, indulgent persecution of immigrants and so-called “foreigners.”  It hurts the heart and it’s wrong. I am an immigrant to this country, arriving at the age of nine.  My parents chose

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Son relates his father’s Holocaust survival

Through My Father’s Eyes by Barry Fischer; Fischer Family Press; © 2014; ISBN 9780991-073313; 211 pages; $19.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –This memoir is a good introduction to the Holocaust for middle school students and older.  It is written in a clear, conversational style, the author remembering how his father, Mayer Fischer, described

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History

Orthodox network sends emissaries to San Diego

EFRAT, Israel  — Two years ago, Rabbi Gideon Osher Shmueli donated a kidney to a stranger, saving that individual’s life. These days, he works at Magen David Yeshivah in Brooklyn, N.Y., teaching Hebrew and bringing with that teaching the culture and values of Judaism and eretz Yisrael, the land of Israel. To him, teaching about Judaism

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International, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Others before Bibi and Donald castigated ‘fake news’

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Prominent in what’s similar between the Great Leaders of the US and Israel are their claims about the media. Fake news, especially from the mainstream-leftwing print and electronic. Those who worry see these preoccupations as the tricks of demagogues. Some have compared them with how Hitler moved toward the complete

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Home is where the hearth is

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — As always, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom gave her traditional Christmas message, which was televised and broadcast all over the world. Although I don’t usually pay it much attention, this year I happened to catch it live on TV, and watched with greater interest than usual,

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

The Holocaust seen through its postal history

Holocaust Postal History by Justin Gordon; Six Point Watermark;© 2016; ISBN 9780997-840100; 138 pages plus glossaries, bibliography and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The author of this richly illustrated book deserved compliments for his persistence as a collector, his clarity as a writer, and his ability as a researcher.  No matter how

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History

Holocaust museum completes memorable Portland trip

  (c) Oliver Pollak PORTLAND, Oregon — In the Summer of 2017 we took a 5,500-mile road trip. Richmond, California to Vancouver. The California and Oregon coasts were beautiful. Fish and chips galore. Right turn to the Trans-Canada Highway to a wedding in Winnipeg. Right turn to Omaha, Nebraska. Right turn and back to California. We

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Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, USA