By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California–This week, the Supreme Court made a very interesting decision and ruled that it’s unconstitutional to sentence a juvenile to life without the possibility of parole for the crime of murder. The original case involved the robbery and murder of Cole Cannon. Two young thugs, Evan Miller and […]
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin SALT LAKE CITY—It was Martin Luther King who described 11 A.M. on Sunday as “the most segregated hour of the week.” No faith community is free of hypocrisy or even cruelty, but the Southern Baptist Convention was founded upon the premise of white supremacy. Black folks were not only banned
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USABy Evelyn Gordon WASHINGTON, D.C. — On May 31, Israel delivered 91 bodies to the Palestinian Authority. The PA gave them full military funerals, complete with coffins draped in Palestinian flags and a 21-gun salute. While PA President Mahmoud Abbas didn’t speak, he laid wreaths on the coffins and presided over the ceremony. The
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By Isaac Yetiv , Ph. D. LA JOLLA, California — I recently reported critically on the US Chief Executive interfering with a co-equal branch of the government, the Judiciary. A few days later, President Obama actually encroached on the third co-equal branch, the Legislative. He announced that ” effective immediately, ” a whole group of
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USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –When George Orwell wrote his famous 1984, I doubt even he could have anticipated Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposal to ban large supersized beverages in New York’s food service restaurants and establishments. Obesity is certainly a problem for young people, but is it correct to assume that it’s
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USABy Peter Huessy WASHINGTON, D.C. — Russia is demanding the United States stop building missile defenses in Europe, just as it simultaneously assists Iran in building the very missiles that threaten NATO. In language reminiscent of the Cold War, Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again urging Washington to “better not to do this.” Russian
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USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — I love reading stories about real heroes in the world. No, they may not have great physiques like Batman or Superman; nor are they bulletproof, nor do they possess super-human powers or strength. In fact they look like ordinary people. A Hassidic Rebbe once said, “Why
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — What was so revealing at the time of his painful thrust into the national spotlight was the media refrain about “Motorist Rodney King.” It was as though the unlucky young man was in constant motion, agitated, seeking a place to alight, and ultimately homeless. It was 1991, Los
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USABy Isaac Yetiv , Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Since his election, President Obama ‘s relationship with the U.S. Supreme Court has been one of defiance and antagonism. In his State of the Union address of 2010, he flatly insulted the Justices who came to honor him by their presence . The TV picture clearly showed Justice Alito shaking
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By Ernie Weir NAPA, California — I was not at the White House ceremony last Wednesday, June 13, at which time President Obama honored Israeli President Peres with the US Medal of Freedom. Nevertheless, my family and I were immensely proud of the honor bestowed by our President upon Israeli President Peres. Our wines have
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Story and photos by Ilene Lerner BOSTON– “We are here because the meek shall inherit the earth,” stated Steven Greenberg, the executive director of the Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture, as we sat on the Vilna’s front patio. The Vilna Shul is a synagogue museum on the backside of Beacon Hill, and is
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — I received a phone call from a happy Yoni Peres on Wednesday night, June 13, a few hours after his father, Israel’s President Shimon Peres, was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House. Yoni, a veterinarian who occasionally
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Rabbi Stanley Rabinowitz, who helped comfort President Lyndon B. Johnson and the nation after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, died in his sleep Friday, June 8, in the nursing facility of Seacrest Village Retirement Community in Encinitas Rabinowitz, 95, longtime rabbi of Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation in
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Donald H. Harrison, USABy Isaac Yetiv, PhD LA JOLLA, California–It was recently reported , and we saw the pictures on TV, that a Planned Parenthood employee had helped, and encouraged, a woman to have an abortion because of the gender of the fetus. The woman didn’t want to give birth to a girl. My personal opinion about abortion
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