Daniel Dorsch Every Rosh Chodesh, our synagogue daily minyan holds a service in solidarity with the Women of the Wall who fight for religious equality in Israel. On Monday, women who would ordinarily be harassed leading services at the Kotel did so freely from our bimah. Instead of sneaking a Torah scroll into the Women’s […]
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO –“And they shall make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide and one and a half cubits high.” (Shemot 25:10) The Talmud Sanhedrin(29a) debates the source from where the concept ‘Whoever adds (to the Commandments) diminishes them’ is derived.
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By David Ogul SAN DIEGO — Judaism teaches that the world relies on three principles: religious observance, divine work and acts of kindness. Ira Lerner showed his dedication to this philosophy through his professional life, his commitment to his religion and his ties to his family and many friends. Professionally, he served his country as
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David Ogul, Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Translations of the Bible often reveal more about a translator’s world view than they do about the actual text. Once we decipher the context, a translation reveals something that is hidden to the reader. This is especially the case with respect to one of the more straightforward
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USABy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — In 1979 pop singer Nick Lowe put out a single that became a classic: “Cruel to be Kind”: Oh I can’t take another heartache Though you say you’re my friend, I’m at my wit’s end You say your love is bonafide, but that don’t coincide With the things
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Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, VideosBy Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO — The Torah (Exodus 23:6-11) lists several laws that pertain to judging the disadvantaged. “Do not pervert the judgment of a poor person in his disagreement. Distance yourself from falsehood. And do not take a bribe because a bribe blinds the eyes and perverts the words of the righteous.
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Jewish ReligionHaggai, Zechariah, and Malachi: Prophecy in an Age of Uncertainty by Hayyim Angel, Maggid Books, New Milford, CT, © 2016, ISBN 978-1-59264-413-1, p. 154 plus appendix, $24.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Jewish prophets are missionaries in the sense that God calls them to fulfill a task, such as conveying important information to the
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A bomb scare delayed the opening of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center on Tuesday, the same day local newspapers reported a dispute between the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and the Marine Corps Recruit Depot over the former’s request for permission to erect a menorah on the base
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USABy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — In this week’s parasha, Moses’ father-in-law, Yitro, learns about the miraculous Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. Moses’ wife and children had been staying with him in Midian and Yitro brings them to reunite with Moses in the wilderness. While visiting, Yitro notices all of the Israelites coming
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Jewish Religion, USABy Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO — After the Jews, had settled peacefully into their wilderness encampment, Yitro, Moshe’s father in law, brought Zipporah, Moshe’s wife and two sons from Midyan, to be reunited with their husband and father. Moshe and all the leaders hosted Yitro to a joyous celebratory meal in which they praised
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Jewish Religion(c) Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit surprisingly rejected the appeal of Susan Abeles, a Washington D.C. Orthodox Jew, who was punished by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) because she took off work for the last two days of Passover 2013, as she
Chicago Police are investigating an attack on the Chicago Loop Synagogue. The synagogue’s surveillance cameras show a dark-clothed man wearing a mask exit a dark vehicle, plaster swastika stickers on the synagogue’s front door, smash the synagogue’s front windows with a metal object, then run back to his car. Construction workers working nearby noticed the
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Jewish Religion, USAAll that Meir Kay wants from his audience is a smile. But the millions of YouTube hits don’t hurt, too By Lisa Klug NEW YORK — While Americans are still digesting the presidential inauguration, the new administration, and the Women’s Marches across the country, one of their brethren is putting his focus elsewhere. With a
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Jewish Religion, USAWINDSOR, England (Press Release) – A century after the U.K. declared its support for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Israel, the current Lord Balfour expressed pride in his great-grandfather’s “humanitarian act,” as Jewish leaders from around the world and some 700 Russian-speaking Jews from 18 European countries gathered in