WINDSOR, 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 […]
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Congregants, rabbis, representatives of Jewish agencies and organizations, staff, family, and friends feted Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal on Saturday evening, Feb. 4, to mark his retirement after 29 years service to Tifereth Israel Synagogue and the community. A catered dinner for several hundred in the Conservative congregation’s social hall
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort CARLSBAD, California — We are in the midst of the story of the Exodus of our people, the Jewish people, from Egyptian servitude. This part of our collective history is rich in lessons that apply to our lives today. Many people mistakenly believe that the Torah is filled with ancient wisdom
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By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – Four rabbis, three heads of Jewish organizations, and two elected officials urged opposition to President Trump’s seven-nation travel ban at a standing room only rally of more than 500 Jewish community members and friends at Congregation Beth El on Thursday night. Speakers included State Assemblyman Todd
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, USABy Morton A. Klein and Elizabeth Berney, Esq. NEW YORK — The left’s confusion about what constitutes “morality” compels us to explain why President Trump’s executive order titled “Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States” is a moral act, and why the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has been speaking out
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SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The City Council has declared January 31, 2017 as “Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal Day in San Diego.” A resolution prepared by Councilman Scott Sherman — in whose district Tifereth Israel Synagogue is situated — commended the Conservative rabbi for 29 years of service as the congregation’s spiritual leader. It noted that the
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Neither the United States nor Israel should be intimidated by Palestinian predictions of violence if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Sam Gundwerg, Israel’s consul general in Los Angeles, said Monday during a San Diego
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, USAEliezer Lawrence “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who am I? If not now, when?” Thus said Hillel the Elder in Ethics of our Fathers 1:14, and his words could not be more resonant. As my friends and I drove home from the
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Jewish Religion, USAMore than one million people, mostly European Jews were gassed, shot or hanged at Auschwitz. On World Holocaust Day, Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo paid homage to the victims of the Nazi death camp. Surrounded by some of the last survivors, she said “memory and truth are our responsibility, they are our weapons against evil.”
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International, Jewish Religion, USABy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — One of the most beloved children’s songs of the Passover Seder is the Frog Song: One day king Pharaoh awoke in his bed, There were frogs in his bed and frogs on his head. Frogs on his nose and frogs on his toes. Frogs here, frogs there, Frogs
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Jewish ReligionObstacle or Opportunity? You Decide! By Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO — When Moshe originally spoke to the Jewish people about G-d’s plan to redeem them, Moshe performed the signs G-d had given him. The people, upon witnessing the signs, were convinced that G-d had, indeed, sent Moshe to redeem them. They enthusiastically bowed down
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Jewish ReligionBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — There’s something about helping out with a minyan, especially to enable someone to say kaddish, that draws even some of the least observant among us, as does the obligation to say say kaddish itself. And, as solemn a mitzvah it is, there sometimes are humorous sidelights. When my father died in
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Jewish Religion, Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireProposal could face ministerial vote next week; Chief Rabbinate claims High Court does not have jurisdiction over holy sites By Raoul Wootliff Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men yell and protest Liberal Jewish men and women as they hold a prayer service in front of the Western Wall, in Jerusalem’s Old City, on June 16, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
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