Happy 100th birthday Walter Bernstein
Screenwriter Walter Bernstein was born this day (August 20) in 1919.
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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & BroadcastJudaism
From swastikas to butterflies
How do we make the Holocaust accessible to students? What’s at stake, for them, for us, for the world? But equally important, what can we learn from working with one another? – Sondra Perl -Second in a series- By Maren Oom Galarpe SAN DIEGO — As an arts educator and perpetual student of life, I
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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USAChildren’s book tells of Miep Gies’s heroism
Miep and the Most Famous Diary by Meeg Pincus, illustrated by Jordi Solano, Sleeping Bear Press (c) 2019, ISBN 9791534-11-0250, 40 pages, for children 6-10; $17.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The story of the woman who hid Anne Frank and her family focuses on the time immediately after the Franks were dragged
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish HistoryJewish trivia quiz: Greenland
By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Donald Trump has recently expressed interest in the possibility of the United States purchasing Greenland from Denmark (Note: It is NOT for sale). While it is not exactly clear why Trump is interested, it may be related to the natural resources on the island (iron, oil, gold, uranium
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International, Jewish History, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireHappy birthday Norm Coleman
Former U.S. Senator Norm Coleman, R-Minn., was born this day (August 17) in 1949.
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Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASan Diego County celebrates Israel’s day of love
By Donald H. Harrison ENCINITAS, California – Up and down San Diego County, Jewish congregations and organizations are beginning to embrace the celebration of Tu b’Av, a relatively unknown holiday in the United States, but considered to be the equivalent of Valentines Day in Israel. This secular year, it arrived on the evening of August
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastRemembering Gabriel Lippmann
Gabriel Lippmann, born this day (August 16) in 1845 won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of a process to take color photographs.
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International, Jewish HistoryAbraham and Isaac after the Akedah
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Was Isaac extremely angry that Abraham tried to kill him? Many people are convinced that Isaac was angry with his father because he lied to him when he said that the two were going on a trip to offer a sacrifice to God, implying that the
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish ReligionWeiss propounds ‘Open Orthodoxy’ in new book
Journey to Open Orthodoxy by Avraham “Avi” Weiss, Ktav Publishing and Urim Publishing, New York © 2019, ISBN 978-1-60280-318-3, p. 592, plus appendix and index, $29.95. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Reform Judaism in eighteenth century Germany and Hasidism in the Ukraine in the same century represent the first modern ruptures in traditional Judaism;
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionHappy Birthday Stephen Breyer
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was born this day (August 15) in 1938.
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Jewish History, USAReasons for skepticism in Israeli election
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In this last month before the elections in Israel I find it very difficult to believe anything the political parties are telling us about themselves. (This includes Benny Gantz, the leader of Blue and White, who often says one thing and its opposite almost in the same breath). I
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Judaism, Middle EastJeffrey Epstein suicide denies victims their closure
By Amy Neustein, Ph.D FORT LEE, New Jersey — As a Jewish feminist and child advocate, I was horrified to learn of the cruel and abusive behavior committed by convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. I am doubly pained by the fact that he was a Jew. It is not because our religion is
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Amy Neustein, Jewish Religion, USAD’var Torah for Shabbat, August 17
Va’etchanan By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — The first word of this week’s parasha, Va’etchanan, means “I pleaded.” Moshe pleaded with Hashem to see the Land of Israel. Hashem heard his pleas, and the answer? “No.” How many times do we plead, pray, even beg Hashem for an outcome and it doesn’t go
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Jewish Religion, Michael MantellNotes on Torah reading for August 17, 2019
Torah parsha “Va-Ethannan”-Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 By Irv Jacobs LA JOLLA, California The most memorable passages in this parsha are the Ten Commandments, the classic epitome of Jewish contribution to Western civilization. But are the Commandments original? Do these famous lines have precedents in earlier ancient cultures? In fact, the ideas of the Commandments made an early appearance in
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Irv Jacobs, MD, Jewish Religion