Judaism

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, the Holocaust and X-Men

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Marvel Comics founder Stan Lee died Monday.  As a memorial to him, here’s an excerpt from an article I wrote in 2003 about the first X-Men movie: The creators of the X-Men comic book series belong to the generation of American-born Jews who sought acceptance and social mobility through assimilation. […]

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Lawrence Baron, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: November 12, 2018 (3 items)

Reform rabbis to gather at the U.S.-Mexico border to seek protection for refugees This week, Reform rabbis from across the country will lead a pilgrimage to the U.S. border with Mexico to call attention to three ongoing crises near the border: The asylum seekers languishing on the El Paso-Juarez bridge, teenagers confined to a tent

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International, Jewish Religion, USA

Chanukah music in reggae style

By Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel ENCINITAS, California — You’re just in time for a Chanukah treat with the release of the new CD album, “The Festival of Lights.” It blends popular Chanukah Hebrew folk songs and Jamaican reggae musical styles with singers and an eclectic group of instruments: Horns , Piano, Percussion, Guitar, Saxophone, Trumpet,

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, International, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Editor’s E-Mail Box: November 11, 2018 (6 items)

Non-Israelis may sue in Israeli court those who harm them because they are Jews  Judge Moshe Drori has ruled in Jerusalem Court that non-Israelis who are harmed because they are Jewish have the standing to sue their attackers in Israeli courts.  The ruling came in a case brought by the Shurat HaDin Law Center on

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Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Synagogue members hold Veterans Day ceremony

    By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In honor of the centennial of the Armistice that ended World War I, members and friends of the Tifereth Israel Synagogue Men’s Club on Veteran’s Day Sunday hoisted a fresh American flag up the flagpole, pledged allegiance, sang “God Bless America” (composed by Jewish immigrant Irving

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: November 9, 2018 (6 items)

World Jewish Congress marks 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht The World Jewish Congress on Friday commemorated the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass), the 1938 Nazi-led pogroms in which more than 1,000 synagogues were burned, windows smashed, shops looted, and individual Jews rounded up to be sent to concentration camps. Four hundred people

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: November 7, 2018 (3 items)

Ethiopian Bible contestant’s family immigrates to Israel The family of Sintayehu Shaparou, the Ethiopian who competed in Israel’s April 2018 Chidon HaTanach (Bible quiz) contest, arrived in Israel on Tuesday, Nov. 6 – the first and only family allowed to immigrate to Israel in 2018. “I am so happy to have come to Israel,” said

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions

Christina de Jesus is a Jewish song leader

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — On the third Friday evening of each month, the Shir Chadash (New Song) Band leads services celebrating Shabbat at Tifereth Israel Synagogue.  The young mother whose alto voice provides the harmonies to the Shabbat melodies is an example of religious mobility.  Just hearing that her name is “Christina

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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Clergy, officials turn out for vigil at Beth Shalom

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — On Thursday night, Nov. 1, almost 140 gathered at Temple Beth Shalom to participate in a special ecumenical memorial service for those murdered in last week’s Shabbat service at the Tree of Life Synagogue, located in the Squirrel Hill Jewish area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, San Diego County, USA

Snippets from ‘Show Up on Shabbat’ weekend

SDJW staff report SAN DIEGO (SDJW) – In synagogues in San Diego and across the country, Jews and their friends answered the call of the American Jewish Committee to “Show Up for Shabbat” to demonstrate just one week after the Pittsburgh massacre that people of good conscience will not be intimidated. Contributors to San Diego

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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Eileen Wingard, Eva Trieger, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Sheryl Rowling

Editor’s E-Mail Box: November 2, 2018 (4 items)

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin briefed reporters by telephone about the new sanctions against Iran that go into effect on Monday, Nov. 5.  Here is a transcript of their statements: SECRETARY POMPEO –Earlier this year, President Trump withdrew from the fatally flawed nuclear deal and implemented a new campaign

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA