Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — Two rabbis new to the San Diego scene made their Tashlich debuts on Thursday, the afternoon of Rosh Hashanah at Lake Murray. Tifereth Israel Synagogue and Temple Emanu-El, respectively Conservative and Reform, held their annual joint services. Rabbi Joshua Dorsch, wearing the […]
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyThe IDF has officially expunged the term “Temple Mount,” choosing instead to refer to Judaism’s holiest site as “behind the Kotel,” NRG reported. In a pamphlet given to soldiers going on a tour of Jerusalem, the guidebook given to soldiers says that the famous Binding of Yitzhak (Isaac) occurred “behind the Kotel,” using that term
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBernie Sanders was among seven Jewish senators who sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday urging him to implement an agreement to expand an egalitarian prayer plaza at the Western Wall. Netanyahu’s cabinet put a hold in June on the deal passed in 2016, drawing the ire of American Jewish leaders.
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USATomorrow night is Rosh Hashana, one of the two High HoIy Days of Judaism, or “Days of Awe,” as they are called in Hebrew. The other High Holy Day, nine days later, is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Just as there are many Christians who only go to church on Christmas and Easter, there
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Jewish ReligionThe IDF announced on Tuesday that it will put in place a closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, ahead of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, which starts Wednesday evening. The closure, a routine procedure during Israeli and Jewish holidays, is expected to last
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Jewish Religion, Middle East[youtube:2033070] In the run-up to the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin recorded a video message to Jewish communities around the world wishing them a happy and healthy New Year. In his message, the President noted the importance of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur as a time for reflection and soul searching,
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — Politics. Brutality. Greed. Incompetence. Uncertainty. At Rosh Hashanah, my people, a diverse and complex group, finds common comfort, sanctuary, and healing in one another. In other denominations, confession is a personal event, often realized between the confessor and a priestly intermediary. The cleric is charged with admonition but also
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Jewish ReligionNEW YORK — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday afternoon met with eight senior leaders of the American Jewish community to talk about a broad range of issues including Israel-Diaspora relations, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran. The meeting took place on the backdrop of an ongoing crisis between the Israeli government and Diaspora Jewry over
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA[youtube:2033013] U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday wished the Jewish people a Happy New Year, ahead of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah which will be celebrated on Wednesday at sundown. “The High Holy Days are a time of both reflection on the past year and hope for renewal in the year to come. Jewish communities
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Jewish Religion, USAMarthe Cohn being filmed by director Nicola Hens for the upcoming documentary ‘An Unusual Spy.’ (Courtesy) LOS ANGELES — The 4’11” French Jewish woman was walking through a field of snow when the ground underneath her began to crack. She was a spy for the Allies, sent to infiltrate the German front, but her military
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International, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & BroadcastMitchell Flint, an American aviator who helped form the Israeli Air Force in 1948 and served in Israel’s first fighter squadron has died. He was 94. Flint, a former US Navy fighter pilot, died Saturday in Los Angeles of natural causes, said his son, Michael Flint, the former head of Paramount Pictures. Get The Times
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Jewish History, Middle East, USAThe world’s richest Jew may have pledged to give the vast majority of his wealth to charity, but Mark Zuckerberg’s great-grandfather’s kiddush cup is staying in the family. Posting photos of his Shabbat candles and challah on Friday night, Zuckerberg said that he would be giving the ceremonial cup to his eldest daughter, Maxima. Get
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Jewish Religion, USALast week, reports surfaced that prominent haredi rabbi Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky ruled that traveling on Shabbat was permitted according to Jewish law for residents seeking to flee Hurricane Irma. The report was based on a video in which the rabbi says that the storm is dangerous and that Jews living there should leave. “The storm
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