By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Off to a caterpillar’s start in its first decade, the worldwide Butterfly Project, which began in 2006 at the San Diego Jewish Academy, today in its 11th year has taken wing and is gathering momentum and supporters. Cheryl Rattner Price, who cofounded the project with former SDJA […]
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International, Jewish History, San Diego CountyNew findings at Amarna, the capital of an eccentric ‘monotheistic’ king, indicate a disposable juvenile labor force. Could there be a connection to the Hebrews? By Amanda Borschel-Dan While the archaeological record may not shore up the biblical account of the Exodus from Egypt, in light of recent finds one could be forgiven for speculating
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Unusual Bible Interpretations: Jonah and Amos, by Rabbi Israel Drazin; Gefen Publishing House, 2016; ISBN-10: 9652298859; ISBN-13: 978-9652298850 By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — I would like to begin this book review with a conversation I had with the publisher of San Diego Jewish World, Don Harrison. He asked me whether there was
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Ken Stone Times of San Diego LA JOLLA, California — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eric Lichtblau, author of an exposé of the Nazi era’s shameful American aftermath, is worried what a future historian might say about today’s War on Terror. With James Risen, Eric Lichtblau won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for revealing
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Ken Stone, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Joel H. Cohen (A Shavuot highlight is the reading of the Book of Ruth, a remarkable widow who, rather than return to her native Moab and her own family, chose to stay with her mother-in-law and accompany her on her spiritual and physical journey, adopting her people and religion. How Ruth’s family reacted to that
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Jewish Religion, Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireThe Jewish Calendar: History and Inner Workings by Dr. Fred Reiss; (c) 2017; ISBN 9781544-72382. By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The study of the Jewish calendar is not one of the easiest topics to research. It is an area that most rabbis have at best a general knowledge of the history.
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiRamallah – Fatah central committee official Jibril Rajoub’s recent remarks that Jerusalem’s Buraq Wall “must remain under Jewish sovereignty” sparked a wave of criticism among Palestinians. He told Israel’s Channel 2 television that he agrees that the Buraq Wall (Wailing Wall) should remain under Israeli control. US President Donald Trump visited the site, he noted,
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SAN DIEGO –Shelley Berman was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1961 and married the love of his life, Rosalyn, in 1962. Together they moved to San Diego when he was stationed on the carrier USS Constellation, and made San Diego their permanent home. After the military, he was in the
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyFormer major league outfielder Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental health issues throughout his 17-year career, died Saturday at the age of 87. Piersall died at a care facility in Wheaton, Ill, according to the Boston Red Sox. He had been battling an illness for multiple months. Piersall was a two-time All-Star with the Red Sox
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Obituaries & memorials, Sports & Competitions, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — Unbelievably, June 5 is the 50th anniversary of Israel’s lightning victory over the gathered Arab nations in the Six Day War of June 5-11, 1967. The Jewish state paid a heavy price to survive; the rest of us need to pay tribute. When we were children living there some
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Jewish History, Middle EastDeputy minister who penned text on Six Day War says claim in NY Times report doesn’t ‘hold water,’ and it’s ‘unacceptable’ to cite just one source By Times of Israel staff Kulanu MK Michael Oren, who would later that year be appointed as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s office in charge of pubic diplomacy,
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Jewish History, Middle EastLisa Silverstein Tzur Many years ago when I was a student rabbi, our congregation was chosen to receive one of the 1800 Czechoslovakian torah scrolls confiscated by the Nazis during WWII. Decades after the war, one by one, these sifrei torah were redistributed to congregations around the world, and we were ecstatic to accept one
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — One of the many things Israelis are being made aware of, if they honestly reflect on the effect of the Six Day War fifty years after the event, is the distinction between military and political victory. That it was a military victory is obvious. I still recall the euphoria
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Jewish History, Middle EastJack McCloskey, who assembled two NBA championship teams as general manager of the Detroit Pistons, died Thursday in Savannah, Ga., the team announced. McCloskey, 91, had Alzheimer’s disease, and his wife, Leslie, told the Detroit Free Press last month that he was in a Savannah facility that cares for patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia. McCloskey
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