Eve Gerstle, 100, last known Jewish survivor of Wiesbaden Editor’s Note: We received the unhappy news on Friday, October 23, 2015, that Eve Gerstle had died two days earlier. A Holocaust survivor who lived to see her 101st birthday, Gerstle was well-loved in her adopted San Diego community. In her memory, we reprint this story […]
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History
SAN DIEGO (SDJW)– We don’t know who Tamara5 is and even if we did, it is not the policy of San Diego Jewish World to identify the drivers of cars whose license plates intrigue us. But we do know that Tamara is a name derived from “Tamar” which in Hebrew means date palm tree. In
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – No doubt about it, the Jewish community of San Diego made a lot of dough Thursday night, Oct. 22. And community members will bake it into challot (challahs) in time to serve them with Friday night Shabbat dinners throughout the county. It was all part of the Shabbat
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, San Diego County
JERUSALEM (WJC) — A delegation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR) met with Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė in Tel Aviv on Wednesday morning, Oct. 21, to discuss a number of issues. The meeting was also attended by the Baltic country’s foreign minister, Linas Linkevičius. Grybauskaitė told the WJC-ICFR
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastP.M. Netanyahu distorts Holocaust history By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Binyamin Netanyahu, the son of a respected historian, should know better than to distort history for his political purposes. Addressing the Zionist Congress currently in session in Jerusalem he said that Hitler didn’t want to exterminate the Jews, only to expel them from
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Jewish History, Middle EastWere other genocides comparable to the Holocaust? LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — Was the Holocaust unique, or was it a catastrophe comparable to other genocides? This question has engaged historians for decades and is the topic of a lecture by Norman Naimark, who specializes in modern Eastern European history and the history of ethnic
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Jewish History, San Diego Calendar
-26th in a Series– Exit 10, College Avenue, San Diego ~ Temple Emanu-El By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Temple Emanu-El, swathed in Jerusalem stone, houses a Reform congregation that has occupied this property in the Del Cerro neighborhood since 1978. Initially, there was a former Baptist church where the courtyard and sanctuary stand
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food
By Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — Al Gore was awarded the year 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his wide reaching efforts to draw the world’s attention to the dangers of global warming. Also nominated was Irena Sendler for “rescuing the most vulnerable of an oppressed minority from the horror of totalitarian mass murder”. During
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International, Jewish HistoryLord Get Me High! by Rabbi Elchanan Shoff, Kodesh Press, New York; ISBN 978-069-250-143-6 ©2015, $24.95, p. 109 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D WINCHESTER, California –Psalm 27, the subject of Rabbi Elchanan Shoff’s newest book Lord Get Me High!, is every bit as commanding in its imagery and meaning as its more well-known cousin, the Twenty-Third Psalm.
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion
What did Ben Carson really say about guns and the Holocaust? By Abraham H. Miller/JNS.org The explosive controversy over Ben Carson’s remarks about Jews and guns illustrates a new low in media spin. Carson is a Republican presidential nomination frontrunner, and the legacy press needs to undermine his credibility. Therefore, the controversy is not remotely
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Jewish History, USAHolocaust film nominated for an Irish Oscar By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, TAIWAN — A Holocaust documentary produced by Gerry Gregg for Irish TV and titled Close to Evil has been nominated for the Irish Film and Television Academy(IFTA) awards, dubbed the ”Irish Oscars” in Dublin, and the awards ceremony is set to take place on October 22, according to
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Jewish History
UCSD announces Holocaust Living History Workshop schedule LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — For the eighth consecutive year, the University of California, San Diego Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLWH) will host a series of educational events to broaden understanding of the past, foster tolerance, and preserve the memory of victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
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Jewish History
STRASBOURG, France (JNS.org) In a victory for Jews observing the tradition of brit milah, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has overturned a 2013 resolution calling the ritual circumcision of men a “violation of the physical integrity of children according to human rights standards.” In the wake of significant lobbying on the
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International, Jewish Religion
-25th in a series- Exit 9, Waring Road, San Diego ~ Tifereth Israel Synagogue By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Tifereth Israel Synagogue’s third home at 6660 Cowles Mountain Boulevard is a spiritual home filled with Judaic art and music. Formed initially as an Orthodox congregation in 1905, the congregation’s first synagogue at 18th
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and Food