Judaism

His Top Ten will endure

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Skip the miracle stories; they are more like cartoons than remedies.  Don’t depend on messiahs—they usually wind up flawed, exposed, or defeated.  The best prescription in Scripture is the lean and inclusive behavior manual we all call The Ten Commandments. That gnawing dread that follows us around now, that […]

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Jewish Religion

I-8 Jewish Travel: Survivor built a fortune

  -14th in a series- Exit 5: Mission Center Road, Westfield Mission Valley Shopping Center By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The Westfield Mission Valley Shopping Center is one of more than 100 shopping centers in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States controlled by a corporation owned by the Lowy

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and Food

The day the rabbi was fired

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Every now and then, I think about the morning, some fifteen years ago, when I experienced something all too familiar to many Americans: termination from a long-held position. Though I had no verifiable notice, I just knew they were coming to fire me. Sitting apprehensively at my cherry wood

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Jewish Religion

Forget TV catch phrases; try these

By Michael R. Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO–Imagine waking up in the next century with those words made famous by Regis Philbin, sandblasting its way into our popular lexicon:  “Is that your final answer?”  Along with “Where’s the beef?” and “Yada Yada Yada,” not to mention, “You look mahvelous,” “I’ve a feeling were not in Kansas

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food

Book review: ‘Increasing Wholeness’

Increasing Wholeness: Jewish Wisdom & Guided Meditations to Strengthen & Calm Body, Heart, Mind, & Soul by Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, Vermont;  ISBN 978-1-58023-823-6 ©2015, $19.99, p. 151, plus notes By Fred Reiss, Ed.D.   WINCHESTER, California — The expression “wholeness is peace” might be considered an aphorism in English, but it

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Search for Yossele divided secular and ultra- religious

By Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — Isser Harel, head of Israel’s Mossad from 1953 to 1963 is remembered for his capture of Adolf Eichmann. Few remember Harel for his capture of Yossele Schumacher. The former was the notorious Nazi war criminal in charge of mass deportation of Jews to extermination camps while the latter was

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Red heifers to be raised in Israel by Temple Institute

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM – The Temple Institute is working together with an Israeli cattleman to raise a red heifer in Israel, in strict accordance with the Biblical commandment. The project is the culmination of years of research at the Temple Institute that fuses ancient religious texts and modern science. “We’ve been working on this

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Jewish Religion, Middle East