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Jewish interest license plate: Pzach

April 6, 2015

SAN DIEGO–Melanie Rubin, with seder plates of matzoh, charoseth, Pascal lamb shank, karpas and the like still on her mind, spotted this license plate, which seems to be an abbreviation for Pesach. __________________________________________________________________ Care to comment? We require the following information on any letter for publication: 1) Your full name 2) Your city and state (or […]

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From the Jewish library: ‘The Sarajevo Haggadah’

April 5, 2015

By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO–The exact date of the creation of the original Sarajevo Haggadah is not known, nor is its place of origin. However, it surfaced in Barcelona, circa 1350 CE but some historians believe it was brought to Sarajevo by Jews fleeing the Expulsion from Spain in 1492. It is hand written on

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International, Jewish History

Episodic Holocaust memoir is a page turner

April 4, 2015

With G-d At My Side: A Child’s Story of Survival by Menachem Taiblum (with Cyndie Meyer), CreateSpace © 2014; ISBN 978-150-586-2270; 150 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Cantor Menachem Taiblum of Portland, Oregon, recalls his boyhood running from the Nazis in this episodic memoir, which, with the help of writer Cyndie Meyer,

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History

Another way we can liberate ourselves from bondage

April 3, 2015

By Rabbi Rafi Andrusier LA MESA, California — It has been an incredibly busy week. Passover is finally here! So besides surface reading the words of the haggada tonight, what can we take away from the message of Passover? What is the message the haggada is trying to impart? This past Tuesday, I was at

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Jewish Religion

Children’s projects make the seder more fun

April 3, 2015

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — I never fail to be impressed by the creativity of our Torah School students and staff. Last Sunday our Torah School students participated in a “Model Seder.” As we began, I explained that this exercise was not in place of home seders, but rather to prepare our students

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County

If news services had written up the Exodus

April 3, 2015

EDITORS NOTE: All details of Edwin Black’s Passover coverage are taken faithfully from Exodus, Chapters 5-15, plus Rashi’s Commentary. By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — Approximately two million Children of Israel are now encamped in the Sinai following their extraordinary exodus from Egypt yesterday. Just days ago, they were slaves to Pharaoh. Today, they

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Edwin Black, Jewish Religion

Norman Manson, Sept. 11, 1928 – March 31, 2015

April 3, 2015

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—The eulogy delivered by Rabbi Philip Graubart about Norman Manson, including the fact that the 86-year-old former writer and San Diego Union-Tribune copy editor was being buried on Friday, April 3, the day of Erev Pesach, most likely would have prompted Manson to ask many searching questions. Graubart, spiritual leader of Congregation

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Donald H. Harrison, Obituaries & memorials

Passover and Easter linkages

April 2, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Passover and Easter are upon us, or Pesach (פסח) in Hebrew and Pascha for the Christian holiday in a number of languages other than English. Although the vast majority of Jews and Christians celebrate their feasts without a overt recognition of their dependence, there would be no Easter without Passover. The similarity

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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion

Hackers threaten April 7 assault on Jewish websites

April 2, 2015

NEW YORK (Press Release)–International hackers are setting their sights on Jewish and Israeli targets as part of what has become an annual anti-Israel cyber-attack campaign. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which is tracking cyber campaigns against Jewish and Israeli targets around the world, issued a security advisory this week to Jewish institutions in the U.S. about

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Netanyahu sells Israel’s hametz

April 2, 2015

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday afternoon, April 2, participated in the ceremony to sell the State of Israel’s hametz, by virtue of his serving as Finance Minister. Chief Rabbis David Lau and Yitzhak Yosef, and Abu Ghosh resident Hussein Jabar, who purchased the country’s hametz, also attended the ceremony. Prime Minister

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Le Pen stands by his Holocaust comments

April 2, 2015

PARIS (WJC) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of the far-right French National Front and father of its current leader Marine Le Pen, maintains his 1987 remarks calling the Nazis’ gas chambers “a detail in the history of World War II.” Le Pen, who is still honorary FN leader and a key figure in the

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International, Jewish History

Hidden children of Shoah tour Israel

April 2, 2015

JERUSALEM (Press Release) – Thirty Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust as children recently traveled from Kraków, Poland, to Israel for a special week-long visit to the Jewish state organized by Shavei Israel and funded by money raised from the inaugural Ride of the Living that was supported by members of the Jewish Community Center (JCC) of

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Passover recalls time when Jews were powerless

April 2, 2015

By Daniel Sokatch NEW YORK — Passover is my favorite holiday. Every year, we slow down, step back and commemorate what, in my opinion, is one of the greatest gifts the Jewish people have given to the world: the story of Exodus from Egypt, the ultimate narrative of hope, liberation, and possibility. This story, our

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Nazi looted Pissarro painting to be returned to owner

April 2, 2015

BERLIN (WJC)–The German government said Wednesday that a Camille Pissarro painting from the trove hoarded by the late collector Cornelius Gurlitt had been looted by the Nazis and would be returned to its rightful owner’s descendants. The taskforce entrusted with checking the provenance of the 1,500 works left by Gurlitt, who died in May 2014,

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International, Jewish History

Jewish interest license plate: Pzach

From the Jewish library: ‘The Sarajevo Haggadah’

Episodic Holocaust memoir is a page turner

Another way we can liberate ourselves from bondage

Children’s projects make the seder more fun

If news services had written up the Exodus

Norman Manson, Sept. 11, 1928 – March 31, 2015

Passover and Easter linkages

Hackers threaten April 7 assault on Jewish websites

Netanyahu sells Israel’s hametz

Le Pen stands by his Holocaust comments

Hidden children of Shoah tour Israel

Passover recalls time when Jews were powerless

Nazi looted Pissarro painting to be returned to owner

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