By Rabbi Michael Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –Children have an unusual ability when it comes to confronting our spiritual hypocrisy as parents and as adults; very often they get to the essence of the problem as they perceive things. Frequently, as parents, we often fail to hear the questions our young people ask of us; […]
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiThe Passover story, told to the songs of Les Miserables, by the Maccabeats:
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — After receiving last week’s D’var Torah about hamantaschen, my son, Rabbi Adam Rosenthal, emailed me noting that I was already avoiding dealing with the text of Leviticus, which is primarily concerned with the laws of animal sacrifices, in my weekly column. Since I am on a streak, why
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEG0 — The local baker was plotting to poison the Jews of Prague. His fiendish plan was to use our own holiday against us. He knew that the Jews did not eat bread during that holiday of Pesach, and that the day after the holiday, they came in droves to
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Jewish ReligionSPRINGFIELD, N.J. (Press Release)–Congregation Beth Am and Temple Solel in San Diego County, California, have partnered with Behrman House, the leading publisher of textbooks and multi-media educational materials for Jewish religious schools, to bring the company’s Online Learning Center (OLC) to the fingertips of Hebrew students and teachers alike. Behrman House introduced the OLC last year
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Jack Abramowitz NEW YORK — “Now, the man Moshe was very humble, more so than any person on the face of the Earth” – Numbers 12:3 A famous and familiar verse. But if Moshe Rabbeinu is our role model for humility, who is our Biblical exemplar for ego? There are a lot of
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SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin, license-plate spotter extraordinaire, found it, and Shahar Masori, Israeli-born son in law of the publishers, translated it: “Kal means light as in lighter than air. And ram means high as in higher than a kite…” Somebody, obviously, is feeling great!
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Jewish Religion, Melanie RubinBy Sheryl Rowling Sheryl asked me to do the column for her this time because “this year, Passover falls right in the busiest part of tax season!” I said to her, “Why is this year different from any other year?” That girl has no sense of humor these days … Dear Passover Fairy, I’m trying
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Jewish Religion, Sheryl RowlingBy Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — The world did not know that he was a mystic. He was an accomplished diplomat, who knew how to deal with people in positions of great power. Some characterized him as a shrewd, and even manipulative, manager of men. His name was Dag Hammarskjold, and he
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Jewish ReligionPress Notes Southwestern Jewish Press, May 3, 1957, Page 3 By Julia Kaufman “Now every field is clothed with grass, and every tree with leaves …” Thanks to the rain, the brown hills of San Diego are covered with green, splashed here and there with flame-colored bushes and yellow flowers. Even the bald mountains have
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$5000 Needed by Women to Reach Fund Drive Goal Southwestern Jewish Press, May 3, 1957, Pages 1, 6 One hundred eight five women contributed over $5,000 at the 3rd Women’s Division luncheon for $35 minimum givers chaired by Mrs. Irving Alexander and Mrs. E.A. Slayen, Co-Chairmen of the Women’ Division. Mrs. Myrtle Karp, dynamic woman
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Hadassah Slates Regional Meeting Here May 19-22 Southwestern Jewish Press, April 18, 1957, Page 7 Mrs. Gabriel Berg, Chairman of Hadassah’s 12th annual Southern Pacific Coast Regional Conference to be held at Hotel del Coronado, from May 19 through 22, has just issued a statement of plans for the conclave. There will be delegates from
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBy Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — The term “armageddon” — the imagined ”final battle” before the end opf the world — comes to us modern Jews from a word found in the Christian Book of Revelation where the apostle John writes about a monstrous war, noting “And they gathered them together to the place
By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Regardless of its affiliation, a House of God is just that. Years ago, after a synagogue in Cleveland abruptly dismissed me as its spiritual leader, I discovered tenderness and healing in a regal old church. My daughter Sari and I were returning from what had been a pleasant—but
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