By Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel ENCINTAS, California — I arrived at the Coastal Roots Farm around 10.30 Sunday morning, a bit delayed as I assumed the entrance was on Saxony Road, and had to circle around to Ecke Ranch road, north of the farm.. The day’s event was in honor of the Jewish holiday of […]
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The New York Times columnist Bari Weiss on Sunday, Jan. 20, previewed for 450 supporters of the Jewish National Fund a book she is currently writing, The New Seven Dirty Words, about important yet controversial terms that often are used in discussions about Jews and Israel. Featured
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Amazing Jewish Heroes Down Through The Ages by David Richard Goldberg, © 2018; Gefen Publishing, ISBN 9789652-298812; 187 pages including afterword and sources. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – You might call this book a Jewish hagiography, one which may be interesting for Young Adults to read but really not suitable for quotation in
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO — This Shabbat, throughout the Jewish world, is known as Shabbat Shirah, the Shabbat of Song. That is because in our Torah portion this week, BeShalach, we read about how Miriam led the Israelites in a song, Shirat HaYam, as they traveled through the split sea. The song itself is
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Jewish ReligionTu B’Shevat, Israeli style, to be celebrated at Lawrence Family JCC The Israel-American Council (IAC) plans to celebrate Tu B’Shevat in 40 cities across North America, including San Diego, with special dinners Friday night coupled with presentations about the annual “birthday of the trees.” In San Diego, the celebration will be held from 6:30 p.m.
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, USAFinding the Right School in the Era of BDS and Intersectionality: A Jewish Parents’ Guide to Colleges 2018-19 Academic Year by Jerome Ostrov, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform © 2018, ISBN 978-1721925872, p. 429 plus appendices, $18.95. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – The letters BDS, an acronym for the words boycott, divestment, and sanctions, is a
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Before David Ogul and Sharon Wilson were married, they learned about each other’s faiths. David attended Mass at Sharon’s Catholic church. Sharon attended Friday night Shabbat services at David’s Reform temple in Riverside, the city where the two had met and worked for the daily Press-Enterprise. David was
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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO — In our Torah portion this week, Parashat Bo, the Israelites are freed from Egypt. We are witnessing the transformation from an enslaved and displaced people into a sovereign nation, en route to their promised land. But before they left, God presents the Israelites with what most traditional commentators
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$1 million Genesis Prize awarded to Robert Kraft; who dedicates money to fight anti-Semitism Robert Kraft, American philanthropist and owner of the New England Patriots football team, has been named the 2019 Genesis Prize Laureate. The annual $1 million Genesis Prize, dubbed the “Jewish Nobel” by Time Magazine, honors extraordinary individuals for their outstanding professional
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International, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USARedemption (Geula), by Joseph Madmony and Boaz Yehonatan Yacov; Hebrew language with English subtitles; 100 minutes; to be screened during the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival at 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 14, at the Reading Cinemas Town Square, 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, and at 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 17 also at the Reading
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast-Second in a Series- By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Most of us probably had a lot of respect and cheered for Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. It is a story about the life of African-American women
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — “Israel is doing a decent job of bringing people here but a terrible job of bringing these immigrants fully into the fold of the Jewish people. Because the only way to do that is to guarantee their full rights here in Israel and particularly to be married. And the
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Retired Judge Sol Gothard of Louisiana’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeal told a kiddush luncheon audience at Tifereth Israel Synagogue on Saturday, January 5, that some major tenets of the American legal system are derived from the Torah and the Talmud. Adding that “justice doesn’t win law cases,
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USABy Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO — Twice in this week’s Torah portion, Vaera, Moses claims that he has “uncircumcised lips” and as a result, he should not stand up to Pharaoh and advocate for the Israelites freedom. Many commentators suggest that when Moses says “uncircumcised lips” he was referring to a physical disability. They cite
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