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Australian rabbi grew up in secular Los Angeles home

    Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego.  Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment:  1, 2.  By Donald H. Harrison SYDNEY, […]

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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USA

Book of Mann offers wisdom of God

Eternally Yours, God’s Greatest Gift to Mankind: Exodus by Rabbi Reuven Mann, Observant Artists Community Circle, Inc. Hewlett, New York, © 2017, ISBN 978-0692991329, p. 197, plus glossary, $12.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –  From the perspective of Rabbi Reuven Mann, long-time teacher and pulpit rabbi, and presently a teacher at the Masoret

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Lieberman writes book about U.S., Jewish basic laws

With Liberty and Justice: The Fifty-Day Journey from Egypt to Sinai by Senator Joe Lieberman with Rabbi Ari D. Kahn, Maggid Books and OU Press, New Milford, CT, © 2018, ISBN 978-1-59264-501-5, p. 165, $24.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –  An ancient midrash explains that just after the Israelites left Egypt, Moses told

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United Hatzalah certifies 34 women to serve Haredim

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Thirty four Haredi Women graduated a United Hatzalah EMT course on Thursday, joining the Women’s Unit of the organization. The newly trained EMTs will be tasked with providing emergency medical care as first responders to women in the Haredi communities of Jerusalem and the surrounding area. Director of United Hatzalah’s Women’s

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Cantor Merel’s life story now on video

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO —  I suppose it’s not unusual for a cantor to be able to sing show tunes and operatic arias in addition to Hebrew prayer melodies.  But when the cantor still can hit the high notes at age 93, that’s truly remarkable. Cantor Sheldon Merel, the cantor emeritus of Congregation

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Rabbi makes a deal with God, survives the Holocaust

By Beth Sarafraz BROOKLYN, New York — On a Sunday morning, June 22, 1941, the Nazis invaded Lithuania. The gentile population was ecstatic to hear the news and, after church services that day, celebrated Hitler’s troops goose-stepping over the border into their country. Each town and village greeted the Nazis with bouquets of flowers as

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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion

Free Pesach trivia questions enhance seders

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Humor columnist Mark D. Zimmerman, who authors the Jewish Trivia Quiz that normally appears weekly on San Diego Jewish World, is offering a free, humorous Haggadah supplement for readers to download on their electronic devices, and then print out if desired. Titled Rashi, Rambam and Haggadah-Lamadingdong, this Hagaddah

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United Hatzalah issues safety tips for Pesach

JERUSALEM (Press Release)– As Passover cleaning has already begun in many houses across Israel, United Hatzalah is taking the opportunity to send out a public service announcement with health and safety tips regarding the holiday covering everything from cleaning to hiking. As in previous years, due to the high volume of emergency calls received by

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Jewish poets read their works at Lawrence Family JCC

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California  — The tenth anniversary of Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices was ushered in with an impressive line-up of featured poets. The January 23 program in the Astor Judaica Library at the Lawrence Family JCC opened with Chris Baron, Professor of English at San Diego City College.  His book of poems, Under

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County