Jewish Religion

A scholarly family writes of Chanukah, Purim

Moadim Perspectives: Chanukah – Purim, by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, Rabbi Dr. Solomon Breuer, and Rabbi Dr. Joseph Breuer, Feldheim Publishers, New York, © 2018, ISBN 978-1-68025-072-5, p. 241, $22.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –  Moadim Perspectives: Chanukah – Purim is the third in a series of books on Jewish holidays by the Rabbi […]

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Fred Reiss, EdD, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion

Orthodox network sends emissaries to San Diego

EFRAT, Israel  — Two years ago, Rabbi Gideon Osher Shmueli donated a kidney to a stranger, saving that individual’s life. These days, he works at Magen David Yeshivah in Brooklyn, N.Y., teaching Hebrew and bringing with that teaching the culture and values of Judaism and eretz Yisrael, the land of Israel. To him, teaching about Judaism

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International, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

‘Super Tuesday’ raises $30,000 for Young Israel

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Rabbi Chaim Hollander, spiritual leader of Young Israel of San Diego, proclaims,  “We can never be satisfied with our accomplishments and rest on our laurels.  We must constantly strive to move forward.” When in 1988 three families in the Del Cerro – San Carlos neighborhoods of San

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, San Diego County

‘The Great Shift’ tells of different viewpoints on God

The Great Shift: Encountering God In Biblical Times by James L. Kugel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, © 2017, ISBN 978-0-544-52055-4, p. 344, plus notes and appendices, $30 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –  In the mid-nineteenth century Charles Darwin proposed that any species unable to adapt to its dynamic environment is doomed to extinction.

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

Rabbis to Netanyahu: Protect the honor of Shabbat

Dozens of rabbis signed a petition requesting Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu “protect the honor of Shabbat (the Sabbath, which for Jews falls on Saturday).” The petition, organized by the Derech Emuna (The Path of Faith) organization, comes after the Knesset’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a government proposal to allow Labor and Social Services

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Ivanka Trump and her family are all smiles as they light the menorah on the first night of Hanukkah

Ivanka Trump and family Happy Hanukkah! Ivanka Trump and her family kicked off the first night of the Festival of Lights on Tuesday, and she shared some festive family photos to celebrate. “Tonight, as we light the menorah, Jared, Arabella, Joseph, Theodore and I wish everyone celebrating a Happy Hanukkah!” she wrote on Instagram as

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Jewish Religion, USA

‘Hanukkah candles remind us that light drowns out darkness’

[twittervideo:2036113] Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday wished the Jewish people a happy Hanukkah. Hanukkah began at sundown on Tuesday with the lighting of the first candle. “At sunset today, Jewish communities in Canada and around the world will welcome the beginning of Hanukkah – one of the oldest traditions in the world,” said

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International, Jewish Religion, USA

‘Rabbi Shteinman carried entire Jewish people on his shoulders’

Shortly after Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman passed away Tuesday morning at the age of 104, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin marked the passing of the late rabbi in a statement, lauding Rabbi Shteinman”s wisdom and humility, saying that he “gave direction to thousands”. “Our teacher, the brilliant Rabbi Shteiman, was a leader who bore the

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials