The Coalition for Jewish Values issued a wholehearted commendation to Vice President Mike Pence last week for setting a model example of spousal conduct. The Vice President remarked that he does not dine alone with women other than his wife, and that he does not attend events at which alcohol is served unless his wife […]
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Normally museums and their fund raisers like to see the “dough” rise, but this was not the case Sunday at the San Diego History Center. Visitors to the Jewish exhibit at the San Diego History Center on Sunday learned the trick of making matzoh
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — I remember: only weeks after my father died in 1976, our family convened at the house for the annual Seder—the festive banquet of Passover. My father had always proudly led and meticulously directed the ceremonial meal, holding, reading, and chanting from the Haggadah –the book of blessings and
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Jewish ReligionBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We can argue if it really happened, but there’s no doubt that the Exodus is a great story, with or without Hollywood stars or best selling authors. Yet it has also been associated with problems. The association of Passover and Easter brought forth an increase in Christian animosity and violence. Too
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America (YAAANA) will debut in San Diego with a free Shabbat dinner and concert and klezmer concert by Yale Strom beginning at 7 p.m., Friday, at the Costa Verde Village Clubhouse, 8720 Costa Verde Blvd., San Diego. According to its founder, Jana Mazurkiewicz,
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Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CalendarFORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas inmate has won a 12-year battle with the state over access to kosher meals in prison. Inmate Max Moussazadeh dropped his federal lawsuit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after persuading the state to provide kosher food not only to him but to all Orthodox Jewish inmates in
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Jewish Religion, USAIsrael’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, held a Passover Seder at the UN with the participation of dozens of ambassadors from various countries. Danon told the ambassadors about the meaning of the Passover holiday and explained to them the holiday’s customs. Afterwards, ambassadors read excerpts from the Haggadah and ate the traditional holiday
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle EastJERUSALEM (Press Release) – More than 150,000 needy Israelis and 200,000 needy Jews in the former Soviet Union, from all walks of life, will receive food and clothing for the Passover holiday, thanks to International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship). The Fellowship will distribute more than $2.8 million in Passover aid to needy Israelis, including
By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — The approach of Pesach inevitably evokes a bundle of memories, as many related to haggadahs as to matzah-ball soup For instance, one year a long time ago, we were expecting a big crowd for the first seder that night. That morning (hate to leave things for the last
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Jewish Religion, Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireEditor’s Note: San Diego Jewish World is pleased to republish a Passover monologue written by San Diego playwright Janet S. Tiger, who was the recent subject of a feature story on these pages. By Janet S. Tiger (A man comes out, in Army fatigues, he is holding a box of matzohs. He speaks calmly, with
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Jewish ReligionJust prior to Pesach (Passover), the National Library of Israel revealed that it had acquired the velum Prague Haggadah two months ago, when the library purchased the famed Valmadonna Collection of Judaica. The Haggadah was printed in Prague in 1556. A previous Haggadah was printed in 1526, but no copy survived. Several elements of the
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In anticipation of opening day of the 2017 Major League Baseball season, congregants of Tifereth Israel Synagogue themed their Kabbalat Shabbat services on Friday night, March 31, around the American pastime. Traditional Shabbat evening prayers were mixed with meditations on baseball; a baseball trivia quiz took the place
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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Sports & CompetitionsDrawing on the Old Testament as inspiration, the late Chaim Stephenson crafted compassionate scenes of familial pain and drama By Anne Joseph LONDON –Acclaimed Anglo-Israeli artist and self-taught sculptor Chaim Stephenson had a lifelong sympathy for people driven from their homes. In a career that spanned over 60 years, he produced a huge body of
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsHealth department will now ban mohels linked to newborn herpes cases without testing for virus. By Amy Sara Clark Women visit an infant following his bris ceremony. GETTY IMAGES One day after the city’s health commissioner confirmed that two mohels have been banned from practicing the risky circumcision ritual metzitzah b’peh, the health department has
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