Jewish Religion

UCSD now serving kosher and halal food

By Chris Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — In a breakthrough cuisine at UC San Diego and a plus for the community, a renovated campus restaurant offering hot kosher meals and Halal-friendly ingredients hosted its grand opening Wednesday. And UCSD freshman Nora Yagolnitser’s Jewish grandmother approves. Yagolnitser went to the “soft opening” of

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

AJC unit urges Jewish pluralism in Israel

JERUSALEM (Press Release) – The Jewish Religious Equality Coalition (J-REC) is visiting Israel to advocate for religious pluralism. Created and led by AJC, J-REC is a broad-based coalition of American Jews and Israelis dedicated to the realization of full religious equality in the Jewish state, and is mobilizing support for the creation of alternatives to the

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Judah, a teacher in Goshen

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — We read in parashat Va-yigash about Jacob and his sons reuniting with Joseph in Egypt. After revealing his true identity, Joseph brought his family there to escape the famine in Canaan. Joseph settled them in Goshen. The Torah says: “[Jacob] …sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph, to point

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Jewish Religion

Jewish trivia quiz: Jewish Christmas songs

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — It’s often said that Christmas music far surpasses the quality of Chanukkah music, thanks to the many Jewish composers who wrote such beautiful songs as White Christmas (Irving Berlin), The Christmas Song/Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (Mel Tormé and Robert Wells), and I’ll Be Home For

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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Wishes Christians a Merry Christmas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the time to wish his “Christian brothers and sisters” a merry Christmas in a video posted to Facebook on Thursday. He addressed Christians from the courtyard of Jerusalem’s International Christian Embassy and expressed a bond between Christianity and Judaism through a “shared heritage.” “It moves us deeply to have

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Humoring the Headlines: December 24, 2016

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−This year Hanukkah and Christmas conveniently coincide, but Donald Trump worries about the next four years when he knows wishing Ivanka Merry Christmas may offend her husband Jared. Consequently, he has tasked Jared, who is so Jewish and smart he will negotiate peace between Israel and the Palestinians, to create a

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Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Photos tell of Chanukah’s approach in San Diego

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — With the first night of Chanukah approaching this Dec. 24th, memories of past San Diego Chanukahs are being revived. For example, in Old Town San Diego Historic State Park–where the City of San Diego began–the Robinson-Rose house displays in its window a hannukiah and a Star of David,

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori