Jewish Religion

Book Review: ‘Finding the Right School … ‘

Finding 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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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Intermarried couple honors each other’s beliefs

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 County

Weekly Torah portion: Bo

By 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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Jewish Religion

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 9, 2019 (4 items)

$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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SDIJFF Movie Preview: Redemption (Geula)

Redemption (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

In reply to Alice Walker’s calumnies against Jews

-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-Rabbi

Judge Gothard cites Biblical roots of U.S. legal system

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, USA

Weekly Torah Portion: Vaera

By 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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Jewish Religion

Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 3, 2019 (4 items)

Four boys’ names from Hebrew Bible make San Diego County’s top 10 in 2018 Four names from the Hebrew Bible made the top 10 for boys born in San Diego County during 2018, according to records on file with the county Health and Human Services Agency.  These were Noah in second place with 202 instances,

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Editor’s E-Mail Box: January 2, 2019 (7 items)

Barbara Bry announces candidacy for San Diego Mayor in 2020 election Barbara Bry, one of two Jewish members of the nine-member San Diego City Council, has announced her candidacy for mayor of San Diego in the 2020 election.  The incumbent mayor, Kevin Faulconer, will be termed out. “Instead of making decisions designed to preserve a

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