Jewish Religion

March of Light concludes with chanukiah lighting

Story by Donald H. Harrison, Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Undeterred by last month’s massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, or by more recent anti-Semitic vandalism in Poway, more than 100 Jews and Christians joined in a March of Light late Sunday afternoon, Dec. 9,  from Ashley Falls Park […]

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

From the ashes of the Shoah, a Talmudic Encyclopedia

By Toby Klein Greenwald EFRAT, Israel — The recent marking of 80 years from Kristallnacht, and the approaching 10th of the Hebrew month of Tevet, which the Israeli chief rabbinate designated as the day of Kaddish for those who perished in the Holocaust, brings to mind a ground-breaking project that grew out of the ashes

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Toby Klein Greenwald

March for Light set for Dec. 9 in Carmel Valley area

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Rabbi Mendel Polichenco, director of The Chabad Carmel Valley and Del Mar Jewish Center, will join The National March for Light Organization during the last night of Chanukah to spread a message of hope and a firm commitment to transforming the world from darkness to light. Thousands will march across

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Editor’s E-Mail Box: December 2, 2018

Israeli ambassador anticipates a U.N. vote repudiating Hamas Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, is participating in the IAC conference and held an interview with journalist Gil Tamari, which focused on Israel’s activities at the United Nations. In light of the American proposal to condemn Hamas in the General Assembly, Ambassador Danon said

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Editor’s E-Mail Box: November 30, 2018 (5 items)

American Jewish Committee  opens global religious freedom drive American Jewish Committee (AJC) has launched #8Nights4ReligiousRights, the global Jewish advocacy organization’s Hanukkah initiative in support of religious freedom around the world. The eight-day Hanukah holiday, which begins Sunday evening with the lighting of the first candle in the menorah, celebrates the restoration of Jewish religious freedom

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You’ll gladly pay the ‘price’ for this Chanukah book

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — “What?,” you say? “A Chanukah trivia book? I don’t get it. I mean sure, RASHI, RAMBAM and HAGGADAH-LAMADINGDONG, the Passover trivia book, makes sense. It’s a holiday that’s totally based on asking four questions. So why not ask 25 more? But Chanukah? No point in asking questions

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman

Stan Lee’s heroes, like our patriarchs, overcame flaws

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Whenever we talk about the protagonists of the Bible, we must remember that every biblical actor’s character evolves in the course of a lifetime. What each person starts out differs from what each one ultimately becomes. In the latter half of Genesis, the ancient storyteller lavished

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

Editor’s E-Mail Box: November 26, 2018 (4 items)

SDSU Jewish Studies Program sponsors Chanukah concert Dec. 4 San Diego State University’s Jewish Studies Program will present a Chanukah concert, “Shimmering Lights,” featuring Yale Strom’s Broken Consort at 7 p.m., Dec. 4, in the Smith Recital Hall. Strom, who serves as artist in residence for the Jewish Studies Program, says the concert will include

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