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Royal wedding invoked Hebrew imagery

May 24, 2018

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — As befits an English woman living abroad, I watched the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on television, and reveled in the pomp and circumstance of each shot and every angle. I loved the sight of the beautiful mixed-race bride, her dress, the bridesmaids and page-boys, the various […]

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Jewish trivia quiz: Tikkun Leil Shavuot

May 21, 2018

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — One of the traditions of Shavuot is the all night Torah study session known as the Tikkun Leil Shavuot, meaning Rectification (or Repair) for Shavuot Night. What are the roots of this custom? A. The practice of the Tikkun Leil Shavuot was put forth by Rabbi Isaac Luria

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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Evangelical Christians and the U.S. Embassy in Israel

May 21, 2018

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Pastor Robert Jeffress of Dallas spoke these words at the opening ceremony of the United States embassy in Jerusalem: “We come before you, the God of Abraham. Isaac and Jacob, thanking you for bringing us to this momentous occasion in the life of your people and in the history

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Cheesecake cups and ‘yetzers’

May 20, 2018

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel of Temple Beth Shalom in Chula Vista recently told me of a conversation he had with a young woman working behind the counter of an ice cream shop. Noting her unhappy expression, he told her that she should be very proud of the work

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food

Rabbi Judy Shanks retires from Lafayette pulpit

May 20, 2018

(c) Oliver B. Pollak LAFAYETTE, California — In the late 1960s Reform seminaries accepted women as students. The first was ordained in 1972. Like law school and medical school female presence was small and unusual. This distinct and growing cohort, a result of the Second wave feminism, became the norm and in some instances the majority

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Jewish Religion, Oliver Pollak, USA

How to THINk THIN for Shavuot

May 15, 2018

Bt Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Ahh, Shavuot is soon upon us. With its extended synagogue services, special readings including the story of Ruth and the 10 Commandments among others, Tikkun Leil Shavuot –the practice of staying up all night studying Torah — and of course all of those traditional delectable dairy dishes

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, Travel and Food

OpEd: Embassy move a reason to rejoice!

May 14, 2018

By Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort CARLSBAD, California — Today (May 14) has already been an historic day and it’s barely 9am here in California. Today truth trumped lies and virtue vanquished evil. Today the great Name of G-d was sanctified in His Chosen Land, in His Holy City, by His Chosen People. No, unfortunately, the Holy

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA, Yeruchem Eilfort-Rabbi

60 deaf students join joint bar/ bat mitzvah rites

May 10, 2018

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Sixty deaf and hearing impaired young adults from all over Israel participated in the annual Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration ceremony organized by the International Young Israel Movement (IYIM) on May 7 in the Beit Yaakov Synagogue in Jerusalem. This event was held in cooperation with Acha (The Association of the Deaf in

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

A runner runs a hotel at sea

May 10, 2018

Editor’s Note: This is the tenth in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 By Donald H. Harrison

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food

The Israel Bible offers precise translations

May 9, 2018

The Israel Bible edited by Rabbi Naphtali “Tuly” Weisz, Menorah Books, New Milford, CT and Jerusalem, © 2018, ISBN 978-1-940516-80-6, p. 2141, plus introductory and supplemental material, $59.95. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – The Israel Bible, produced in honor of Israel’s seventieth anniversary by Israel365, an organization promoting the essence and importance of

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

‘Just Kidding’: Coming soon, a full- service eruv

May 9, 2018

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — A Brooklyn entrepreneur plans to introduce a full-service organization that will install and maintain a community’s eruv, the wire or string that (in combination with existing structures such as telephone poles) forms a symbolic barrier enabling Shabbos observers to push strollers and carry items within its confines

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Jewish Religion, Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire

The dispute over the Prophet Samuel’s Tomb

May 6, 2018

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Kever Shmuel and/or Nebi Samwil is one of the sites that includes within its stories the long and controversial history of this place, as well as ongoing disputes about who did what, and its justification or suitability for moral condemnation. The place is the highest point in the area of

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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Lag B’Omer at Kumeyaay Lake campground

May 3, 2018

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Two ancient traditions briefly were juxtaposed on Thursday, May 3, as Chabad of East County celebrated the Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer at the foot of Kwaaypay (Chief, Headman) Peak at the Kumeyaay Lake Campgrounds in Mission Trails Regional Park. When the indigenous Kumeyaay were a semi-nomadic

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

OU lauds White House faith initiative