Jewish Religion

Hundreds fete retiring Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Congregants, rabbis, representatives of Jewish agencies and organizations, staff, family, and friends feted Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal on Saturday evening, Feb. 4, to mark his retirement after 29 years service to Tifereth Israel Synagogue and the community. A catered dinner for several hundred in the Conservative congregation’s social hall […]

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Stranger whom we welcome should be friendly

By Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort  CARLSBAD, California — We are in the midst of the story of the Exodus of our people, the Jewish people, from Egyptian servitude. This part of our collective history is rich in lessons that apply to our lives today. Many people mistakenly believe that the Torah is filled with ancient wisdom

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

S.D. Jews rally for refugees, immigrants

  By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – Four rabbis, three heads of Jewish organizations, and two elected officials urged opposition to President Trump’s seven-nation travel ban at a standing room only rally of more than 500 Jewish community members and friends at Congregation Beth El on Thursday night. Speakers included State Assemblyman Todd

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

ZOA: Torah justifies Trump’s seven- country travel ban

By Morton A. Klein and Elizabeth Berney, Esq. NEW YORK — The left’s confusion about what constitutes “morality” compels us to explain why President Trump’s executive order titled “Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States” is a moral act, and why the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has been speaking out

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

City Council declares Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal Day

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The City Council has declared January 31, 2017 as “Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal Day in San Diego.” A resolution prepared by Councilman Scott Sherman — in whose district Tifereth Israel Synagogue is situated — commended the Conservative rabbi for 29 years of service as the congregation’s spiritual leader. It noted that the

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Israeli Consul General: U.S. Embassy should be moved

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Neither the United States nor Israel should be intimidated by Palestinian predictions of violence if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Sam Gundwerg, Israel’s consul general in Los Angeles, said Monday during a San Diego

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

On World Holocaust Day, leaders warn against the rise of bigotry and intolerance

More than one million people, mostly European Jews were gassed, shot or hanged at Auschwitz. On World Holocaust Day, Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo paid homage to the victims of the Nazi death camp. Surrounded by some of the last survivors, she said “memory and truth are our responsibility, they are our weapons against evil.”

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Weekly Torah portion: Vaerah

Obstacle or Opportunity? You Decide! By Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO — When Moshe originally spoke to the Jewish people about G-d’s plan to redeem them, Moshe performed the signs G-d had given him. The people, upon witnessing the signs, were convinced that G-d had, indeed, sent Moshe to redeem them. They enthusiastically bowed down

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Jewish Religion

Saying kaddish can have its lighter moments

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — There’s something about helping out with a minyan, especially to enable someone to say kaddish, that draws even some of the least observant among us, as does the obligation to say say kaddish itself. And, as solemn a mitzvah it is, there sometimes are humorous sidelights. When my father died in

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

Shas moves ahead with anti-Reform Western Wall bill

Proposal could face ministerial vote next week; Chief Rabbinate claims High Court does not have jurisdiction over holy sites By Raoul Wootliff Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men yell and protest Liberal Jewish men and women as they hold a prayer service in front of the Western Wall, in Jerusalem’s Old City, on June 16, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

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Jewish Religion, Middle East