Jewish Religion

I-8 Jewish Travel: Synagogue home for the arts

-25th in a series- Exit 9, Waring Road, San Diego ~ Tifereth Israel Synagogue By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Tifereth Israel Synagogue’s third home at 6660 Cowles Mountain Boulevard is a spiritual  home filled with Judaic art and music. Formed initially as an Orthodox congregation in 1905, the congregation’s first synagogue at 18th […]

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and Food

Book probes the concept of Jewish identity

Jewish Identity: The Challenge of Peoplehood Today by Ruth Shamir Popkin, Gefen Publishing House, Jerusalem;  ISBN 978-965-229-671-9 ©2015, $24.95, p. 272, plus Notes, Sources, and Index (also available in Kindle) By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — From the time of the Bar Kokhba Revolt in the second century to 1948 and the establishing of the State

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

Over 20,000 San Diegans expected in global Shabbat rite

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Millions of Jews in over 500 cities in 65 countries around the world will join as one in celebrating a traditional, cohesive and momentous Shabbat, a day of rest and rejuvenation October 22- 24, 2015.  Locally, Shabbat San Diego (www.shabbatsandiego.org) is coordinating and planning, in conjunction with local congregations, community organizations,

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Jewish Religion, San Diego Calendar

Child assassins

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — What makes a child so angry or despondent that he or she would pick up a gun and shoot classmates and teachers?  And what warning signs can parents look for?  These are the questions we’ll answer in this column. The problem of anger is based on fragile

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, USA

RRC to ordain rabbis who marry outside the faith

WYNCOTE, Pennsylvania  (JNS.org) The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) on Wednesday, Sept. 30,  announced a new plan to admit students with non-Jewish spouses. “As you are likely already aware, this policy change is the result of many years of discussion within the Reconstructionist movement,” wrote Rabbi Deborah Waxman, president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and the Jewish

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Jewish Religion

I-8 Jewish Travel: Young Israel of San Diego

-24th in a Series- Exit 9, Waring Road, San Diego ~ Young Israel of San Diego By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—“Rabbi” means “teacher” and Rabbi Chaim Hollander teaches Judaic Studies at Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood and at Young Israel of San Diego in the San Carlos neighborhood,

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

Inspiration and distraction at High Holy Day services

By David Amos SAN DIEGO –As we do every year, my wife and I sat at the synagogue in our preferred seat for the High Holidays services. As expected, we enjoyed the thought provoking words from our Rabbi, heard the pure and beautifully performed chants from our cantorial soloist, and greeted fellow congregants, many of

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Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Why huts are going up in La Jolla, Del Mar

By Michael R. Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — Beginning on the evening of Sunday, September 27, 2015 until a week later, many people will leave the security, warmth, beauty and permanence of their large, expensive, well appointed, nicely manicured homes.  They will retreat into a simple, sometimes wobbly, unpretentious temporary shelter, covered by nothing more than

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, San Diego County

Houston, we have a religious problem

By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org  HOUSTON, Texas — In a scheduling conflict of Abrahamic proportions, a Houston-based think tank is hosting George Mitchell—former U.S. senator from Maine and the Obama administration’s former envoy for Middle East peace—on both Jewish and Muslim holy days. “The Negotiator: Senator George Mitchell’s Adventures in Law and Politics” will be held from

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Jacob Kamaras, Jewish Religion, USA

Diversity, unity both said to be strengths of Judaism

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — According to Jewish tradition, the period between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur is the opportunity for soul searching and a new beginning, i.e., Atonement. The Almighty is said to decide each person’s fate for the coming year on Rosh Hashana, and to sign the final decision on Yom Kippur. The

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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle East