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Jewish ethics through the medium of animation

January 30, 2015

By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California — Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School and the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture teamed up Thursday evening, Jan. 29, to teach Jewish ethics. Not to the students of the Orthodox day school; the 7th and 8th graders had already had their opportunity to chew on this […]

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France may penalize anti- Semitic material on web

January 27, 2015

PARIS (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has welcomed French President François Hollande’s renewed call for a government action plan to combat anti-Semitism in France. Speaking at Paris¹s Holocaust Memorial, Hollande said the rise of anti-Semitic acts in France was “an unbearable reality,” and that new laws would be implemented soon, including measures

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Auschwitz survivors including San Diegan return

January 26, 2015

AUSCHWITZ, Poland (Press Release)– Fifteen Auschwitz survivors, aged 80-94, returned Monday morning to the infamous camp – some for the first time –ahead of tomorrow’s 70th anniversary celebration of its liberation. Joining the survivors on their visit was Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, who, along with the USC Shoah Foundation, organized the

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Some spiritual advice for Super Bowl

January 26, 2015

By Rabbi Rafi Andrusier LA MESA, California — The big Super Bowl game day is coming up and everyone has a favorite team to root for. So here is the question one may suggest: I’ve been praying all season long, and my team didn’t even get close to the playoffs. So how can I have faith in

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The wicked symbolism of chametz

January 23, 2015

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — As soon as Purim draws nigh, my wife Judy begins to anguish about Pesach. Although Passover is one of her favorite holidays, it is quite labor intensive. Judy not only needs to change the dishes and prepare for the seder, she also has to rid the house of

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Something fishy about hating Shabbos

January 22, 2015

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — I had the extreme pleasure of meeting Rabbi Yitzchok Chinn of McKees Port, Pensylvania, when he was a guest speaker at a Chofetz Chaim Yeshiva Convention, where he told the following story: Rabbi Chinn knew an older Jewish man who said to him, “I hate Shabbos!” The Rabbi

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Book Review: ‘Unlocking the Torah Text’

January 21, 2015

Unlocking the Torah Text, An In-Depth Journey Into The Weekly Torah Portion: Devarim by Samuel Goldin, Gefen Publishing House, Jerusalem; ISBN 978-965-229-526-2 ©2014, $29.95, p. 382, plus sources and index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California–The fifth of the Five Books of Moses, called in Hebrew Devarim and in English the Book of Deuteronomy, is Moses’

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1,000 Reform Jewish youth to assemble in Atlanta

January 20, 2015

ATLANTA, Georgia (Press Release)–Thousands of Jewish teens and adults will come together for the NFTY Convention and Youth Summit February 13 through 17, 2015, in this city. NFTY, which celebrates its 75 th anniversary this year, is the Reform Jewish Youth Movement. NFTY Convention will attract more than 1,000 teens from across North America. They

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Jewish Religion, USA

Not how but WHAT you say that matters

January 17, 2015

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — When I was growing up I knew a rabbi who was a wonderful speaker. He spoke eloquently and melodiously and had a vocabulary that was the envy of Merriam-Webster. People flocked from near and far to hear him. There was only one problem: no one knew what he

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Taking umbrage over umbrella theft

January 17, 2015

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — It was a rainy day in Manhattan. Trust me. I know. I got drenched. I did have an umbrella. Until I put it down in a trusted kosher restaurant in New York City, turned to place my order at the counter and in the “New York minute”

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Last texts of a Hyper Cacher shooting victim

January 16, 2015

By Rabbi Rafi Andrusier LA MESA, California–Many of us are still reeling from the events in Paris last week. Besides for the massacre in Charlie Hebdo, four holy souls were murdered at Hyper Cacher, a kosher supermarket, shopping for Shabbat. I came across something remarkable today. Rabbi Hattab, father of the murdered Yoav Hattab, 21,

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Max and Rose Schindler to join Auschwitz observance

January 15, 2015

NEW YORK (Press Release) – More than 100 Auschwitz survivors from at least 17 countries will travel to Poland to participate in the observance of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz on January 27 for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The official event has been organized by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Sometimes things get worse before they get better

January 15, 2015

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–The bnai yisroel (children of Israel) were at their lowest point. After years of back breaking labor and cruel torment, Moshe had finally shown up as their redeemer. After Moshe went to Paroah, things got worse, not better. Paroah issued an order that the Jews now needed to gather their

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Art, photos, and Islamic belief

January 14, 2015

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — When you look at the history of Islamic art, its inclusion in the Islamic faith has not been without periods of repression. Among those singled out for the most severe penalties of the afterlife, are the artists, and other “makers of images or pictures.”Although the Quran did

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

Jewish ethics through the medium of animation

France may penalize anti- Semitic material on web

Auschwitz survivors including San Diegan return

Some spiritual advice for Super Bowl

The wicked symbolism of chametz

Something fishy about hating Shabbos

Book Review: ‘Unlocking the Torah Text’

1,000 Reform Jewish youth to assemble in Atlanta

Not how but WHAT you say that matters

Taking umbrage over umbrella theft

Last texts of a Hyper Cacher shooting victim

Max and Rose Schindler to join Auschwitz observance

Sometimes things get worse before they get better

Art, photos, and Islamic belief

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