SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — President Obama’s appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court are not all alike. So seemed to be the thrust of an AP story noting that Judges Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor split on the issue of whether children who arrived in the U.S. with their undocumented parents and subsequently turn 21 should […]
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SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Sandi Masori spotted this license plate. “Rav” is synonymous with “Rabbi” so this license plate tells us that the car’s occupant is a rabbi for God. There’s probably more of a story behind it, but the message is a bit puzzling. Aren’t all rabbis (or at least 99.99 percent of them)
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Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & SatireLA MESA, California (Press Release) — Barnes & Noble in Grossmont Center and Chabad of East County’s Rabbi Rafi Andrusier are partnering for a June 12 discussion on the groundbreaking new biography, Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History. Rabbi Andrusier will lead the discussion and
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CalendarBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — I’ve decided to tackle a topic that may, and should, stir more than a little discomfort. Jewish disunity. Jewish disrespect. The Rambam writes “It is a mitzvah for every Jew to love every other Jew as himself… Therefore a person must praise his fellow Jew and be
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Jewish Religion, Michael MantellTzippora Price, Mother in Action: Exploring the Inner World of Motherhood, Menucha Publishers, ISBN 97816145130-7, 133 pages. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — First of all, the title is a misnomer, as the first part of the book is concerned with the author’s personal journey from college student in the USA to devout Jewess
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & EducationSAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The U-T’s James Hebert went to New York City for the Tony Awards ceremony, in which a number of Jews were honored. Robert L. Freedman won for the best script (book) in A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder, which was refined by former Old Globe resident artistic director Darko Tresnjak.
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By Maayan Jaffe/JNS.org Many questions surrounded the future of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Hasidism after the death of its seventh and final leader—“the Rebbe,” Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson—on June 12, 1994. Schneerson had no children, and no successor was named. But 20 years later, Chabad is not only alive and well, but increasingly receiving the
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Jewish ReligionSAN DIEGO (SDJW)– Trainer Art Sherman provided some insight into California Chrome’s 4th place finish in the Belmont Stakes, which disappointed fans who had hoped the wonder horse would win the Triple Crown of horseracing. After the race, Sherman found a cut on California Chrome’s right front foot and surmised in an interview with the
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (SDJW)— Art Sherman, trainer of California Chrome, was the subject of several stories anticipating the Belmont Stakes held Saturday, June 7, —in which the wonder horse came in fourth. There had been hope that California Chrome could become a Triple Crown winner, having already won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. Neither the
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The life of a spiritual leader is never easy—especially if you happen to be a man named Moses. Kvetching comes with the territory of working for a Jewish community. It’s a tradition. I am reminded of the old joke, “How many congregants does it take to
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiSAN DIEGO (SDJW) — A front page story in the U-T, culled from wire services, told of the deal between Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont and John McCain of Arizona to deal with the patient delays and misrepresentations at Veterans facilities across the nation. One provision would let the VA fire employees it needed to,
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – A ten-year-old minor was almost arrested Tuesday morning (Jun. 3) by Israeli police after prostrating himself on the Temple Mount, and by doing so ‘breaking the rules’ laid down by the police for Jewish worshipers on the Mount. The boy’s mother shared with Tazpit News Agency the events that
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – At first I thought that the San Carlos Recreation Center was an odd location for Chabad of East County to have a reading of the Ten Commandments followed by a Shavuot dairy meal on Wednesday, June 4. But I was wrong. I realized my mistake during a break
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (SDJW) — With victory under her belt, San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis plans to focus more resources in her fourth term on the following areas, according to the U-T’s Kristina Davis: human trafficking, elder abuse and cyber crime. * U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders, (Independent-Vermont) and John McCain (R-Arizona) have been attempting
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