By Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In the closing decades of the last century, whenever Israeli politicians came to visit Reform congregations I served, we would quiz them about equal rights for non-Orthodox Jews in the Jewish state. The same would happen when groups of Reform Jews visited Israel and met with representatives of political parties
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastFirst in a series By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Twelve student poets shared their original poetry for an audience of proud and beaming parents, teachers and friends at the opening program of Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family JCC, Tuesday evening, October 16. The audience included Rabbi Lenore
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountySwedish police say they are working to ensure Jews’ safety in Sweden Sweden’s Southern District Police Chief Carina Persson and the head of the department’s investigations division, Petra Stenkula, have responded to World Jewish Congress CEO and Executive Vice President Robert Singer’s letter of concern condemning an arson attack that targeted a Jewish woman near
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Of course, Israel should be governed by its indigenous people. Isn’t every country? Not really. In the Merriam-Webster dictionary, indigenous means produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment. According to http://www.indigenouspeople.net, indigenous people are people defined in international or national legislation as having a
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Steve KramerBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), regarding international interest in preserving historic sites in Israel, is a sham. Its work consists mainly of denying a Jewish connection to the land and its history. In a 2016 vote, UNESCO denied any connection between Israel and its historic Temple Mount
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Shoshana BryenNEW YORK (Press Release) –HIAS, the global Jewish movement that protects refugees, is sponsoring the National Refugee Shabbat, a series of weekend-long events taking place in Jewish congregations across the country. National Refugee Shabbat is a moment for congregations, organizations and individuals around the country to create a Shabbat experience dedicated to refugees. The parsha (Torah portion) for
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Legislation would create fund for Palestinian-Israeli people-to-people partnerships Congresswoman Nita Lowey (NY-17) and Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1) introduced the Palestinian Partnership Fund Act of 2018 (HR7060). This legislation would help create the conditions on the ground necessary for an eventual end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The bill would establish a Palestinian Partnership Fund to facilitate and finance
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — This past week, I enjoyed watching some of the scary zombie movies on Hulu and Netflix; it’s a custom I have kept since I was a boy of seven or eight years old. Halloween was always a fun time for me as a child. Watching scary
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Travel and FoodDanes, Israelis, WJC celebrate 75th anniversary of Danish rescue of the Jews World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder took part Thursday in Denmark’s official ceremony commemorating 75 years since Danish Jewry were rescued from the Germans and their accessories and sent to safety in Sweden. In his address, Ambassador Lauder thanked Denmark for its
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At Vitoria: a City’s Medieval Promise between Christians and Sephardic Jews by Marcia Riman Selz;© 2016, Archway Publishing; ISBN 9781480-852976; 217 pages plus appendices, $17.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – While the Basque people of Vitoria, Spain, were Christians, like the Jews, they were outsiders, not quite like the other Christians of Castile
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I Survived: My Name is Yitzkhak by Harry A. Butowsky, © 2015 Word Association Publishers, ISBN 9781633-851009; 201 pages including appendices, $18. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This book came to me “over the transom,” that is, without any previous warning. Even though it is three years old, I’m glad that I
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$2 Million donation to National WWII Museum to further Holocaust education San Francisco-based Taube Philanthropies has pledged $2 million to The National WWII Museum in New Orleans for the development of the Taube Family Holocaust Education Program, which will ensure public remembrance of the atrocities that led to the genocide of more than six million
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The new 16-unit Bellamar Point Loma condominium at the corner of Rosecrans and Byron Streets in the Roseville section of the Point Loma neighborhood gained some additional luster on Tuesday, Oct. 9, when Mayor Kevin Faulconer, City Councilwoman Lorie Zapf, and members of the La Playa Trails
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Lawfare Project fights pro-Israel battles in Spain, Germany The Lawfare Project is now celebrating a string of major victories in Spain. A court in Barcelona last week voided a BDS measure passed by the city’s council of arts, a court in Andalusia last month suspended a large city’s boycott of companies that engage in free
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