Attendance was inspired by cemetery desecration Azra Baig. Photo via South Brunswick Board of Education Rabbi Robert Wolkoff felt “supported and encouraged” by the presence of 50 Muslim guests at Shabbat services in February. The toppling of 170 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Missouri inspired a Muslim woman in Middlesex County to do something
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Jewish Religion, USALA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– Pam Zimbalist, a second-generation survivor, tells her experiences encouraging her mother, Hanna Gendler Rom Young to write the memoir of her life in Kovno, Lithuania, as a child; in the Nazi concentration camp KZ Stutthof where her own mother starved to death, and after liberation in the United States. Her
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Jewish History, San Diego CalendarDaniel Dorsch Every Rosh Chodesh, our synagogue daily minyan holds a service in solidarity with the Women of the Wall who fight for religious equality in Israel. On Monday, women who would ordinarily be harassed leading services at the Kotel did so freely from our bimah. Instead of sneaking a Torah scroll into the Women’s
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Jewish ReligionMiriam Colón has passed away at the age of 80, her husband Fred Valle has confirmed. The cause of death was revealed to be complications from a pulmonary infection. Colón is a legendary Puerto Rican actress that was widely recognized as playing the mother of Tony Montana in the 1983 remake of “Scarface.” The directors
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO –“And they shall make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide and one and a half cubits high.” (Shemot 25:10) The Talmud Sanhedrin(29a) debates the source from where the concept ‘Whoever adds (to the Commandments) diminishes them’ is derived.
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Jewish ReligionTel Aviv (dpa) – Israeli photographer David Rubinger, best known for his image of Israeli soldiers standing awestruck in front of the Western Wall during the Six-Day War, has died aged 92, a family statement said on Thursday. Rubinger, who died Wednesday in Jerusalem, “eternalized history as it will be forever etched in our memories,”
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorialsSAN DIEGO (Press Release) –The Jewish Federation of San Diego County will host the annual Holocaust Memorial Commemoration event taking place at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center on Sunday, April 23 at 1:30 pm. San Diego’s commemoration is one the largest in the country with more than 500 community members attending. The commemoration serves
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Jewish History, San Diego CalendarLONDON — Gerald Kaufman, the longest-serving lawmaker in Britain’s House of Commons, has died aged 86.Kaufman’s family says the Labour Party legislator died Sunday after a long illness.Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Monday called Kaufman “an iconic and irascible figure” who was proud of his Jewish roots and strove to bring peace to the Middle
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International, Obituaries & memorialsLOS ANGELES — He was a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court judge who became an unlikely American TV icon, a white-haired jurist who was dubbed the “Solomon of Small Claims.” Judge Joseph A. Wapner, who presided over “The People’s Court” for 12 years in the 1980s and ’90s, has died, a family member told
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Obituaries & memorials, USAOne of the world”s smallest and most geographically isolated Jewish communities has united behind an effort to fulfill a Holocaust survivor”s last dying wish, and give her a proper Jewish burial in the Land of Israel. The Jewish community of the Canary Islands – an Atlantic archipelago under Spanish sovereignty west of Morocco – numbers
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By David Ogul SAN DIEGO — Judaism teaches that the world relies on three principles: religious observance, divine work and acts of kindness. Ira Lerner showed his dedication to this philosophy through his professional life, his commitment to his religion and his ties to his family and many friends. Professionally, he served his country as
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David Ogul, Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyBill Paxton has died. The actor, who starred in CBS’ new “Training Day” reboot, was 61. His loved ones revealed that he died during a surgery. “It is with heavy hearts we share the news that Bill Paxton has passed away due to complications from surgery,” a statement from the family (via People) reads. “A
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWASHINGTON, February 24, 2017 – First cast as an almost sub-human villain before he later morphed into an oddly lovable character later in his career, bigger-than-life wrestling legend George “The Animal” Steele passed away in Florida on February 16, 2017 at the age of 79. Steele had been under hospice care since the spring of
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Obituaries & memorials, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Translations of the Bible often reveal more about a translator’s world view than they do about the actual text. Once we decipher the context, a translation reveals something that is hidden to the reader. This is especially the case with respect to one of the more straightforward
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