By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — I am hardly part of a 9/11 family but I did lose someone who was trying to help that day. Though an imposing figure of bulk and professionalism, rarely not dressed in his suit and tie, or in his naval reserve attire that he wore with quiet pride, he
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Obituaries & memorials, USAAccording to an article in Highline about US Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka, a friend of Ivanka’s noted a correlation between the occurrence of the Jewish Sabbath and holidays and Donald Trump’s more outstanding Twitter faux pas. The friend attributed the correlation to the fact that Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner are not
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Jewish Religion, USAThe Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum hopes that documents about Jewish refugees’ life experience in Shanghai during World War II will eventually be listed in China’s national legacy archives. The museum said it will continue enriching and improving its collection of historical materials and make them part of the national legacy archives, and then global archives.
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International, Jewish History
By Jerry Klinger It‘s an unusual statement, “He did what no Jew could do.” Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel coined it. She coined it to recognize the special service of Rev. John Stanley Grauel to Israel. Rev. Grauel served as a secret Haganah Agent on the famed Holocaust Refugee ship the Exodus. Yet, Meir’s
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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) – In a twist on tradition, a 13-year-old boy has decided to donate all of the presents from his Bar Mitzvah in an effort to share in the dream of his namesake. Yisrael David “Srulie” Beer, the son of United Hatzalah Founder and President Eli Beer, is endeavoring to purchase both a much-needed ambulance
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Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are just around the corner. Unfortunately, many older adults will not attend religious services for these holidays because they’re unable to drive and lack transportation. To combat this, Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) is offering free rides for persons 60 and older to synagogues
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountySan Diego Jewish World’s eulogy series is sponsored by Marc and Margaret Cohen in memory of Molly Cohen, and by Inland Industries Group LP in memory of long-time San Diego Jewish community leader Marie (Mrs. Gabriel) Berg. Comments intended for publication in the space below MUST be accompanied by the letter writer’s first and last name
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorialsMembers of the Minutemen, with its founder, Nat Arno, with cigar, at Krueger Auditorium in Newark, 1936. He secretly worked with the U.S. government to infiltrate and break up the Nazi Bund meetings. Photo courtesy Jewish Historical Society of NJ Mob historian Myron Sugerman said members of the Jewish mob in Newark who “beat up
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Jewish HistoryBy Rabbi Nadav Caine POWAY, California — Kever Avot is the Jewish custom that we mark the approaching High Holy Days with annual visits to the graves of departed loved ones. We speak to them and draw on their memories to inspire our personal formulations for how we want to live in this world for the
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CalendarConservative icon Phyllis Schlafly, the leader of the 1970s Stop ERA movement, has died. In a statement posted on its website on Monday afternoon, her Eagle Forum said she died at her home in St. Louis surrounded by family members. She was 92. ‘Rest in peace, Phyllis Schlafly. Wife, mother, grandmother, author, lawyer, tireless voice
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Obituaries & memorials, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –This past weekend, Detroit pastor Bishop Wayne Jackson draped a tallit around Donald Trump’s shoulders at service. What was the Jewish reaction? Well, that takes us to the rest of the story that I am about to tell you. Most Jews I know are probably confused about
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USARepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump made an appearance at a black church in Detroit Saturday, and received a prayer shawl (tallit) for the occasion. After giving a brief speech, Trump received a Jewish Heritage Study Bible along with the prayer shawl from Bishop Wayne T. Jackson, pastor of Great Faith Ministries International. Trump wore the
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Jewish Religion, USAInbar Tabib was born in Israel to a Yemenite/Persian family. Her father was disabled as a young child, and both her parents served as role models for coping with challenges. When she was 5, her family relocated to Chicago, where she spent the rest of her childhood. Although Inbar grew up in a traditional home
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — In Parashat Re’eh, Moses charges the Children of Israel to obey God. “See, this day I set before you blessing and curse: blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I enjoin upon you this day; and curse, if you do not obey the
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