By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — Since the murders at Emanuel AME church a few weeks ago, I’ve struggled looking for the right words to express my feelings on the so called “Southern Culture” as symbolized by the Confederate flag. It is amazing to me that we tolerate the rewriting of history as a way to […]
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Jewish History, USAIncreasing Wholeness: Jewish Wisdom & Guided Meditations to Strengthen & Calm Body, Heart, Mind, & Soul by Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, Vermont; ISBN 978-1-58023-823-6 ©2015, $19.99, p. 151, plus notes By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — The expression “wholeness is peace” might be considered an aphorism in English, but it
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-13th in a Series- Exit 4: Hotel Circle, San Diego ~ Riverwalk Golf Course By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The Handlery Hotel, on the northeastern portion of Hotel Circle, adjoins the Riverwalk Golf Course, on land that the Levi and Cushman families have owned for over a century. Currently they and a developer
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and FoodBy Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — Isser Harel, head of Israel’s Mossad from 1953 to 1963 is remembered for his capture of Adolf Eichmann. Few remember Harel for his capture of Yossele Schumacher. The former was the notorious Nazi war criminal in charge of mass deportation of Jews to extermination camps while the latter was
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By Erin Philips SAN DIEGO– Kicking off San Diego REP’s 40th season, The Pianist of Willesden Lane is the story of Lisa Jura, a young Jewish girl from Austria whose passion for music and skill as a pianist sustains her through the dark and terrible years of World War II. As told by her daughter
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Jewish ReligionBy Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO –I have the Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth song, “See You Again” playing in my head today. It’s been a long day without you my friend / And I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again / We’ve come a long way from where we began / Oh I’ll
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By Jenn Lindsay VATICAN CITY — Recently I attended an audience with Pope Francis with the International Council of Christians and Jews. It was my second audience, as I had also gained access to the Vatican’s elaborate reception room through the Pontifical Institute for the Study of Arabic and Islam. The journey into the heart of
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International, Jewish ReligionBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM – The Temple Institute is working together with an Israeli cattleman to raise a red heifer in Israel, in strict accordance with the Biblical commandment. The project is the culmination of years of research at the Temple Institute that fuses ancient religious texts and modern science. “We’ve been working on this
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastThe First Lady of Fleet Street; The Life of Rachel Beer, Crusading Heiress and Newspaper Pioneer by Eilat Negev & Yehuda Koren, Random House 2011. By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — As unlikely as it may seem, for approximately ten years at the end of the 1800’s, two of the foremost British newspapers, the Sunday Times and
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Jewish HistoryBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — I recently read a book by Aaron David Miller entitled, The End of Greatness – Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President. Miller asserts that there have only been three great American Presidents: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt. He also asserts that not
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-Twelfth in a Series- Exit 3, Taylor Street, San Diego: Temple Beth Israel, Heritage Park By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Many fine carriages pulled up to the new building at the corner of 2nd and Beech Streets on a hill overlooking downtown San Diego and the Bay. Their occupants came to observe or to participate
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By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Woman in Gold made its debut in theaters in April of this year, unfurling the true story of an Austrian-American woman seeking to reclaim artwork that had been seized by the Nazis during World War II. Director Simon Curtis granted me a phone interview prior to the DVD
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Eva Trieger, Jewish HistoryBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Roads to hell. We know they’re paved with good intentions. Jews wanting to improve things for themselves and others have been as guilty as anyone. The latest example is Jews, including some Israelis, who participate in BDS for the sake of humanity as they see it. We’ve been paving those
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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The collusion between secular Israelis and extreme Orthodoxy has a long and ignominious history. The mixture of cynical indifference and a seemingly visceral belief that authentic Judaism must be Orthodox continues to dominate the political realm in the land. To repeat the old adage: Many Israelis insist that the synagogue
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