Editor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website. Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman is pictured in a photo by John Gibbins in U-T coverage of the FBI’s probe into allegations of San Diego Police Officers misconduct before Zimmerman’s reign. However, the chief is not quoted in the […]
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO –The history of the Jewish people is a long one – well, not just long – very long. Because our history is intertwined with so many other groups and countries it is also bound to be complex – with triumphs, tsuras (trouble) and lots of dates. However, it would be
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Jewish HistoryEditor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website. Restaurateur David Cohen is teaming up with Tim Mays of the Casbah to turn the North Park Theatre into a venue for rock concerts and comedy performances. In fact, Ronnie Spector will give a concert on July 4,
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Jewish ReligionEditor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website In a front page story about the U.S. sending advisors to Iraq, the AP quotes Rep. Adam Schiff (D-California) as warning against “mission creep” that might end up in another land war in the Middle East. “We have
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Several years ago on a trip from Los Angeles to San Diego, I tuned into a late night radio talk show hosted by Michael Savage. His opinions and callers (IMO) were outrageous. One call particularly caught my attention. The caller said: “I believe in President George Bush.” Savage
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Jewish ReligionEditor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website. State Capitol correspondent Steven Greenhut reported on Page A-2 that State Sen. Mark Leno’s bill to require a kill switch that would enable owners to turn off stolen cellphones is running into controversy. Approved by an Assembly committee,
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California – You think it’s just children who yearn for a good bedtime story? Who doesn’t love a good yarn read with shtick? Nu, a good accent, some great facial expressions and characters so familiar you’ll swear you are related by blood. North Coast Rep Theater hosted a very special
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Eva Trieger, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyEditor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website. Two prominent Jewish philanthropic families will have their names forever linked to cancer treatment at a hospital being built on the UCSD campus in La Jolla. The hospital is called the Jacobs Medical Center, after the family of
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyEditor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website. State Capitol correspondent Steven Greenhut noted in a page A-2 story that State Senate President pro tempore Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) had exulted in 2010 following passage of Proposition 25, which reduced from two-thirds to a majority the number
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—At a student assembly in the Grundschule (Elementary School) of Neuhaus an der Oste, Germany, the town’s Mayor Georg Martens proudly received a copy of a proclamation signed by San Diego’s Mayor Kevin Faulconer celebrating the “sister” relationship between the school which Martens was visiting and the Cabrillo Elementary School
By David Ogul SAN DIEGO –Mr. Padre is gone. The greatest hitter of our time and the most celebrated San Diego State Aztec ever is dead at 54. Tony Gwynn’s passing on Monday, June 16, from cancer caused by years of chewing smokeless tobacco has caused this city, this county, this region, to reflect on
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David Ogul, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Sports & CompetitionsEditor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website. State Senator Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, was pictured on page 2, in an AP photo taken during the budget debate, in a discussion with Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, and Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar.
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyEditor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website. The defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a Virginia Republican primary election last Tuesday, June 10, continues to reverberate. In the U-T’s “Winners and Losers” column, an item about Cantor was at the top of the
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County
TEL AVIV (Press Release) – On Friday night June 13,.White City Shabbat set the Guinness World Record for the Largest Shabbat Dinner ever at the Hangar 11 in the port of Tel Aviv. 2,226 attendees were officially inscribed in the Guinness World Record for the Largest Shabbat Dinner, with notable diners including Chief Rabbi of
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Jewish Religion, Middle East