By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, ISRAEL –Just as Americans remember where they were when Jack Kennedy was assassinated, Israelis remember where they were when the sirens went at 2 p.m. on Saturday, 6th October, 1973. Anyone who is now under forty or had not yet immigrated to Israel and wasn’t there at that crucial time […]
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By Anav Silverman A series of photos documenting the observance of Sukkot in Ghetto Lodz in 1941 were recently revealed by the Shem Olam Institute, also known as the Faith and the Holocaust Institute for Education Documentation and Research in Kfar Haroeh. The photos show the ghetto’s Jewish occupants praying with the four species; the
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Jewish HistoryBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The Chinese say, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.” Recently we began our spiritual journey with a celebration of Yom Kippur—a holiday that is wholly devoted to the cultivation of forgiveness and spiritual renewal—both as individuals and as a community. “I
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–There are times I believe we Jews should begin a Society for New Israel. The objectives for this society would be to find some place on Earth where we Jews can begin a nation anew, a place where our traditions, customs, inventiveness, drive and values would be welcomed, not rejected.
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish ReligionBy Alex Traiman/JNS.org Twenty years after the signing of the fateful Oslo Accords between Palestinian Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin, Knesset Members are heavily debating the merits of the peace process and the two-state solution paradigm. Parliamentarians from both Israel’s left and the right agree that the process has
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Jewish HistoryState Department acquiesces to ‘blame Israel’ ploy PARIS (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hosted a meeting in Paris on Sunday with a Ministerial Delegation assigned by the Arab League’s Peace Initiative Committee. The delegation included Ministers of Foreign Affairs and permanent representatives of Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi
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Jewish HistoryNational News House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) announced their backing for President’s Obama to use military force against Syria in retaliation for using chemical weapons. Cantor said the U.S. should take the action to prevent further use of weapons of mass destruction such as sarin gas. The Senate Foreign
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish HistorySAN DIEGO — For the first time in its long and distinguished history, Beth Israel, San Diego’s largest synagogue, will offer live streaming of many of its High Holy Days services. Live streaming of these services will be available free to members and non-members, Jews and non-Jews. While especially beneficial for members who are ill,
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National News THE HOUSE DEBATE OVER SYRIA — U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., favors an American strike against Syria in retaliation against its use of chemical weapons on its own citizenry. “I’m a yes,” he was quoted as saying by NBC. Many other Jewish House members were more nuanced. U.S. Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) pronounced
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History
SAN DIEGO – Here is a look at the activities of our fellow Jews who are holding public office or shaping public policy: National News WEDDING — It would be quite an occasion to have a Supreme Court Justice officiate at any wedding, but what made Ruth Bader Ginsburg‘s conducting the ceremony on Saturday, August
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History
SAN DIEGO– Over the Labor Day 2013 break, here are some statistics to ponder. There are 11 Jews in the 100-member U.S. Senate. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) at age 80, is the oldest member of the Senate Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), half her age at 40, is the second-youngest U.S. Senator. (The very youngest senator is Chris
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Whenever we refer to Moses, we call him Moshe Rabeinu, Moses our teacher. It is curious that although we normally add the words: zichrono l’vracha, “May their name be a blessing,” when we speak about someone who has died, when it comes to Moses, we refer to him
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SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, found someone who rates a 10 (esser), or perhaps it is the owner’s car that gets a perfect score.
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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin
SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin says it was a matter of crazy good luck that she spotted this Jewish-interest license plate: att
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