By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Unconditionally, and in the name of my Jewish faith: I pray that the Gaza ceasefire endures because I am deeply uncomfortable and aggrieved with the civilian carnage that has accumulated in the region. The first thing we all need to bring to the table before the children of
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Jewish Religion, Middle East
NEW YORK (WJC) – A performance of The Good and the True, a play based on the life of two Czech Holocaust survivors, brought tears to the eyes of Petr Papousek, the president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic and a World Jewish Congress Vice-President. The play, whose New York opening
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International, Jewish HistoryBy Ken Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO–Lawrence “Laurie” Baron is professor emeritus of modern Jewish history at San Diego State. He has a doctorate in modern European intellectual history from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He’s an expert on Holocaust films. So what’s a nice Jewish teacher doing writing one-liners like these?
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA)- Hundreds of Jews ascended the Temple Mount Tuesday morning, Aug. 5, to mark Tisha B’Av the Jewish national day of mourning and fasting for the destruction of the two Holy Temples, which both stood on the Temple Mount for nearly a millennium until they were destroyed by the Babylonian and
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA)–Pottery sherds, or fragments, discovered by an Israel Antiquities Authority inspector several months ago, during extensive work by the Netivei Israel – National Transport Infrastructure Company, Ltd. on the new Highway 1 project resulted in an archaeological excavation. A previously unknown settlement from the Late Second Temple period was discovered, as
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Jewish History, Middle EastBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO– “Words! Words! Words! I’m so sick of words! I get words all day through; First from him, now from you! Is that all you blighters can do?” So laments Eliza Doolittle in the musical classic My Fair Lady. Eliza was clearly not Jewish! Jews never complain about words. They
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Jewish ReligionBy Tammi Rossman-Benjamin/JNS.org Amid the current unrest in Israel and Gaza, Jews around the world have been targeted for attack. Virulently anti-Israel demonstrations and activities in cities across Europe and around the world have resulted in frightening anti-Jewish violence. Meanwhile, in the U.S. right now, school is out and students are safe. But there is little
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
-Thirteenth in a series- By Donald H. Harrison BUTTE, Montana – In this old west city where the very first mayor was Jewish, Montana’s oldest synagogue may be on the verge of dying. Meanwhile, at the city’s annual Montana Folk Festival, the klezmer music of Yiddish-speaking Eastern European Jews is periodically reincarnated. Thus summer visitors
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Members of Ohr Shalom Synagogue and Tifereth Israel Synagogue will gather at the latter congregation, 6660 Cowles Mountain Blvd., at 8 p.m. for Tisha B’Av services during which the Book of Lamentations will be read and host Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal will explore the topic: “Is the Modern State of Israel
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Temple Emanu-El plans two special Shabbat celebrations in August, to which the public is invited. First, on Friday, August 15, at 6 p.m. a Shabbat service in the temple’s sanctuary (6299 Capri Drive) will be followed by free hot dogs and s’mores in the courtyard. The event caters to new and prospective
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CalendarWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post: · Rabbi David Nathan Saperstein – Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, Department of State President Obama said, “I am grateful that Rabbi Saperstein has chosen to dedicate his talent to serving the
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-Eleventh in a Series- By Donald H. Harrison SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — As one drives north on the Interstate 15 towards Salt Lake City, a Jew might get the impression of being surrounded by a familiar heritage, and also by one that is altogether new. In Utah, one passes through the northwest corner of
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–Seventh in a series– By Donald H. Harrison PRIMM, Nevada – As grandson Shor and I drove through the California desert, we saw shimmering in front of us what seemed a scene out of Oz, or maybe Xanadu: some tall structures including a giant roller coaster. Was this one of those fabled desert mirages often
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — As 122 Gaza rockets struck Israel on Tuesday, July 15, hundreds of observant Muslims and observant Jews across Israel united to break their mutual fast day together. The events brought the people of the two different faiths together, as the Jewish fast of the 17th of Tammuz, commemorating the
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