By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — Two thousand years ago lived Rebbi Akiva – the greatest Rabbi of his generation, and one of the greatest Rabbis of all time. He amassed 24,000 talmidim (students). They flocked to bask in his greatness and learn his Torah. Rebbi Akiva’s talmidim were the pride of the generation. […]
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Jewish ReligionPress Notes (By Julia Kaufman) Southwestern Jewish Press, May 31, 1957, Page 3 A ‘New Kind’ of Jewry in the Year 2000 The Jewish community in America won’t be the same 50 yers from now. Two eminent historians, probing the future, predict that American Jewry will survive–but the impact of suburban life, closed doors to
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Jewish HistoryBy Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — “No man is an island.” “It takes a village.” These are just some of the clichés that are used to convey the importance of social groups, of the realization that people cannot “go at it alone”. But just as it is vital that each of us learns
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97 Jewish Lives Saved; 625 Families Shirk Jewish Responsibility Southwestern Jewish Press, May 31, 1957, Pages 1, 3 Ninety-seven lives have been saved to date by San Diego Jewry through the Emergency Rescue Fund of the United Jewish Appeal, according to Dr. Walter Ornstein and Victor Schulman, General Campaign Co-Chairmen of the most successful Jewish
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– Aaron, the brother of Moses, received the news of the sudden and inexplicable death of his two sons – as told in last week’s Torah portion – in silence. In our days, many of those who state that silence is also the most appropriate reaction to the Holocaust – the annual
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — As a child of a Holocaust survivor, I find it hard to believe that the generation of my aunts and uncles, and father is rapidly coming to an end. The world gets older by the day; my family used to have a large number of relatives
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Donor Luncheon to Mark ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Southwestern Jewish Press, May 17, 1957, Page 4 “… and the desert shall bloom” has been selected by Chairman, Mrs. Elmer Wohl and her co-Chairman, Mrs. Sam Cohen, as the theme for Hadassah’s Donor Luncheon to be presented on Thursday, June 20, in the Palm Room of the U.S.
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California – In Shemini, the Torah portion for April 6, 2013, we read about the death of Aaron’s two sons, who died from an accidental explosion in the Tabernacle. Aaron’s reaction is quite telling–despite the absence of scriptural detail from the narrator. As is often the case with biblical
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Believe it or not, I watch a lot of cooking shows. (No, I don’t cook much, but I do enjoy eating!) One of the most common ingredients chefs use is “kosher salt.” I never fail to be amused when they use it to season pork! Salt is kosher
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — We all applaud when an old man runs in the marathon. We expect that his physical powers diminished long ago, and when he proves otherwise we celebrate for him. We are impressed when an old woman professor can still give an extemporaneous lecture, drawing upon her memory
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Jewish ReligionBetrothal Told Southwestern Jewish Press, May 17, 1957, Page 2 Mr. and Mrs. Sam Slayen announce the engagement of their daughter, Lillian, to Martin Rubenstein, son of Mr. Louis J. Rubenstein of Jackson Heights, New York. The betrothal was revealed a t a family dinner party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al Slayen,
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$30,000 Needed To Reach Top Goal of $295,000 Southwestern Jewish Press, May 17, 1957, Pages 1, 3 As the 1957 United Jewish Fund reached its peak this week, Dr. Walter Ornstein and Victor Schulman, General Campaign Co-Chairmen, issued a plea to all those who have not as yet contribute to participate immediately in what they
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryHome for the Aged Auxiliary Slate Installation Luncheon May 22nd Southwestern Jewish Press, May 3, 1957, Page 5 Plans for the 11th annual Donor Installation Luncheon for the Home for the Aged Auxiliary to be held at the Lafayette Hotel on Wednesday, May 22, at 12 o’clock, are practically completed, according to general chairman, Mrs.
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –Having grown up in a British home where Passover/Pesach was observed with rigour, it came as something of a shock when I arrived in Israel to find that not everyone did the same. It was only in Israel that I heard about people filling their fridges and freezers with bread
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