Judaism

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Feb. 22, 1957, Part 2

Press Notes Southwestern Jewish Press, February 22, 1957, Page 3 The guest columnist this week is Mr. Irving Morton, assist. exec. dir. of the Jewish Community Center.  Mrs. Kaufman will resume her column upon her return from Mexico. When Julia asked me to write something humorous I thought it wouldn’t be too difficult, since many […]

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Feb. 22, 1957, Part 1

Mrs. Solomon To Head Women’s Division For Fund Southwestern Jewish Press, February 22, 1957, Page 1 Mrs. Lewis Solomon will lead the Women’s Division for the 1957 Campaign of the United Jewish Fund, it was announced this week. In the next few days, Chairman Solomon will select her four co-chairmen and begin planning the opening

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Year in review 5772

“Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.”—Deuteronomy 32:7   By Dr. Erica Brown/JNS.org It’s that time again: a new Hebrew year is upon us. It’s time for the Jewish year in review based on a mandate

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Jewish Religion

Second-stage Anti Semitism

By Kenneth L. Marcus/JointMedia News Service Jewish Americans should be concerned about the recent verdict in the Italian libel case that involves parliamentarian Fiamma Nirenstein. In 2008, cartoonist Vauro Senesi published a caricature of Nirenstein that depicted the Jewish-Italian politician, in classic anti-Semitic fashion, as a hook-nosed monster wearing a Star of David together with

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JNS News Briefs: September 6, 2012

Jerusalem language returns to Democratic platform after three attempted votes (JNS.org) Recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, at first controversially omitted from the 2012 Democratic Party Platform, will return to the document after three attempted voice votes at the party’s convention in Charlotte, NC, on Wednesday. On all three voice votes, a seemingly indistinguishable

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Feb. 8, 1957, Part 3

As the Psychologist Sees You Southwestern Jewish Press, February 8, 1957, Page 4 By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant The Effect of Climate on Personality We are aware of many forces affecting personality, such as heredity, the family, the neighborhood, and health factors. It is true that all of these are influences which must not

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The measures of honesty

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — During one early visit to Israel, Judy and I entered a coffee store to buy a pound of ground coffee. We watched in amazement as the proprietor held a paper bag under a chute, opened the door, closed it, and placed our coffee on his scale: it weighed

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