By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — He was one of the greatest Talmud scholars of the last century, but outside of a small circle of disciples, he was never well-known. He was a tragic figure in many ways, and although few have heard of him today, he has not been totally forgotten. Interestingly,
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Jewish ReligionPress 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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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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By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Attitude is everything. But in hard times, it’s a lot easier to sit and complain rather than do something about bettering our life circumstances and attitudes. I am reminded of an old story I came across almost 10 years ago, which I filed away for a
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By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — After Torah School on Wednesday, Judaica teacher Cheryl Katz, told me about her experience teaching her students about parashat Nitzavim: “You stand this day, all of you, before the Lord your God…to enter into the Covenant of the Lord your God….” (Deut. 29:9-11) She was trying to explain
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Jewish Religion“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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By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — When we adhere to G-d’s commandments, we are a truly blessed nation, as the following true account illustrates: Back in the mid nineties a Jewish advertising executive in New York came up with an idea. What if the New York Times – considered the world’s most prestigious newspaper
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — This week’s parasha, Ki Tavo, contains a declaration that the Israelites were to make after they had settled the land and brought their first fruits to the Kohen as an offering. The declaration begins: “I acknowledge this day before the Lord your God that I have entered the
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Jewish ReligionBy 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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Jewish ReligionJerusalem 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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International, Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — It is a question which I learned never to ask. I first learned this lesson in my training as a psychotherapist, long ago. I was seeing a gentleman for a number of problems, including his marital difficulties. Despite the passage of the years, I still vividly remember
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The Aleppo Codex: A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible by Matti Friedman, Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, NC; ISBN 978-1-61620-040-4 ©2012, $24.95, p. 277, plus notes By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Unlike the Cairo Geniza, whose vast treasure of medieval correspondence came to light accidentally late in the
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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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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — While practicing law, George G. Vest, a former U. S. Senator from Missouri, defended a farmer whose dog was involved in a minor damage suit. Here is part of his speech: “The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that
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