Travel and Food

  By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — The scenario seems quite feasible. A Muslim political party gains enough votes in the general election in a democratic European country to serve as the key element in the new government. At the same time massive Saudi-Arabian funding is channeled into the greatly depleted coffers of the country’s leading

The Mountains of Israel – A Taste of Heaven by Britt Lode and Rabbi Yitschak Naki, Gefen Publishing House, 2015 By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — This is quite simply – a beautiful book.  The silky pages are filled with photographs in full color of the mountains and hills of Israel.  Opposite each picture are

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California–We all follow more or less predictable patterns of responding to our environment. Wanting to be significant and wanting to matter are common wishes for many people. Is being significant important to you? If so, how do you achieve that? Some people like to be visible, upfront, counted. Others

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan – John Blumenthal was born in the middle of the 20th century in Middletown, New York, and while he was not born with a silver spoon in is mouth, he did come into this world with the humorist’s touch deeply embedded in his DNA. I first met him in

SAN DIEGO (SDJW)– During the week of October 19, 2015, San Diego conductor David Amos will be conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a recording of the music of the late composer Arnold Rosner. This is by invitation from the Rosner family, to memorialize the late composer who died in 2013. Four selections will be