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By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — Ask any procrastinator – and he or she will tell you that which should be done today is better done tomorrow – or, better yet, in a thousand years. For countless generations the congregants of the ancient Ben Ezra Synagogue of Cairo, Egypt, never got around to cleaning out […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and a bipartisan group of Senators have called on the President to enlist the private sector in helping to fix the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) broken scheduling system. In a letter, Sen. Franken pressed the Obama Administration to engage leaders from the private sector

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In response to the recent mass shooting in the Isla Vista community near Santa Barbara, U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, both California Democrats, on Thursday, June 5,  introduced The Pause for Safety Act – legislation that will encourage states to empower families and others with new tools to

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Thursday, June 5, held a public committee hearing on the House-passed FISA reform bill, the USA FREEDOM Act. Following is her opening statement, as delivered: * Today we meet to receive testimony and discuss the legislation passed by the House of Representatives on May 22 to

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Wednesday, June 4, sent a letter to California Governor Edmund G. Brown, State Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins on the recent tragic violence in Isla Vista and possible actions to prevent more senseless killings. Feinstein urged the lawmakers to amend California

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California –A flower bud in the spring has closed petals, but potential. If the bud is placed in water with dappled sunlight, it will open into a lovely flower. But if the water is too cool or too warm, or the sun too hot or a draft too cold,

Gate to the Heart: A Manual of Contemplative Jewish Practice by Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi with editors Netanel Miles-Yépez and Robert Micha’el Esformes, Albion-Andalus, Boulder, Colorado; ISBN 978-0-61594-456-2 ©2013, $13.00, p. 118, plus Recommendations for Further Reading By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, co-author of more than a dozen books on various

By Ronn Torossian NEW YORK — Here is the most simple book review of the new book, Rebbe: The Life And Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, The Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History: Read it and you will become a better person. From reading this book, one can better understand how Rabbi Schneerson had a

In Silence: Growing Up Hearing in a Deaf World by Ruth Sidransky By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — In a lifetime of reading, a few special books have made an indelible impression upon me and this is certainly one of them. It took its place in my heart when I read it in 1990 and

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–On Sunday, June 8, 6-8pm, at the House of Israel in Balboa Park, there will be a complimentary open house with light refreshments to display the results of its “Call for Art.” This is a “Call” for artists from around the world to submit work reflecting the artists’ impression of Israel. Via