Finis Leavell Beauchamp, The Terrible Beauty of the Evil Man; Kodesh Press (New York, 2014); 396 pages; ISBN-13: 978-0692237885; $14.95 By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Philo of Alexandria once said that every person who has ever become a proselyte walks a similar path that Abraham, our Father, once walked. According to Jewish folklore, Abraham […]
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-Eleventh in a Series- By Donald H. Harrison SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — As one drives north on the Interstate 15 towards Salt Lake City, a Jew might get the impression of being surrounded by a familiar heritage, and also by one that is altogether new. In Utah, one passes through the northwest corner of
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USAIsrael ranks ‘very high’ on U.N. human development index (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel ranks 19th in the world in the United Nations’ Human Development Index for 2014, according to the U.N.’s 2014 Human Development Report, released Thursday. Israel is among 49 nations the report ranks as having “very high human development.” The report, titled
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Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — In the early 1900s, Constantin Stanislavski—who invented what is known as “method acting”—said that to achieve great acting and great writing one has to know what a fictional character wants and needs. And it is not only our needs for food, shelter, and security, it has to
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release) — The decision of the Federal Aviation Administration to permit flights between the United States and Tel Aviv to resume was applauded Thursday, July 24, by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Robert G. Sugarman, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman, said, “We welcome the announcement by
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Middle East, Travel and Food, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France–It’s an occupational hazard of living in Israel. You live your life, make vacation plans, and then there is a crisis. At first you don’t know how long it will continue and what shape or form it will assume. So you carry on as usual, as best you can, and when
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Travel and FoodBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — The Fiasco Theatre came from New York to the Old Globe to present its re-imagined Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. “The mission of Fiasco Theater is to offer dynamic, joyful, actor-driven productions of classic and new plays….” They are all about making bold choices,
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — Conference of Presidents leaders, Robert G. Sugarman, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman, on Wednesday, July 23, urged the Federal Aviation Administration to rescind the temporary ban on commercial flights by US airlines to Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. “While we recognize the need to protect fliers from any
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Middle East, Travel and Food, USABy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Who am I? That’s a burning question for any adolescent. Even more so when you’re adopted and greater still when “Mommy” is obviously not your “real mom”. This is the quandary of Jade McCullough –played by Dana Lau in the Moxie Theatre production of Jade Heart. When
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-Eighth in a series– By Donald H. Harrison BOULDER CITY, Nevada – Whereas the watchword of this publication is “There’s a Jewish Story Everywhere,” at the Hoover Dam, apparently, the motto is slightly different: “There’s a Statistic Everywhere.” Or so one might believe watching an introductory video and taking a math-laden tour of the
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USABy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Last Sunday, my daughter Margalit left for Israel. She is the Senior Director of Birthright Israel Experience for the Jewish Taglit Birthright Federation of Greater Los Angeles. She is accompanying one of the trips. Last week she spent most of her time fielding phone calls from anxious participants
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–Seventh in a series– By Donald H. Harrison PRIMM, Nevada – As grandson Shor and I drove through the California desert, we saw shimmering in front of us what seemed a scene out of Oz, or maybe Xanadu: some tall structures including a giant roller coaster. Was this one of those fabled desert mirages often
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By Rabbi Michael Berk SAN DIEGO — I started writing this as I sat in the Newark airport in the very early hours of Tuesday morning, July 15, having just returned from Israel on a whirlwind week long AIPAC rabbinic mission. I can’t believe how things have changed in the short time I’ve been home.
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