By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Daughter: Mother dear, I can’t believe you smashed your car into a fire hydrant. At least you didn’t get hurt. Mother: That fire hydrant wasn’t there yesterday. Daughter: Oh, Mom, of course it was. I wonder whether you should keep driving. Mother: I’m fine, and I’m not
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By Norman Greene CASABLANCA, Morocco — Dressed in her head-to-toe hajab or jalaba, she reminded me of an Arabic version of San Diego’s late travel maven Gert Thaler as she skillfully guided us on our quest around the old Jewish Quarter in Casablanca. She was effusive, charming, funny and full of energy. We had
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Jewish History, Middle East, Travel and FoodBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Another enchanted evening basking in the clement weather in Balboa Park’s Lowell Davies Festival Theater, as the 2014 Summer Shakespeare Festival opened with the classic tragedy, Othello. Barry Edelstein directed a cast filled with talented stars, some local and some national, some known and others debuting. A few major
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Travel and FoodBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Rudy Shur, publisher and CEO of Square One in New York and a true mensch of the American book industry, was delighted to read a New York Times article recently about the AAP (American Academy of Pedriatrics) releasing a statement endorsing the practice of reading aloud to babies.
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Travel and FoodSACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) – The California Legislative Jewish Caucus has made the following statement regarding the recent kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank: “Our hearts, thoughts and prayers are with the parents, family members and friends of the innocent teenage Israeli boys kidnapped in the West Bank on June 12. The
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Travel and FoodBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Take a female newspaper reporter in Manhattan named Rebekah Roberts covering a murder in the Hasidic community — where a recent murder has everyone talking — and you’ve got a very good and probing debut novel by CBSNews.com reporter Julia Dahl. Released in May,, Invisible City is a
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Travel and FoodBRUSSELS (Press Release) — Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras pledged a fight against extremism at an AJC Transatlantic Institute dinner Wednesday night, June 25. While acknowledging the immense challenges facing his country since 2008, including nearly 60 percent youth unemployment, he presented a generally optimistic outlook for Greece. He said that “extremism of all kinds
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein (both D-California) on Wednesday, June 25, praised the passage of their resolution honoring the 150th anniversary of the Yosemite Grant Act, legislation signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1864 that permanently protected the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove. “In 1864, in the middle of the
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LOS ANGELES (SDJW) — Singer Merry Clayton, who was featured in the documentary 20 Feet From Stardom “has a long road to recovery” from a June 16 automobile accident in Los Angeles, according to manager and record producer Alan V. Abrahams. In a note sent Wednesday, June 25, to San Diego Jewish World, he verified
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — In a hearing to examine AT&T’s proposed acquisition of DirecTV, U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) raised concerns about the ongoing trend toward media consolidation in the telecom industry and said the deal needed careful scrutiny to determine if it’s in the best interest of consumers. At the hearing, which was
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–With hundreds of millions of dollars from anonymous donors being spent to secretly influence this year’s elections, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) and 49 other senators to introduce the DISCLOSE Act of 2014. The bill would crack down on so-called “dark money” by requiring organizations that
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LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– San Diego’s internationally recognized San Diego Jewish Book Fair celebrates its 20th year, starting with the summer book fair event on July 24th at 7:00 p.m. with award-winning New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva and his newest novel, The Heist “A Conversation with Daniel Silva” will be presented
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)– The Beit Guvrin caves and the ancient town of Maresha in central Israel were recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a heritage site on Sunday, June 22, during its 38th World Heritage Committee in Doha, Qatar. The man-made caves, known for their unique ‘bell
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Middle East, Travel and FoodIDF uncovers secret tunnels, explosives labs in West Bank (JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Combat Engineering Corps uncovered numerous secret underground compartments in Palestinian homes during the course of the ongoing search for three Israeli teens kidnapped in the West Bank. Engineering Corps special forces discovered the secret compartments in various locations, in one
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