By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — As a child of the early sixties, I could remember watching the George Reeves’ Adventures of Superman show on television. Back then, the show did not feature super-sized villains like those that we have grown used to seeing over the past thirty years or so. No, Superman generally […]
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Travel and FoodSAN FRANCISCO (Press Release)–Now in its 33rd year, The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival returns to the Bay Area July 25-August 12, 2013 at the Castro Theatre and the JCCSF in San Francisco, the CineArts Theatre in Palo Alto, the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael and its new venues in the
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By Dr. Navras Jaat Aafreedi GREATER NOIDA, India — Given the fact that Jewish beauty has been celebrated in history it does not come as a surprise that in spite of the numerical insignificance of Jews in India’s huge population , five thousand in the total Indian population of 1.3 billion, their women went
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By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Dear Money Maven: Q: I’m very concerned about the stock market. It’s been at an all-time high, but is showing signs of volatility. Should I cash out of stocks now? Q: Bonds are paying almost nothing and interest rates can only go higher. I don’t want to lose money
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Emile Allen, M.D., Eaten By The Tiger; Surrendering To An Empowered Life, Inspire On Purpose Publishing, 2013, ISBN -10; 0988753308 and ISBN-13; 978-0-9887533-0-3, 144 Pages, $21.99.. By Melanie Ross SAN DIEGO — When author Emile Allen was told by a meditation guru “you need to be Eaten By The Tiger” he did not understand. Reluctantly
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By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — One of my friends recently told me she felt she was always searching for something, but didn’t know exactly what she was looking for. She doesn’t have a mission in life, she said, like a passion to paint or write. She has a job she likes, but
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– Anyone following responses to my columns in the Internet blog section of the Jerusalem Post, or looking over my shoulder as I read email, should perceive the anger and cynicism of those fed up with US efforts to support Israel and other places in the Middle East. Sorry, folks, you’re stuck with
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — Like so many folks, I loved James Gandolfini. With his bulk and not-so-leading-man looks, he reassured those of us men who are, well, not necessarily debonair yet think of ourselves as creative and worthwhile. But I worried about him—exactly because his agility as an artist was as large
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By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — Not so long ago, I found myself in a shopping center in the Scripps Poway Parkway area around lunchtime. I wandered into Luna Grill restaurant, and ordered grilled meat, which turned out savory and perfectly grilled. The flavors were juicy and tangy and possibly even addictive (in a good
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Travel and FoodTEL AVIV (Press Release) — The shores of the Sea of Galilee, located in the North of Israel, are home to a number of significant archaeological sites. Now researchers from Tel Aviv University have found an ancient structure deep beneath the waves as well. Researchers stumbled upon a cone-shaped monument, approximately 230 feet in diameter,
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By David Strom SAN DIEGO —I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits is her first novel in English. The main characters are religious Hasidic Jews, followers of the Satmar rebbe living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Josef Lichtenstein, an orthodox follower of the Satmar rebbe, was five years old when he witnessed the murder of his younger sister
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By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — While the official theme of this year’s June 8-July 4 San Diego County Fair is “Game On”, the unofficial theme is bacon. So, with much of the fair’s culinary offerings involving bacon of one form or another, what’s a Jewish girl to do? Don’t worry though, this food reviewer
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Travel and FoodBy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — In six months I will mark the end of my first century. I have been searching for a way to celebrate my hundredth birthday that will give the world something worthwhile after I am gone. A year ago I wrote on these pages that the Cairo codex,
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By David Amos SAN DIEGO — If you like music for the classical violin, these concerts are certainly for you. The eminent violinist and recording artist Jacques Israelievitch will be the guest soloist of the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra in two programs which will have, yes, three major violin concerto masterpieces of the classic repertoire,
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