By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — A few days ago, I was standing at the ticket booth of a theater asking to have a couple of tickets reprinted because my friend had left them in his car. I tried to be funny and said to the ticket seller, “my stupid friend forgot […]
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — A team of 18 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev students have designed and developed an intelligent, autonomous submarine called the “Hydro Camel,” the first of its kind in Israel. Several members of the BGU Hydro Camel submarine team will compete in the 16th Annual RoboSub Competition in San Diego from
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By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Everyone knows what a ”typo” is, and we all make them from time to time, in emails and college term papers and in published ebooks. But what is an “atomic typo”? I’ve been following the term for a few years now, and from I gather it’s an incorrect
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By Alan Muskovitz DETROIT–We all face challenges. Health. Financial. Challenges that test us. It’s part of the human equation. No one gets by unscathed. But you know the saying – “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” Yeah, well trying convincing someone of that after they’ve attempted to “seamlessly” switch their phone service
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The Modern Menu. Simple. Beautiful. Kosher by Kim Kushner, photography by Andrew Zuckerman; Gefen Publishing House, Jerusalem, 2013/5773. Softcover ISBN 978-965-229-632-0. Hardcover ISBN 978-965-229-611-5. 152 pages. No printed price in the book but prices vary online. By Melanie Ross SAN DIEGO — Upon opening this beautiful cookbook I expected a frumme looking woman dressed in
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By Lloyd Levy LONDON–There is a new political phenomenon in the UK called UKIP, or the United Kingdom Independence Party. Those of your readers in the UK will know to what I refer. Your readers in USA will probably be the very first people in the USA to hear about this political party, and the
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By Melanie Ross SAN DIEGO — “It’s true we don’t live in a zoo, but man is an animal too!” The intrinsic values of Dr. Doolittle have been forgotten and it is time for our youngsters to be taught with vigilance and exuberance about the dire importance of how we treat our animals. In Judaism
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By Norman Greene SAN DIEGO — If you enjoy having your canine best friend by your side while dining out, a new restaurant just opened in San Diego’s Mission Valley. The Montana styled facility is appropriately called “Lazy Dog.” It is the newest member of a thirteen store chain, only the second to be operated
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San Diego County, Travel and Food
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–Asael Shabo is excited as he talks about his participation in the European Wheelchair Basketball Championships taking place from June 26 – July 8. The 19-year-old competed for his first time on Israel’s national wheelchair basketball team in Frankfurt, Germany against several European teams. Although the Israeli men’s team won one game
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Travel and FoodBy Norman Greene SAN DIEGO –It’s a strange name for a restaurant and the parking could be a little more convenient, but the food was delicious, the wine list interesting and the prices quite good. I liked our friendly, efficient service and the relaxed atmosphere at Lupi on La Jolla Boulevard in the Bird Rock
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San Diego County, Travel and Food
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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Sheryl Rowling, Travel and Food