By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Daniel Ford was born in a Catholic hospital in Boston and grew up Catholic in the city area. Now in his 60s, the book author and New Yorker magazine writer has penned a humorous look at Catholicism, but without rancor or bitterness. Titled ”The Lapsed Catholic Catechism: The […]
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Travel and FoodBy David Amos SAN DIEGO –During the weeklong celebration of Hannukah, which just finished, I was pleased to find Radio Hannukah on the Sirius-XM satellite radio in the car. It was a special channel, entirely devoted, 24 hours a day, to recorded music related to the festival. Most of it was Hannukah music, while other
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Travel and FoodBy Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan– When British cookbook author and international foodie Marlena Spieler flew to Taiwan recently for a four-day visit at the invitation of the government tourist bureau, she immediately fell in love with Taipei, its people and its delicious foods. Spieler is the veteran author of over 50 food and travel
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Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I often hear from friends who complain about their children who work with them in the family business. I also hear from their children, some of whom are young adults, others are middle-aged, complaining bitterly about over-supervision and a lack of autonomy and trust. One young woman
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Robert Gluck/JNS.org In the world of ideas and imagination, Rod Serling lives on. Known for his work on the television show “The Twilight Zone,” Serling was born to a Jewish family in Syracuse, NY. Although it has been 37 years since his death, his work still has a notable impact. Serling was the inspiration
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(Editor’s Note: The following article was written and photographed by Yaakov Shkolnik for the Jewish National Fund in Israel. It features Ulla Hadar, a Ruhama resident and former correspondent for San Diego Jewish World. In conjunction with the partnership between Sha’ar Hanegev Municipality (which includes Ruhama) and the Jewish Federation of San Diego, Hadar has
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Travel and FoodBy Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — I have known Peter Kubicek for several years now, and we often correspond by email, forwarding news links about all kinds of subjects, mostly on Jewish themes, from one Internet mail box to the other. Kubricek is in his early 80s and was born in Czechoslavkia in 1930.
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Travel and FoodBy Steve Karras Much has been made of Matisyahu since he took clippers to his dangling beard and side-curls, 86’d the black fedora, and shockingly emerged from his Hasidic outer shell one year ago. Recent photos of the international hip hop reggae sensation now reveal a clean shaven, hip rocker, looking more like he came
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By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan– There aren’t many delicatessens in Taiwan, and the word “deli” has not yet been translated into Chinese. So when news reached me here the other day that the Stage Deli in Manhattan was closing — after 75 years in business — I paid attention. You see, whenever I get
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Travel and FoodBy Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Hollywood is a long way from Taiwan, but I like to keep in touch with the place via the Internet, and American movies are on Taiwanese TV movie channels all the time. But recently I came across a movie maven in California who knows more about Hollywood
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By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — When faced with a conflict with someone else, people often do not know how to proceed. Having a method to deal with problems can be helpful. Whether there is a problem at work with an employee or a problem at home with spouse or a child, taking one
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By Elisa Greenberg LA JOLLA, California –This December, I have the privilege of playing Yentl in J*Company’s production of Yentl. It is the story of a Jewish girl and her thirst for knowledge, despite the fact that she lives in a society where women’s roles were confined to mothers and wives. Yentl disguises herself as
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Travel and FoodBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — My mailbox gets its share of emails from people who find Ricky Gervais’s tasteless Anne Frank jokes to be, well, tasteless. I’vewritten about him before and the comments flew left and right, pro and con, and sometimes as many as 100 comments followed a Gervais post here. Recently, I
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By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Have I Got a Deal for You! Act Now! It’s true that I’ve talked about donor advised funds before… but it’s worth repeating! And, if you act by the end of the year, you can get an extra bonus! A donor advised fund (DAF) is a tax-efficient and convenient
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