By Doni Jozef, LMSW CEDARHURST, N.Y. — “Can you talk some sense into my kid?” I get this request pretty often. And my answer is: no. I can’t talk sense into people. If I could, I’d charge a lot more for what I do. I’m not in the business of convincing. I’m in the business […]
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture continues its lecture series in Coronado and in Carlsbad respectively on January 18 and January 30. Rabbi Scott Meltzer of SDSU and spiritual leader at Ohr Shalom Synagogue is the featured speaker. Rabbi Meltzer’s first lecture will take place in the Winn Room of
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The 4 Steps to a Successful Marriage by Sam and Terry Krause, Createspace Publishers, ISBN 978-1466474413 ©2011, $12.95, p. 118 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California–There is an old adage about marriage, which goes something like this: a woman marries the perfect man and then spends the rest of her life trying to change
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By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — In a recent interview, the Jewish writer George Steiner spoke about “the constant din” that surrounds us 24/7 now in this postmodernhigh-tech world we have created. He was speaking of the need to find silence from time to time, to get away from the constant din of life.
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Travel and FoodBy Slovie Jungreis-Wolff Four points a child wished her parents knew about fighting. At the conclusion of a lecture on shalom bayit – how to create peace in one’s home, I asked the audience if they had any comments or questions. A hand shot up in the back. It was the teenaged girl who had
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — The news streaks rapidly, repeatedly, to news of this Arab upheaval to that putative Republican candidate who also doesn’t seem to have any traction to an American government that can’t even pay its own people to the decidedly vacuous Kim Kardashian. But I’m still thinking about the
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By Natasha Josefowitz, PhD LA JOLLA, California — I grew up with the admonition from my parents that “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” Also, “Do not share your opinions unless asked, and then do so cautiously.” And, “Keep private thoughts private–especially in marriage.” In other words, don’t share your
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Travis Rumans WASHINGTON, D.C. (JINSA) — Breaking news that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey will travel to Israel next month for talks on halting Iran’s nuclear program, coupled with last week’s report that the Islamic Republic threatened to close the Persian Gulf if new, tougher sanctions are imposed on it have
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By David Amos SAN DIEGO — As an active member of the Jewish community, I am exposed, as many of you are, to programs, films, television specials, lectures, and books on the Holocaust. Most of us know and have spoken to Holocaust survivors, and have heard directly from them the horrific times they suffered in
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Travel and FoodBy Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — U.S. Senator from Alaka Lisa Murkowski has joined a nationwide chorus to win a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Ray Mala, the handsome Alaska Native movie star said to be the film industry’s first non-white leading man. His mother was an Inupiat Eskimo and his
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — Hanukkah, the little holiday that could, begins with the lighting of the first candle against the darkness tomorrow night. Year after year, the assessments begin and the questions accumulate: Is Hanukkah the Jewish Christmas? Which one came first and how are they related? (Of course, the real inquiry
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By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Remember what Rabbi Hillel said? “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who am I? If not now, when?” Unless you’re planning to spend all your money before you go, or you want to donate your estate to
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Sheryl Rowling, Travel and FoodBy David Amos SAN DIEGO –A few years ago I reviewed a book by Norman Lebrecht titled The Maestro Myth, which covered the history of orchestral conducting and the movers and shakers who shaped and controlled this art form. This was a power-packed, controversial book which I not only found fascinating, but saw it as
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Jews and Booze: Becoming American In the Age of Prohibition , by Marni Davis. New York University Press, 248pp. By David Strom SAN DIEGO — At the next family simcha (joyous occasion) as I raise my kiddish cup, I might think about the Jewish connection to alcoholic beverages, realizing that wealthy Jews, prior to the
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