By Jeanette Friedman NEW YORK — It seems that there isn’t a spin doctor, media pundit, columnist, politician or Jew who hasn’t offered an opinion about the Park51 Cordoba Community Center under development two blocks from Ground Zero in Manhattan. In 2009, when the proposal was put forth, there was little or no objection to what […]
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — Muslims themselves should not take too much solace in President Obama’s recent avowal of support for the Cordoba House and mosque project at the cusp of ground zero. Spoken in the midst of a Ramadan gathering at the White House, the president‘s jaw driven outward in a now trademark signal
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)–The American Zionist Movement issued the following statement on Friday, August 20: Gilad Shalit was kidnapped four long years ago…four years of endless suffering and agony. To the hostage, time itself is torture. It becomes an enemy. Filled with uncertainty, his time is different from ours. His waiting is not like ours.
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Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Men Will Show Fashions For Hadassah Youth Aliyah Southwestern Jewish Press, January 21, 1955, Pages 1, 7 Youth Aliyah comes of age next Wednesday night, January 26th, at the Mission Valley Country Club, when Hadassah holds its 2nd annual Youth Aliyah Dinner. Minyon Captains will head the reception
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Entreat me not to leave thee Or to return from following after thee for Whither thou goest I will go And where thou lodgest I will lodge Thy people shall be my people And thy God My God By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO– Ruth pledged her troth both to Naomi as well as the people
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)- San Diego author Gabriel Wilensky will give a talk about antisemitism in Christianity and the role that played in the Holocaust on Tuesday, September 14 at 6:00 pm at the Mission Valley branch of the San Diego Public Library, 2123 Fenton Parkway. Wilensky is the author of the book Six Million Crucifixions:
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CARLSBAD, California (Press Release)—The Leichtag Family Foundation on Thursday announced the election of community leader and philanthropist Murray Galinson as Vice Chair of its Board of Directors. “Murray’s broad and deep community engagement combined with his record of leadership and experience in philanthropy, education, law and finance will significantly advance the ability of the Foundation to accomplish
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has condemned the decision of the Romanian National Bank to honor an anti-Semitic former Prime Minister and Patriarch with a commemorative coin. The League urged Romania’s President to ensure that information about the anti-Semitic actions of Miron Cristea be included with each coin. In a letter
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By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — Hillel says: Do not judge your fellow till you have reached his place. (Avos 2:5) If we are sensitive to understand what others are going through, if we can feel the pain, hardship, trials and difficulties that others feels; we will respond with greater love and compassion, as
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By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO –Deborah was a judge in Israel in the time before the kings. Tradition has it that she sat under a palm tree at the gates of the city. She was a military leader as well as a prophet. One of a series of seven women of the Hebrew Bible illustrating the
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By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO–Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah as the only heirs of their deceased father, were determined to claim an inheritance and therefore honor their father’s name. Moses and the elders in Israel considered their plea and agreed. This set a precedent for women to inherit. One of a series of seven
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Travel and FoodCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff City of Hope Southwestern Jewish Press, January 8, 1955, Page 5 The Installation of Officers of the City of Hope Auxiliary has been postponed due to the untimely death of Bill Schusterman, husband of Goldie Schusterman. * Temple Men’s Club Southwestern Jewish Press, January 8, 1955, Page 5
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)- Two American pop singers, Justin Beiber and Gwen Stefani, came to the aid of aging Holocaust survivors when guests of iVolunteer bid for concert tickets and a meet and greet with Bieber and for Stefani’s signed guitar at a special silent auction. The soiree was held at the Inc Lounge in the
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Travel and FoodSAN MARCOS, California (Press Release)- North County’s Food Bank received a donation from the Leichtag Family Foundation in the amount of $20,000.00 that will enable North County’s Food Bank to continue providing food to those individuals and families in North County that need it most. Sharyn Goodson of the Leichtag Family Foundation presented the
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