Corvette Diner, 2965 Historic Decatur Road, San Diego, California 92106 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO –It’s hard to believe that anyone in San Diego doesn’t know the Corvette’s Diner, but on the off chance that someone reading this might be new to San Diego, I figured why not write a review.. We went there […]
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and Food, USA
By Mimi Pollack LA JOLLA, California — Whenever I hear of an organization whose purpose is to build bridges of communication, I want to find out more. I was invited to attend the Sunday Seder of the San Diego chapter of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, an organization of Muslim and Jewish women, which
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Jewish Religion, Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, Travel and FoodBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Six weeks, eleven flights, six states, one one-week cruise and four countries (in addition to the USA). That is feeble compared with the Beatles’ tour of the USA in 1965 (twenty-five cities in thirty days), but they were much younger than we were (and probably flew first class).
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Travel and Food, USA
By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — The Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood keeps busy — in addition her literary and TV work — flying around the world on an almost monthly basis to give lectures at universities and book festivals in over a dozen countries. Look up in the sky at any moment, and you
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food
The Fishery, 5040 Cass Street, San Diego, California 92109 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — There are a lot of restaurants on Cass Street in Pacific Beach but only one is also a wholesale seafood company. The Fishery is the restaurant in front, and in back it’s Pacific Seafood. The fish they serve is fresh
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and Food, USABy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Here is definite proof that I am both arrogant and foolish. Arrogant because I think I’m 20 years old and there is nothing I cannot do, and foolish because I act on this belief. I had about 500 books on my shelves which I knew I would
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Many Jewish practices are not as old as people think and many had no religious significance when first introduced. We do not even know how or when most Jewish practices began and why they began. We can only guess. And in many instances our guesses reveal
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, Videos“Cursed be that mortal inter-indebtedness which will not do away with ledgers. I would be free as air; and I’m down in the whole world’s books. I am so rich… and yet I owe for the flesh in the tongue I brag with” (Moby Dick, chapter cviii). By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — In standard
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Sam Ben-Meir, The World We Share, Travel and FoodBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Jewish futurists don’t usually fall for end of the world predictions or alien abductions and UFO conspiracy theories. We steer clear of such pronouncements because such nonsense has never been our cup of tea and still isn’t. So what do Jewish futurists like to think about in between
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The World We Share, Travel and FoodSnooze, an A.M. Eatery, 8861 Villa La Jolla Dr #509, La Jolla, California 92037By Sandi Masori LA JOLLA, California — The other day I was meeting with one of my publishing clients and found myself in the UC San Diego area. I was hungry, and while trying to figure out where to grab a bite
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida –The Israelites’ first Passover, celebrated in Egypt just prior to the exodus and described in Exodus 12:1-11, was radically different from the Torah mandated holiday observed after the exodus. Exodus 12, which describes the Egyptian ceremony, raises many questions. (1) Why does the Torah command that “this
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Travel and FoodBy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Why is this tax season different from the others? Oy vey! The new tax law has really caused confusion for tax filers. Here are the common questions: Why do I owe more tax/have a lower refund than previous years? The new tax law essentially raised taxes on the vast
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Tasty Pot, 4698 Convoy Street, Suite 107, San Diego, California 92111 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — Convoy Street in the Kearny Mesa area is known as one of the Asian epi-centers of San Diego. One of my favorite past times is to explore the area and visit its authentic ethnic restaurants. So when my
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Taming Your Guts: A Complete Guide to Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder, Second Edition, by Arnold L. Flick, M.D. © 2018, ISBN 9781797-411767; 188 pages plus diets and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Dr. Arnold Flick, who is a retired clinical professor of gastroenterology at the UC San Diego medical school, takes readers on
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