By Bruce F. Lowitt ZOLFO SPRINGS, Florida – There’s a bit of the Middle East in the middle of Florida, where pomegranates – one of the seven fruits named in Deuteronomy as representing the bounty of Israel – grow in abundance. It’s called Green Sea Farms, 31 acres, six devoted to 130 varieties of pomegranates, […]
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Bruce F. Lowitt, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France — One of the first things we encountered when we came to France was the prevalence of do-it-yourself (DIY) shops. Actually, shops would hardly be the right term, as they’re more something of an emporium. On that first visit Yigal thought he had died and gone to heaven. All there was
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Editor’s Note: This is the 25th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
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By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — In July we vacationed in Oceanside and visited relatives and friends living near the coast. We sat with my cousin Rob and his wife Ande in their Carlsbad living room on chairs and couches within arms-reach of a stunning coffee table acquired over 50 years ago by his
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By Oliver B. Pollak OXNARD, California–Take note dear readers. Tomorrow (Saturday) is the liveliest day of our Jewish lives. No day is to be ignored but on this day the concatenation of 8 and double chai will not come again until 2118. The last time it showed up was 8/18/1918. The Great War, soon to
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By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California. –Some sixty or more years ago my parents facilitated my sex education by leaving Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron, illustrated in 1949 by Rockwell Kent, on the coffee table. Adolescent curiosity took care of the rest. Kent introduced me to pornography or erotica before Playboy. From the late 1950s the Book
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Editor’s Note: This is the 24th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — When you need to move, whether to smaller quarters, to a new job in a different city or wherever, you may not be able to take all the furniture and the accumulated belongings of a lifetime with you. Downsizing can be a tough challenge. How attached are you
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Oliver B. Pollak Third in a series RICHMOND, California. You and your spouse are invited to dinner. It could be significant other, partner, friend. What can I bring. First time at the house – house warming gift, cut flowers, a plant, potluck food contribution, a seed packet, do they drink, do they both drink,
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Oliver Pollak, Travel and FoodBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France — It’s that time of the year again. Over the summer weekends every self-respecting village and town in central France holds its annual fete or saint’s day, meaning that bowls competitions are held, food and drink is served for a minimum fee and both local people and ‘outsiders’ can set
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Herzog, in first North American trip as Jewish Agency chairman, stresses need for unity On his first trip abroad since assuming office last week, Isaac Herzog, The Jewish Agency for Israel’s new Chairman of the Executive, visited Jewish Federations in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. Herzog, who assumed office on August 1, is due to
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The Library Book, A coffee table book that stirs the reader’s soul Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — The Library Book, a 14½x11 3/8 coffee table book, weighs 6 lbs. I saw it in the new books section of the Richmond Public Library and “checked it out.” Then I checked it out at the circulation
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United Hatzalah volunteer in Sderot responds to rocket bombs from Gaza United Hatzalah volunteers, like many of the residents of Sderot and the other towns in the Gaza periphery, were up all Wednesday night due to a constant barrage of rocket fire from Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The rocket fire was meant to kill
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