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By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The echoes of events that happened in Germany just a few decades ago are continuing to disturb my peace of mind and give me sleepless nights. We all know that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s position is precarious and that his main goal is to avoid having to stand
Worrying Echoes in Israel Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Opinion
When former U.S. President Donald Trump denounced Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney who has been conducting a grand jury inquiry into a “hush money” payment from Trump to porn star Stormy Daniels, he called Bragg a “Soros backed animal who doesn’t care about right or wrong no matter how many people are hurt.” [Donald H. Harrison]
By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — In “Yesterday’s World,” Stephan Zweig wrote: “For the Jews, being attached to the spirit of the people or country in which they live has become not only a means of external protection, but also a deep inner need. Their desire for a homeland, for peace, for refuge, for security,
The ‘Torch,’ or Anti-Freud, of Karl Kraus Read More »
Alex Gordon, International, Jewish History, Opinion
In a March 29 interview, Black expressed the conviction that the 18 cities and the county government have the staff and the wherewithal to solve the homeless problem in the greater San Diego region, but lack the will, vision, and organization. [Donald H. Harrison]
Laurie Black Advocates for Unified Approach to Homelessness Read More »
California, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — It would take someone like Carolyn McCoy to explain the words of Kareem Tannous, a terminated college professor whom she defends in a letter published last Friday in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Tweets the biz prof on International Holocaust Remembrance Day: “#zionism is the disease #Free Palestine is the cure
Big-Mouth Profs ‘Dare to Dissent’ Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Teralta Neighborhood Park is remarkable in several ways: 1) It is built right over the Interstate 15 freeway between Orange and Polk Avenues in the City Heights neighborhood. 2) It now boasts a 270-foot long, 7 ½-foot high mural titled “Unity in the Community,” which features faces, activities, and landmarks of the diverse City Heights neighborhood. 3) It serves a largely immigrant community in which at least 30 languages are spoken, with four major language groups—English, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Somali—incorporated into the mural. [Donald H. Harrison]
Teralta Neighborhood Park Praises ‘Unity in the Community’ Read More »
California, Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — In this week’s Torah reading, parasha Tzav, we read of the continuing lessons of the offerings in the Holy Temple, introduced in parashat Vayikra, reminding us that these were meant to be a means of drawing closer to Hashem and atoning for our sins. This concept of
Parashat Tzav and Shabbat HaGadol: Peace Over Truth Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — The second weekly biblical portion in the third Book of Moses is called Tzav. The Torah addresses the five types of sacrifices mentioned in the prior portion. In the former weekly portion, the focus was on the people bringing the offering. Here it contains instructions for
A Rational Understanding of Numbers and When Shabbat and Years Start Read More »
Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion
Avi Miller, a Baltimore native who investigated other parts of the USA before deciding to move more than a year ago to San Diego, was the clever communicator for Team Israel on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook during the recent World Baseball Classic. [Donald H. Harrison]
San Diegan Is Social Media Voice of Baseball’s Team Israel Read More »
California, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, USA
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Donald Trump held the first campaign rally for his 2024 presidential bid in Waco, Texas. The location was selected because the city has hosted other cults in the past willing to commit violence and die on behalf of their leader when the Deep State FBI and ATF were weaponized
Satire: Wacko Goes to Waco Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Observant Jews will be ridding their household of food products with leavening in advance of the Passover holiday that begins the evening of Wednesday, April 5. While checking the labels, they might also want to see if any of the foods they are consuming contain brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, red dye 3, or titanium dioxide. Those are the chemicals that a bill (AB 418) by Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) would ban from food manufactured or sold in California. The chemicals already are banned as toxic by Europe, where some manufacturers have consequently reformulated products that had contained them. [Donald H. Harrison]
B’Shalom: Proposed California Food Bans, Technology, Jewish Politics and Celebrities Read More »
Business & Finance, California, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, Israel, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Topics from swings to enlightenment were subjects for the student poets and writers from the San Diego Jewish Academy Middle School and High School, San Diego’s Torah High School and Portland, Oregon’s Jewish Academy Middle School who read their poems to more than 50 Zoom listeners, Tuesday evening,
Student Showcase Features Wide Range of Poetry, From Swings to Enlightenment Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — In a speech on the evening of March 23, 2023, after mass disruptions (a “Day of Paralysis”) were held throughout Israel, Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu stated that his government was, “determined to responsibly advance a reform that will bring back the correct balance between the branches [courts &
Should Israel’s Top Judges Be Ideologically Aligned? Read More »
Israel, Opinion, Steve Kramer, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Times are hard at the moment in Israel, with a sense of impending doom hanging over us as the politicians continue to pursue their objectives at all costs. So for a bit of light relief one goes to a production of Mozart’s marvellous opera Don Giovanni in the
A Night at the Opera in Israel Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts