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By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — We thought the age of war in Europe was over. We thought that people of intelligence and culture had learned to cooperate and at least to prevent the senseless destruction of property and lives. We thought that the lessons of the past had been learned, and that the […]
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Opinion
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — “Treasures from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library,” a three-part Zoom series, will be launched this Wednesday evening, March 30 at 7 p.m. It is a free series under the auspices of the Astor Judaica Library and the Arts and Ideas series of the San
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Today’s subject: Palestinians and…drum roll, please…SEX!!!!! With “honor killings” against women persisting in Arabic society, a sexual-abuse survivors group at the University of Vermont “issued a statement comparing Zionists to sexual abusers and blocked Zionist students (read: Jews?) from posting.” Surprised? The surprise should be that a survivors group
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Bruce Ticker, Middle East, Opinion, USA
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Of course, thousands of years before we began learning that “we are what we eat,” Judaism was already teaching the importance of the food we put inside of our bodies and its significance in living optimally. This week’s Torah education brings us a long list of nourishing
Parashat Shemini-Parah: Kosher Laws and Spiritual Discipline Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
Before I tell you how Siggi Wilzig became a “Wall Street legend,” let me tell you about the kind of jobs he had after immigrating to the United States as a survivor of Auschwitz. [Donald H. Harrison]
Holocaust Survivor’s Story: From Snow Shoveler to Multimillionaire Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Business & Finance, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, USABy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Several years after Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices was inaugurated, one of the programs in the series became designated for the work of students, a showcase for student poets in our community. This year, that program will be on Zoom, Sunday, March 27, at 3:30 p.m. Sara Appel-Lennon, co-chair
Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices to Feature San Diego Jewish Academy Students Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego County
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — McDonald’s has closed its restaurants in Russia to protest the invasion of Ukraine. Considering the high levels of cholesterol and salt in its products, it could have harmed Russia more by providing meals for Russian soldiers who would eventually keel over from heart attacks when they get scared in
Satire: Cancel Cuisine Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Rabbi Samuel is also a prodigious author of books on Jewish religion, Jewish ethics, philosophy, and social issues. A recent book was God and the Pandemic, A Judaic Reflection on the Coronavirus.” Other works include sets of books on how both Philo and Maimonides understood each of the five books of the Torah. The two interpreters of the Jewish religion lived respectively in 1st Century Alexandria, Egypt, and in 12th Century Spain. [Donald H. Harrison]
Jewish Philosophers Believed in Truth, Whatever Its Source Might Be Read More »
California, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Israel is faced by two dangerous peoples, each presenting Israelis with an implacable enemy which strives for Israel’s destruction. The rulers of Iran are Persian Shi’ite religious fanatics whose aim is to lead a resurgent worldwide Islamic Caliphate. (Persians, who ruthlessly control the many minorities in Iran, are
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International, Middle East, Opinion, Steve Kramer, USA
By Jacob Kamaras SAN DIEGO — A Jewish audience would normally expect Ambassador Dennis Ross, who served as a foreign policy adviser in five U.S. presidential administrations, to speak about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But on March 15 at Jewish National Fund-USA’s Gould Legacy Society Appreciation Luncheon, Ross acknowledged that it was incumbent upon him to
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International, Jacob Kamaras, Middle East, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Amnesty International America’s Paul O’Brien asserts a Catch-22 form of logic to undermine Israeli Jews if the Jewish state ceases to function as a Jewish state. Addressing the Women’s National Democratic Club in Washington last week, O’Brien suggested that Israel should no longer operate as a Jewish state while
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Bruce Ticker, Middle East, Opinion, USABy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — After Israeli cellist Amit Peled and his piano collaborator, Hyeyeon Park, entered the stage, the amiable cellist introduced his three-sonata program during the “Arts and Ideas” concert on March 14 at the Garfield Theatre. His concise and informative remarks about each work offered welcome focus for his listeners.
Garfield Concert Features Israeli Cellist, Alludes to the War in Ukraine Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
“Truth,” said Mark Twain, “is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to be possible and truth doesn’t.” Indeed, no story from the San Diego Jewish World’s 2022 Purim Spoof section can possibly top the strange reality of November 30, 2021. That’s precisely why, in honor of Purim, we’re re-sharing the epic story of that night
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — The current practice is that Purim is celebrated as a one-day holiday. Cities that were walled at the time of Joshua’s conquest of Israel – most notably Jerusalem – celebrate Purim on Adar 15, as a commemoration of the end of hostilities in the walled city
Purim is Practiced Today Differently Than the Biblical Requirement Read More »
Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish Religion