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By Heidi Gantwerk SAN DIEGO — A few weeks ago I had the privilege of listening to Deborah Lipstadt speak in conversation with Rabbi Jason Nevarez in a wide-ranging discussion about security, antisemitism, racism, Holocaust denial, and Jewish identity. She was asked how she stays standing given all the ugliness she deals with and teaches […]
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Heidi Gantwerk, Opinion, San Diego County
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — During an interview on the OAN network, Marjorie Taylor Greene declared, “Not only do we have a D.C. jail — which is a D.C. gulag — but now we have Nancy Pelosi’s gazpacho police spying on members of Congress, spying on the legislative work that we do, spying on
Satire: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Malapropisms Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — It’s been 60 years since I hearkened to the glorious words, “Yaamod Ha’Bachor ha’Bar Mitzvah Moshe Rafoyel ben Betzalel Shlishi,” and chanted this parasha, Tetzaveh, at Temple B’nai Abraham in Newark, N.J., under the watchful eye and full heart of Rabbi Joachim Prinz, zt”l. I recall our
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, A Hasidic Village in Upstate New York is a brilliant, eye-opening, thought provoking, easy to read and enjoyable book by two university scholars, Nomi M. Stolzenberg of the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, who has written
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Being able to hear all five Beethoven piano concerti played on two successive evenings was a rare treat. This was provided by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, conducted by maestro Steven Sloane, and brought Beethoven’s immense oeuvre in this realm into sharp and impressive perspective. On the first evening
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Never would we expect Nazis assaulting an American Jew near Disney World. Or anywhere else in this nation. Yet authorities report that Nazis did in Orlando nearly two weeks ago what Nazis commonly did in Germany 85 years ago. Furthermore, the victim – identified as David Newstat, a student
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Bruce Ticker, Holocaust, International, Middle East, Opinion, USA
Here is a short time-travel novel suitable for Young Adults and older readers imagining two high school students who barely acknowledge each other being transported to Whitechapel, London, during the time of the Jack the Ripper murders. Abe and Mitzi, who are both Jewish Americans, find themselves transformed into the 19th Century Asher and Maya, two Jewish teenage neighbors, born to impoverished immigrant families. [Donald H. Harrison]
‘Ripped Away’ Is a Jewish Tale of Time Travel Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
By Shoshana Bryen (JNS) U.S. Ambassador Thomas Nides spoke before the conference of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Israel this week. He was charming and reassuring, and stressed the bipartisan nature of American government support for Israel. “We have unbreakable ties, and we will reinforce them.” Unfortunately, he also took a large
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The Republican National Committee censured Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for serving on the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol which the RNC considers “legitimate political discourse.” Unbeknownst to the public, the RNC also appointed a historical committee to censure Republicans whose policies the
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Jerry Klinger YBOR CITY, Florida — It’s a simple, small concrete gray hexagonal paver. The words Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, contracted for line count restrictions, are etched in a slightly off-centered recess. The paver is on the sidewalk, in front of the former Buchman store at 1910 E. 7th Ave., Ybor City,
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Opinion, USA
The 440-room Loews Coronado Bay Resort was opened in 1991 on a 15-acre spur of land jutting into San Diego Bay. Like other Loews Properties around the United States, it is owned by the Tisch Family, which operates the hotel business and other subsidiaries through Loews Corporation, a holding company. Tracing the Tisch family’s enterprises is an interesting study in how a family grows its wealth [Donald H. Harrison]
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Business & Finance, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Many Christians are convinced that God dictated the New Testament, that it has no errors and no contradiction, and that it contains the true facts concerning Jesus and the beginning of Christianity. In contrast, many scholars in America and Europe for at least several hundred years
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr.
By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel “The View” featured a discussion about a Tennessee School District’s decision to remove a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust from its middle school curriculum. Whoopi Goldberg asserted, “The Holocaust isn’t about race. No, it’s not about race.” Goldberg made a mistake that revealed her ignorance about the
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Holocaust, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Opinion, USABy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. In this week’s Torah reading, we learn of a gift that Hashem has given to us, yes, another gift, this, the gift of giving. Want to grow happier and more joyful than you are? Terumah teaches us a way — give. Want to live with a sense of abundance and
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell