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In Part One, we mentioned the question why, according to tradition, Judah’s family merited having the messiah come from them and obscurities in the Torah in Genesis 37 and 38. This is a continuation. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
What we don’t know about Judah – Part Two Read More »
Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion
July Galper, America-Israel Cultural Foundation member, introduced the 15-year-old Israeli cellist, Nahar Eliaz for her second appearance in San Diego. In spite of the rain and the upsurge of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, some 100 plus people ventured out to hear this brilliant talent. Lawrence Family JCC CEO, Betzy Lynch, fully masked, warmly welcomed the attendees. [Eileen Wingard]
Brava Cello Performance by a 15-year-old Prodigy Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyThe unclear stories about Judah are significant because Jewish and Christian theology contend that the messiah will be a descendant of this fourth son of Jacob. What if anything did Judah do to merit this distinction? We will address this question and point out many obscurities in Genesis 37 and 38. We will address other obscurities in chapters 39 and others in the next essay. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
What we don’t know about Judah- Part One Read More »
Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion
Every Sunday of 2022, with the permission of San Diego Jewish World’s new publisher and editor Jacob Kamaras, I will be posting an installment of a new book that I am writing, tentatively titled Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5. [Donald H. Harison]
New Sunday Series Will Probe Jewish Stories Along the Interstate 5 Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Jacob Kamaras, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
I will freely admit that I am unequal to a large portion of this book. Having not read some of the works that author Ruth R. Wisse subjects to her literary criticism, I have no idea whatsoever if her opinions are on target or off the mark. [Donald H. Harrison]
‘Free as a Jew’ is an Intellectual and Political Memoir Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History
Maimonides’ understanding of the Book of Exodus ought to have great relevance to people who study the weekly Torah portion. Although he did not write an exposition on this book of the Torah, he writes about it profusely in his Mishneh Torah and his Guide for the Perplexed; the same may be said about his other voluminous writings. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]
Maimonides on the Morality of Our Choices and Behavior Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
On the anniversary of the insurrection he incited, Donald Trump instructs a mob to storm the Supreme Court to prevent the transfer of his papers to the January 6 Commission. No charges are filed against them because justice is blind, but only in the right eye. … [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
Satire: New Year’s Devolutions Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
In 2000 a natural gas field was discovered in Israel’s offshore waters near Ashkelon, and amid great rejoicing commercial production started in 2004. An offshore rig can be seen from the coast, which doesn’t do much to improve the beauty of the scenery but certainly helps Israel’s energy-starved economy. Till then Israel relied on imported coal and oil to fuel its power stations, as well as on its only natural resource – ample sunshine – to heat water by means of solar panels on the roofs of houses. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
OpEd: Israel’s Energy Muddle Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East
Titian: Women, Myth & Power at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum consists of only six paintings, yet this one-room exhibition feels more like a six-course banquet. So overwhelming, immense and entrancing are the monumental canvases that upon entering the room one must literally catch one’s breath. Titian, greatest of the Venetian Renaissance masters, referred to these paintings, commissioned by King Philip II of Spain, as poesie (poems) and each depicts a different scene from stories in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. [Sam Ben-Meir, Ph.D]
Poems in Paint: Titian at the Gardner Museum Read More »
Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir
Instead of blaming Sen. Jon Manchin III for the uncertain status of the Build Back Better bill, perhaps we should direct our wrath at the ghost of William Paterson. New Jersey’s one-time governor might well be disgusted with himself if he were alive to witness the suspension of the $1.7 trillion social policy legislation. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Majority-Rule Advocates Should Restructure the Senate Read More »
Bruce Ticker, USA
Primary elections are coming next June and two Jewish Democrats are already campaigning hard. Congresswoman Sara Jacobs this week announced her candidacy for reelection in a recently reapportioned district that includes a large part of her old district. Former San Diego City Councilwoman Barbara Bry meanwhile has garnered the endorsement of the San Diego County Democratic Party in her bid to become the county’s next Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk. [Donald H. Harrison]
Jacobs, Bry on Campaign Trails for Congress and County Assessor/Recorder/Clerk Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Iran has requested a new pause in the talks in Vienna, negotiations which purportedly aim to bring the U.S. back into the 2015 agreement and roll back Iran’s nuclear activities. Too bad that that agreement is already obsolete. But, the negotiators don’t care about that. It’s all about
The West Dances to Iran’s Tune Read More »
International, Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA
It’s never too early for a child to be inculcated with Jewish pride. This board book will be enjoyed both by parents (or grandparents) and the children sitting on their laps both because of the caricatures of famous Jews and the rhyming couplets with which they are described. [Donald H. Harrison]
Ever Met a Famous Jew? / This Book Tells of Quite a Few! Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History
Frieda Salvendy moved to Malvern sometime after the end of the Second World War, and died here, in obscurity, in 1965. A short notice of her death was placed in the local paper and probate details gave her address in Alexandra Road. Beyond that, it would appear that very few, if any, knew of her existence, or that she had been an eminent European artist. [JASHP}
Artist Frieda Salvendy Commemorated in British Town of Her Retirement Read More »
International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts