The myths behind Judaism’s summer fasts
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA […]
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Trinidad, Colorado, celebrates Temple Aaron
By Jerry Klinger TRINIDAD, Colorado — Temple Aaron in this city celebrated its 130th birthday, Big Time on the weekend of June 21-23. The Temple is 200 miles from Denver, 200 miles from Albuquerque, 200 miles from nearly everything sustainably Jewish. Its last full-time rabbi died 103 years ago. Yet, the town enduringly refuses to
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USANoshing with Sandi: Gold Creek Salmon Bake
By Sandi Masori JUNEAU, Alaska — We went on a family cruise to Alaska and stopped off in the capital city. While there we worked up quite an appetite rafting on the Mendenhall River under the auspices of Alaska Travel Adventures, so we were really happy to go for dinner afterwards at the Gold Creek
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Sandi Masori, Travel and Food, USAChildhood sexual abuse sent two ‘sisters’ to mental hell
Sheol Country Blues by Adrienne O’Hare, Asna Publishing © 2019, ISBN 9780578-507248; 165 pages, $18. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I met the Jewish lady whose name sounds very Irish (thanks to her marriage to the affable Larry O’Hare) in February 2018 at shipboard Shabbat services aboard the MS Maasdam, which then
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & EducationBig Boss Bubeleh entertained on Fair’s final day
By Eileen Wingard DEL MAR — July 4th was the third time that Yael and Vlady were invited to perform at this year’s San Diego County Fair. I heard their 3:00 p.m. performance that final day of the fair, on the O’Brien Stage, near Gate 5. Yael’s sultry singing voice is beautifully supported by her
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyFamily cruising aboard Star Princess
By Donald H. Harrison AT SEA, Aboard Star Princess – As our family did quite often during the week we were aboard the 3,100-passenger, 950- foot-long M.V. Star Princess, we gathered one afternoon at a round table on Deck 14, which is where the swimming pools and the indoor buffet are located. On this particular
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Donald H. Harrison, Sandi Masori, Shor M. Masori, Travel and FoodDouglass would have disagreed with Kaepernick
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — This past week, the American flag became a focal point as we celebrated the Fourth of July. The Wall Street Journal reported how NIKE was forced to recall a shoe that featured the “Betsy Ross” flag on the heel. Colin Kaepernick who signed a multi-million-dollar sponsorship
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Sports & Competitions, USAHumoring the headlines: July 5, 2019
In Memory of Bob Hope Who Entertained the Troops Rather Than Vice Versa By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Tanks for the memory Of military pomp Funded by the swamp. The greatest event for the one percent. It was quite a romp. How bigly it was. Tanks for the memory Of Lincoln sitting there. Silent
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire30- year- old Holocaust research still relevant today
The Journey Back From Hell: Conversations with Concentration Camp Survivors by Anton Gill, Grafton Books, 1988. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Although published thirty years ago, this book is at least as relevant today as it was when it first appeared. As the survivors of concentration camps grow old and die it is
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish HistoryTracking down a memory in Victoria, B.C.
By Donald H. Harrison VICTORIA, British Columbia – Thanks to the U.S. Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886, M.V. Star Princess made a required stop in this Canadian provincial capital, providing a brief opportunity for my wife Nancy and me to hunt down a honeymoon memory. That 133-year-old protectionist piece of legislation banned foreign flagged
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and Food, USAHumoring the headlines: July 4, 2019
Presidential Patriotic Songs for the 4th of July By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Donald Trump knew that most people didn’t want him to politicize his 4th of July address at the Lincoln Memorial. Instead, he planned to change the lyrics to a number of the patriotic songs that will be sung at his “Salute to America.”
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireGolden memories of Skagway, Alaska
By Donald H. Harrison SKAGWAY, Alaska – Our family had enjoyed our salmon bake so much in Juneau, we decided to partake in another one here in Skagway, and while we were at it, to take in a show at the “Liarsville” campgrounds and then to pan for some gold, which we later learned had
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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and FoodBook prompts Jewish rationalism vs. mysticism debate
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Maimonides: Between Philosophy and Halakhah: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s Lectures on the Guide of the Perplexed is interesting because it shows the basic ideas of Rabbi Soloveitchik’s thinking. But readers should not suppose that they will gain an insight into the teachings of Maimonides or even some
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish ReligionBook Review: ‘Newcomers in an Ancient Land’
Newcomers in an Ancient Land: Adventures, Love and Seeking Myself in 1960’s Israel by Paula Wagner; She Writes Press, © 2019;ISBN 9781631-525292; 220 pages; $16.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – For the most part, this is a pleasant if tentative memoir, which will be informative for people contemplating a first trip from the
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