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Bane Phonkeo, 110 47th Street, San Diego, California By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — My dad and I like to try out new foods, and especially new ethnic food. We’ve been trying to “eat around the world” and have been looking for restaurants that represent different countries. When it comes to Asian food, it’s easy to […]
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Sandi Masori, Travel and FoodEditor’s Note: This story which appeared on Times of San Diego today updates a previous story written by San Diego Jewish World editor Donald H. Harrison on this site earlier this month about the Bus Station project. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — San Diego has one of the best and most helpful volunteer
Refugee families find aid in San Diego Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Mimi Pollack, USAFaith and Freedom, a commentary on the Haggadah based on the teachings of Eliezer Berkovits By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Hungarian-born scholar Eliezer Berkovits (1908-1992) was a highly respected Orthodox rabbi. He was educated in Berlin, Germany, where he received his PhD. He authored 19 books in several languages. He held
The Haggadah seen through mystical eyes Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion
By Jerry Klinger ROCKVILLE, Maryland — One can live in a neighborhood and never know the Jewish story that was right in front of them. I lived in Rockville for more than forty years. I never knew the long road ending public school segregation in America began in a Jewish funded public elementary school, the
William B. Gibbs Jr.’s fight for equal schools Read More »
Jerry KlingerBy Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Even rationalists like me can read, enjoy, and learn from the writings of mystics. We do not have to accept everything they say as being true, but there are things they say which are true. Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook [1] was born in Latvia in
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish ReligionBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON — There is a difference between an “honest broker” and a “neutral arbiter.” In advance of the rollout of its Middle East peace plan, the Trump administration has taken a series of steps to ensure its role as the honest broker. The U.S. is not “neutral” between our ally, Israel, and
U.S. is ‘honest broker,’ not ‘neutral arbiter’ in Mideast Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USATweetin’ Donald (tune: Rockin’ Robin) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO− He tweets from his cell phone all day long, Dissing and venting, calling everyone wrong. All his petty fears flow from his little brain Trying to inflict the maximum pain. Tweetin’ Donald, (tweet-tweet-tweet) Tweeting’ Donald, (tweet-tweedilly-tweet) Go Tweetin’ Donald ’cause you can’t let go of
Humoring the headlines: March 20, 2019 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — The holiday of Purim is observed today with a fast day called the “Fast of Esther” that precedes it on 13 Adar. Some Jews observe the fast day from morning until sundown. It does not begin the night before as Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av, and
Esther never fasted on the Fast of Esther Read More »
Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish Religion
Kaddish.Com by Nathan Englander; Alfred A. Knopf; © 2019; ISBN 9781524-732752; 203 pages; $24.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As a young man, Larry, bridles at having to sit shiva for his father and absolutely refuses to say kaddish for him for the year after his death. Instead, he arranged for someone in
Book Review: ‘kaddish.com’ by Nathan Englander Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar
(c) By Leba Lieder and Israel Drazin Page 1 The Purim holiday was around the corner and kids and mice everywhere were preparing their costumes and getting ready to give Purim gifts. Moti, a special mouse, wondered if he could find a Purim gift to give to someone. Page 2 As much as it was
Just What the Doctor Ordered: Moti’s Purim Story Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Farmer’s Table, 8141 La Mesa Blvd., La Mesa, California 91942 By Sandi Masori LA MESA, California — In the middle of downtown La Mesa you can find a cute little “farm” restaurant where the menu boasts farm to fork freshness. It has options ranging from egg dishes, to flatbreads, to sandwiches and salads. As with
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — In my book, Unusual Bible Interpretations: Ruth, Esther, and Judith, I showed that Judith, in the apocrypha, the book Jewish ancestors decided not to include in the Bible, was more observant of Jewish practices than Ruth and Esther. The rabbis did not see this in this
Queen Esther inspired many midrashim Read More »
Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish ReligionWitness: Lesson’s from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom by Ariel Burger, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York © 2018, ISBN 9781328802699, p. 264 plus notes, $26. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Elie Wiesel (1928 – 2016), Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize laureate, perhaps best known for his memoir Night, and arguably the most well-known Holocaust spokesman of
What Elie Wiesel taught his students Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish HistoryBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — I was privileged to attend a concert in a private home given by young musicians who are students at Jerusalem’s Hassadna Music Conservatory. Together with the rest of the audience, I was greatly impressed by their professional standard and aplomb. Some of the musicians were of Ethiopian background and displayed
Hassadna teaches music to all classes of Israelis Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts