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By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Donald Trump has challenged London Mayor Sadiq Khan to an IQ test after he said Trump was ignorant about Islam. Khan tweeted back that Trump’s hashtag should be Sad IQ Con, but Trump bragged he will win because the test consists of one question and only he knows the answer: What […]
Humoring the headlines: June 6, 2017 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Peter Pan, whose silhouette along with those of other storybook characters provided a backdrop at the New Children’s Museum for speakers at the Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School gala dinner, famously declared that he wanted never to grow up. That being impossible, speakers who extolled community philanthropist
Soille gala features inspiring people, stories Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationSAN DIEGO−President Trump contended that withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement will create more jobs in the United States. Indeed, bids are already being received from construction companies vying for contracts to build dikes around the country’s southern, western, and eastern coastlines. * During his speech about leaving the Paris Climate Agreement, President Trump highlighted
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — A recital devoted to three of Schubert’s last sonatas (D 845, 850 and 890) was too good to miss, so we cancelled our subscription tickets to the symphonic concert that happened to fall on the same date and bought tickets for that evening instead. Sometimes life or fate or the
Pianist Wosner brings Schubert sonatas to life Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Cheri Weiss, Cantorial Soloist at Congregation Beth El, organized a delightful evening, Cantor Caberet, featuring five cantors and Beth El’s twelve-voice choir, the Shirenu Chorus, which Weiss directs. Presented May 25 in the Garfield Auditorium at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, the program included individual solos, the
Cantor Cabaret rich in song and variety Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Q: Why does it take 10 men for a prayer minyan? A: The custom of the minyan is rabbinic in origin. When examining the minyan’s origins, it is vital we remember that this custom is not something that is etched in stone. However, as a custom,
Ask a Rabbi: Do we need ’10 men’ for a prayer minyan? Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
By Jerry Klinger ASHLEY, North Dakota — May 21, 2017, was a sunny day. Strong, chilling winds whipped across the treeless Great Plains farming land. Nearly a hundred people gathered, some from the local community, some having traveled thousands of miles. They all came to honor, to remember, to respect, to preserve the past
The Jewish homesteads of North Dakota Read More »
Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will donate 100 million dollars to a World Bank fund for women entrepreneurs inspired by Ivanka Trump. In return Ivanka’s company has unveiled a line of high-fashion hijabs for ambitious Saudi women who hope someday they will be permitted to drive taxis as long
Humoring the headlines: May 27, 2017 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I was in the ninth month of my first pregnancy when the Six Day War broke out, fifty years ago. I have written in some detail about this point in my life in my first novel, The Balancing Game, so if you have read it I apologize for
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish History, Middle East
Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin; Algonquin Books of Chapel Hills; (c) 2017; ISBN pending; 307 pages; tentative price $26.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Two young Jewish interns, Monica Lewinsky and Chandra Levy, z”l, as written about in the Washington D.C. media became caricatures of themselves. Lewinsky was the intern whose spotted
Sex with the powerful: A story of a D.C. intern Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Someone in my synagogue asked me an interesting question about Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner: What kind of Halakhic dispensation was given to them to drive on the Sabbath to the Inauguration of the President? The same question came up recently when the Trump entourage
Ivanka: A fitting successor to Queen Esther? Read More »
Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USA
Photo essay by Donald H. Harrison * Harrison is editor of San Diego Jewish World. He may be contacted via donald.harrison@sdjewishworld.com
Many sights at S.D.’s Israel Festival Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, USAEditor’s note: This is Laurie Baron’s 300th humor column A Preview of President Trump’s Trip By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Trump assumes he will be warmly welcomed in Saudi Arabia because its leaders are rich repressive autocrats who appoint their sons as successors. He will attend a men-only concert by Toby Keith where he looks forward
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Steve Kramer ALFEI MENASHE, Israel — June 5–10, 1967, (earlier this year according to the Hebrew calendar) is the most consequential period in the history of modern Israel except for May 14, 1948, when David Ben-Gurion declared Israel’s independence. In the midst of this six-day period, Jerusalem Day marks the 50th anniversary of the
Jerusalem Day Celebrates Israel’s Sovereignty Read More »
Jewish History, Middle East, Steve Kramer