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By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Let’s get over the fact that there’s a double standard applied to Jews and especially to Israelis. It’s a given, so Israel’s government must come to terms with it and do what Israel needs to do for its security, regardless of the low esteem and condemnations that will follow whenever […]
Double standard should not deter Israel Read More »
Middle East, Steve Kramer
Karen Levine, Hana’s Suitcase: The Quest to Solve a Holocaust Mystery; © 20r Te02, 2012; Random House Children’s Books; ISBN 978-1-101-93349-7; 135 pages, $9.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Perhaps because I’m in the process of researching a local biography, I’m all the more impressed by the resourcefulness and stick-to-it-iveness of Fumiko Ishioka,
Biographers can be inspired by Fumiko Ishioka Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History
SAN DIEGO — Stacie Bresler-Reinstein, a friend of our license plate maven Melanie Rubin, spotted this license plate telling of a car that’s just right for a grandpa!
Jewish – interest license plate: Sabafit Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — So now ‘radical Islamist’ terror has spread to Paris, the center of culture, civilization and enlightenment. Last January Paris was subjected to a similar heinous attack, but that was confined to targets that could be – and were – dismissed or defined as ‘appropriate,’ i.e., the offices of a satirical magazine
The Paris massacre as seen from Israel Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East
-38th in a series– Exit 11, 70th Street, San Diego ~ Former Congregation Beth Tefilah By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Today the structure at 69th and Mohawk Streets houses the Skyline Fellowship Korean Church but when it was constructed in 1971 it was the home of Congregation Beth Tefilah (House of Prayer), a Conservative
I-8 Jewish Travel: The synagogue that once was Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and FoodBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Donald Trump’s first television campaign ad reiterates his intention to build a wall on the Mexican border and make Mexico pay for it. To illustrate the porousness of the southern border, the ad features footage of refugees streaming across it. The problem is that the border in the film is
Humoring the headlines: January 6, 2016 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireI Don’t Know What to Believe: Making Spiritual Peace With Your Religion by Rabbi Ben Kamin; Central Recovery Press, © 2016; ISBN 878-1-942094-04-3; 224 pages; $16.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Rabbi Kamin’s columns appear regularly on San Diego Jewish World. In fairness to those reading this review, it should be noted that we
Take from Bible what’s best, leave the rest Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish ReligionBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Most people seem to be confused about Islam. Is it “a religion of peace,” or the opposite? Are Muslims who live and die for “jihad” extremists or fundamentalists, or just observant Muslims? To find out, I recently attended a lecture by Mordecai Kedar, under the auspices of “The
One Islam, but many divergent views Read More »
International, Middle East, Steve Kramer
By Mimi Pollack LA MESA, California –The motto for the La Mesa Sunrise Rotary Club seems to be, “How can we help?” There are actually two La Mesa Rotary Clubs, but the Sunrise one is for the early birds as they hold their meetings once a week at 7:30 AM. This service organization, which
Sunrise Rotary feeds rising hopes Read More »
Mimi Pollack, San Diego CountyBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The Orthodox Union has given kosher certification to a medical marijuana product produced by Verio Health of New York. In regard to this, Rabbi David Bleich, a Yeshiva University professor and authority on Jewish medical ethics, did NOT make which of the following statements? A. He said that medicinal marijuana
Jewish trivia quiz: kosher marijuana Read More »
Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireSan Diego Jewish World thanks and acknowledges the wonderful contributions of the following writers whose works appeared on our pages in December, 2015: Stephen Baird Kenneth Bandler Laurie Baron Michal Beruven Dan Bloom Shoshana Bryen Richard L. Cravatts Jonathan Greenblatt Toby Klein Greenwald Ryan M. Greiss Donald H. Harrison Natasha Josefowitz Rabbi Ben Kamin Morton
SDJW thanks its December 2015 writers Read More »
Barry Shaw, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Eileen Wingard, Eric George Tauber, Eva Trieger, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Mark D. Zimmerman, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Mimi Pollack, Natasha Josefowitz, San Diego County, Sheryl Rowling, Shoshana Bryen, Steve KramerBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Here is a review of some of the important developments of 2015 BLACK LIVES MATTER–A Pew Research Institute study found that African American teenagers are more likely than their white or Latino peers to own smartphones. Nevertheless, it discovered that they don’t use them for texting or posting on Facebook
Humoring the Headlines: December 31, 2015 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
–37th in a series — Exit 11: Lake Murray/ 70th Street Exit, San Diego/ La Mesa, California ~ D.Z. Akin’s Deli By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Thanks to a chopped liver recipe and some bold flirting, San Diego has in D.Z. Akin’s one of the county’s most popular Jewish delis. Created in 1980 by Zvika
I-8 Jewish Travel: D.Z. Akin’s, a long way from Abu Kabir Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
The Jewish Farming Settlement of Clarion, Utah: The Possible, Impossible dream (Editor’s Note: The following historical article is reprinted with permission from the Winter 2016 edition of Western States Jewish Quarterly.) By Jerry Klinger CLARION, Utah — European anti-Semitism had not improved by the latter half of the 19th century. If anything it became more vicious. “What
‘There’s a Jewish story every where’: Clarion, Utah Read More »
Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USA