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Declining birthrate, refugee influx may change Europe

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — In the United States, the question of illegal immigrants, or whatever the politically correct term is this month, is near the top of the list for aspirants to be the Republican or Democratic candidate for president. Though the topic generates headlines, it isn’t an existential issue for Americans, […]

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International, Middle East, Steve Kramer

I-8 Jewish Travel: A world champion’s tennis club

–23rd in a Series– Exit 9, Waring Road, San Diego ~ Lake Murray Tennis Club By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Soft-spoken, easy-going Saul Snyder is easy to underestimate.  An opponent once told him, “you look like my accountant,” but that was before he faced Snyder across the tennis net, and lost.  He learned, as many

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Travel and Food

New book offers kabalistic view of the Torah

The Aura of Torah: A Kabbalistic-Hasidic Commentary to the Weekly Readings by Rabbi Larry Tabick, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia;  ISBN 978-0-8276-0948-8 ©2014, $24.95, p. 291, plus appendices By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Traditionally, Kabbalah is the secret knowledge in the Torah given to Moses on Mt. Sinai, passed down orally through the ages,

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

I-8 Jewish travel: The doctor who pioneered HMO’s

-21st in a series- By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Two of my grandsons were born at the Kaiser Permanente Hospital that towers over the intersection of Mission Gorge Road and Zion Avenue.  Given that the hospital’s address is 4647 Zion Avenue, I sometimes joke that these descendants were natural born “Zionists.” But no such flights

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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA

Jewish spirituality was focus of Yom Limmud

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Yom Limmud lived up to its name once more as some 400 participants, including Jewish educators and lay people, gathered to imbibe a day of Jewish learning on Sunday, August 30 at the Lawrence Family JCC. Jewish religion, culture and nationhood encompass such a vast spectrum, that it is difficult to include sessions

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Eileen Wingard, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education

Susiya’s Jewish history not open to debate

By Steve Kramer SUSIYA, Israel — The non-governmental organization (NGO) Regavim* concentrates on preserving Israel’s land on both sides of the 1949 Armistice Line. Along with that, Regavim schedules tours throughout the Land of Israel to acquaint Israelis and tourists with our historical homeland. We went on such a tour recently, to Susiya, located in the

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Jewish History, Steve Kramer