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Below are the names of writers who are currently active.  For others, living and deceased, please type their name into the search box above the masthead on our home page, www.sdjewishworld.com

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Judaism in Transition: How Economic Choices Shape Religious Tradition by Carmel U. Chiswick, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA; ISBN 978-0-8047-7605-9 ©2014, $22.95, p. 201, plus Reference material By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Words to an old folksong read, “If religion were a thing that money could buy, then the rich would live and the poor […]

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Humoring the Headlines: September 23, 2014

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The United States and coalition countries like Saudi Arabia bombed ISIS targets in Syria.  A spokesperson for the Saudis explained, “We find the beheadings of Western journalists abhorrent.  Beheadings should be reserved only for the gravest of crimes like witchcraft.” * Questions are being raised about how a man with

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

A holistic approach to self- realization

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson   MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Minda Garr, a holistic psychotherapist, recently gave a talk about her work to the group of English-speaking women to which I belong. By being aware of our breathing, ‘breathing into your heart,’ as our speaker put it, the individual can attain a sense of inner peace, gain a

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Science, Medicine, & Education

Humoring the headlines: September 20, 2014

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ San Diego Unified School District returned the Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle it had received from the Department of Defense.  In the letter to the DOD, it explained that it had rescinded its “spare the tank, spoil the child” disciplinary policy. * Vice-President Biden apologized to the Jewish community for calling predatory

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Touring holy places of three religions

By Steve Kramer JERUSALEM — I had last visited the Temple Mount in 1982, on a synagogue-sponsored trip from New Jersey. My memories of that visit are hazy, but Michal and I got another chance just before Operation Protective Edge in Gaza. We joined a Tel Aviv University-sponsored trip, guided by archeologist/historian Dr. Stephen Rosenberg, whose

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Jewish History, Middle East, Steve Kramer

School Sup’t Marten tells anti- bullying plans

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Returning to Congregation Beth Israel, at which she had her first teaching job at its now defunct Jewish day school, San Diego City School Superintendent Cindy Marten on Thursday evening, Sept.18, offered a step-by-step program for instilling student self-discipline. She coupled that with a promise that her administration

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Humoring the Headlines: September 17, 2014

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Chairman of the joint Chiefs General Martin Dempsey testified to the Senate on Tuesday, Sept. 16, that he couldn’t rule out dispatching boots on the ground to Iraq if circumstances warranted.  President Obama continues to insist that he will never reintroduce boots on the ground there.  Technically, the President might not

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire