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By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―The United States captured Abu Khattala, the alleged leader of the attack on the American embassy in Benghazi. Although the Obama administration plans to try him in a federal court, many Republicans advocate sending him to Guantanamo. After all, nothing epitomizes American justice better than a military commission held in secret […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California – You think it’s just children who yearn for a good bedtime story? Who doesn’t love a good yarn read with shtick? Nu, a good accent, some great facial expressions and characters so familiar you’ll swear you are related by blood. North Coast Rep Theater hosted a very special
Jewish story evening a theater success Read More »
Eva Trieger, Jewish Religion, San Diego County
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Some day Armstrong Gidongo will be an airplane pilot, but it’s debatable whether he will ever experience as exciting a trip as the eight-month solo journey that he took as a boy, not yet 18, from his impoverished village of Navugoya, Uganda, to Israel, where he hoped
Abayudaya tells of journey in behalf of his fellow Jews Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—At a student assembly in the Grundschule (Elementary School) of Neuhaus an der Oste, Germany, the town’s Mayor Georg Martens proudly received a copy of a proclamation signed by San Diego’s Mayor Kevin Faulconer celebrating the “sister” relationship between the school which Martens was visiting and the Cabrillo Elementary School
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Disgusting! As occasionally happens, one day last week I found myself trailing behind my husband as he undertook several missions involving the purchase of equipment connected with repairs to the house and improvements in the garden. Thus it was that I found myself looking around in an admittedly
Rescue Tape ad demeans women, promotes violence Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―Rick Perry recently asserted, “I may have the genetic coding that I’m inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way.” In other words not indulging an addiction to alcohol and a sexual attraction to members
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Donald H. Harrison ENCINITAS, California – Laura Simon, 108, died in her sleep late Saturday evening, June 14, at the Aviara Healthcare Center where she was under hospice care, her son Mayo said. Arrangements were pending for burial on Tuesday in Chicago’s Waldheim Cemetery. Mayo, 86, who no longer drives, said a rabbi from
Laura Simon, 108, author and painter, dies Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Donald H. Harrison ENCINITAS, California — Right now, as I write this, Laura Simon, 108, is lying in a bed at the Aviara Healthcare Center somewhere between life and death as her son, screenwriter and playwright Mayo Simon, sits besides her, contemplating, at age 86, the awfulness of becoming an orphan. There seems to
Matriarch of literary family, Laura Simon, near death Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―A California Superior Court ruled that tenure for public school teachers is illegal because it denies students access to quality education by guaranteeing tenured teachers their positions despite their teaching records. Will federal judges recuse themselves from hearing subsequent appeals of the case because they all hold lifetime appointments? *
Humoring the Headlines: June 13, 2014 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO (SDJW)–The following death notifications have been received by San Diego Jewish World. More information may be obtained from the cited sources. We offer condolences to the families and friends of the deceased. Bill “Papa” Brunelle, an active member of the Jewish community, has died, it was announced by Chadad at La Costa
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San Diego County, Yeruchem Eilfort-RabbiBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — To retaliate against American economic sanctions, Russia has banned American astronauts from using the International Space Station starting in 2020. The United States reacted by announcing that it plans to complete the construction of an International Space Walmart by that year and that the store will refuse to accept
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — I’ve decided to tackle a topic that may, and should, stir more than a little discomfort. Jewish disunity. Jewish disrespect. The Rambam writes “It is a mitzvah for every Jew to love every other Jew as himself… Therefore a person must praise his fellow Jew and be
Jewish unity doesn’t require unanimity Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael MantellTzippora Price, Mother in Action: Exploring the Inner World of Motherhood, Menucha Publishers, ISBN 97816145130-7, 133 pages. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — First of all, the title is a misnomer, as the first part of the book is concerned with the author’s personal journey from college student in the USA to devout Jewess
‘Motherhood’ book unappealing for secular readers Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The life of a spiritual leader is never easy—especially if you happen to be a man named Moses. Kvetching comes with the territory of working for a Jewish community. It’s a tradition. I am reminded of the old joke, “How many congregants does it take to
How Hashem dealt with Miriam’s racism Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi