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By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Now that Chris Christie has presidential momentum, the Tea Party is conducting opposition research to find skeletons in his past. One researcher is exploring a rumor about him being guilty of marital and political infidelity. Apparently there is footage of him in a threesome with a democratic president, and a tempestuous […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The other day as my father-in-law, children and grandchildren joined with Nancy and me for Shabbat dinner, we tried to think of some wonderful way to celebrate Thanksgivingukah–as the conflation of Thanksgiving and Chanukah is being called. Supposedly, these two holidays only arrive together every 70,000 years, so
Some thoughts for celebrating Thanksgivingukah Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Steve Kramer Delegitimization efforts against Israel continue to be a major problem. Alone among the democracies, Israel’s sovereignty is singled out and questioned. Ian Lustick’s front page, above-the-fold NY Times Sunday Review article (September 15) is a particularly nasty example. Lustick, a political science professor at Penn, has made a career out of bashing
How EU and UN undermine Israel Read More »
Middle East, Steve Kramer
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Both Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung point out that it is through dreams we can better understand the unconscious mind. “Dreams” said Freud, “are the royal road to the unconscious.” The Talmud itself attests, “A dream that it is not interpreted is like a letter that
The two dreams of Jacob Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―Since the HealthCare.gov website is still not working properly, Kathleen Sebelius is advising single applicants without health insurance to use the eharmony.com dating website in the hope they will meet and marry someone who already has health insurance. Reeling over charges of plagiarism, Senator Rand Paul has accused his critics of
Humoring the headlines: November 8, 2013 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson Naomi Tsur, who was born in England and moved to Israel in 1966 to study Classics and Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has had a varied career, ranging from coin curator in Israel’s Antiquities Authority to co-authoring a Hebrew-English/English-Hebrew dictionary and heading the Society for the Protection of Nature in
Naomi Tsur to push for green tourism Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Rabbi Kamin’s interesting article on the subject of Halloween reminded me of many of my own childhood experiences. Is Halloween “permitted”? Is the children’s ritual of “Trick and Treating,” considered forbidden because it emulates the practices of the non-Jewish world? Many years ago, a learned colleague
Halloween superstitious? How about tefillin and mezuzot? Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Donald H. Harrison Kerry tilts to Palestinians during Wednesday’s Mideast press conferences Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke bluntly about Iran and the Palestinians. On the other hand, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry tried to put a diplomatic gloss on matters during their joint appearance in Jerusalem. Later while standing with Palestinian President Mahmoud
Of Presidents, Prime Ministers and Secretaries Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
Aline Sax, author, and Caryl Strzelecki, illustrator, The War Within These Walls, Eerdman’s Books for Young Readers, 2013, ISBN 978-0-8028-5428-5, 169 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Sometimes I think all of us are too young to learn about the Holocaust, because the more we know the more our souls feel crushed. But
A Holocaust book for youngsters? Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―Major cuts in the Food Stamp Program went into effect the day after Halloween. When criticized for reducing food subsidies for those who can’t afford to feed themselves, a number of Tea Party Republicans introduced legislation to hold Halloween on the last Thursday of every month to sweeten the lives of
Humoring the headlines: November 4, 2013 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The “musical journey honoring the State of Israel” presented by the local chapter of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) provided our community with a most memorable evening of vocal Jewish music. Had we only been able to experience the golden sounds of IDF Chief Cantor
Emotional concert held in La Jolla for the IDF Read More »
Eileen WingardBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –Taxi! Taxi drivers the world over are a race unto themselves. The taxi drivers of London, have to acquire ‘The Knowledge,’ which involves studying London’s streets till they can find any address, and have to pass an exam to gain their taxi license. These days they are separated from
Taxi drivers around the world are a special breed Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Many baseball fans I know have grown up and relished the great baseball rivalries of the last fifty years or more. As a native San Franciscan, who could forget the rivalries involving the Giants and the Dodgers—Northern vs. Southern California? Indeed, today’s latest incarnations of the
Red Sox win mirrors Boston’s big heart Read More »
Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―Embarrassed over leaks that the NSA monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cell phone, President Obama called her on a secure line to apologize. The next day he received a briefing from the NSA citing his conversation with Merkel verbatim and reminding him, “Espionage means you never have to say you’re sorry.”
Humoring the headlines: October 30, 2013 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire