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By Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California –If you’re old enough to remember Dr. Seuss’ The Sneetches then you will understand the message of Tribes. This play is essentially describing the phenomenon of inclusion and exclusion. When we recognize others who look like us, dress like us, and talk like us, we know they are one […]
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Eva Trieger
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — As a child of the early sixties, I could remember watching the George Reeves’ Adventures of Superman show on television. Back then, the show did not feature super-sized villains like those that we have grown used to seeing over the past thirty years or so. No, Superman generally
Superman no longer an American hero, just a killer Read More »
Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Travel and FoodBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO -What could be bad? A summer’s night, the outdoor Lowell Davies Theater at the Old Globe, and the prospect of enjoying an evening with the Bard. It’s a mechiah, as my Nana used to say. Or maybe she wouldn’t have said that if she’d known we were to bear witness
Again we wrestle with Shylock Read More »
Eva TriegerBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –Brad Pitt’s latest horror film, World War Z, started making me think of more practical questions regarding the existence of zombies. With the ongoing saga of election fraud, and in light of the Supreme Court ruling regarding election manipulations, I thought I would share some tongue-in-cheek and
Rabbi, do zombies count toward a minyan? Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
By Eva Trieger POWAY, California- Move over Adrian Peterson and Peyton Manning. There is a new NFL star waiting in the wings…..Meet Max Brett. This sixteen year old rising junior at Westview High School is going places. Sure, the Vikings and the Broncos may not know him yet, but if you were to ask
Meet Max Brett, whose determination is inspirational Read More »
Eva Trieger, San Diego County
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The Z in the latest summer blockbuster World War Z stands for zombies, but bloggers on the Aljazeera English website claim the Z stands for Zionist propaganda. On the other hand, Jeffrey Goldberg of The Bloomberg View calls the movie “’the most pro-Israel movie ever made. Or at
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Lawrence BaronPrayers for the Welfare of the State & for the Welfare of the State of Israel by Rabbi Avraham Steinberg. Publisher: Yad Harav Herzog/ OU PRESS; 1st edition, 2012. 179 pages. Price: $18.95 Rating **** By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — As we approach the Jewish holiday of Tisha’ B’ Av (The Ninth
A rabbi who recognizes the miracle that is Israel Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Miracles awaken our capacity to experience wonderment and awe. They speak to the deepest recesses of our soul without words—but through beauty. In the liturgy, Jewish tradition frequently invokes the imagery of the Red Sea, when Moses and his mighty staff made the waters part into
Not from outside, but from inside, are Jews threatened Read More »
Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle EastBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Most rabbinical students attribute omnipresence and omniscience as qualities befitting a Creator. Only God is called, “The Knower of Thoughts,” and “The Searcher of the human heart.” Rabbinical wisdom has long taught, “Always keep in mind these three things, and you will never come to the
God may watch over us; the government shouldn’t Read More »
Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USABy Eva Trieger ENCINITAS, California– Jewish Fusion is an apt description of the selections recently shared by a contingent of the Soulfarm musical group in Temple Solel’s social hall. Noah Solomon and C Lanzbom performed pieces on lead and bass guitar, as well as mandolin. Harmonizing easily and encouraging audience participation on Monday evening, June
Soulfarm’s music connects with the Jewish neshama Read More »
Eva Trieger
Young Jerry Ford: Athlete and Citizen by Hendrik Booraem V; William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.; Grand Rapids, Mich: 2013; ISBN 978-0-8028-6942-5; 131 pages, cover price unlisted. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– U.S. President Gerald R. Ford’s biological father, Leslie King, was a wife beater. Luckily for her and her young son, Dorothy Gardner King
Youthful Ford had to overcome his temper Read More »
Donald H. Harrison
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — It is a matter of routine for the majority of Israel’s population that when children, whether boys or girls, reach the age of eighteen they go into one of the forces that make up the IDF in order to give two or three years of service to
When a grandson finishes his IDF training Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East
By David Amos SAN DIEGO –Every trip to Israel is an adventure, a revelation. No two trips are the same, and our recent ten day visit was no exception. Yes, we had the usual encounters with family and Israeli musicians, but after not being in Israel for years, we were treated to the country’s phenomenal
A Jordanian guide’s dream of peace Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East
Lee Mandel, Moryak: A Novel of the Russian Revolution, Glagoslav Publications, ISBN 978-17-826704-6-9, 398 pages, No cover price listed. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — It is a good thing that this book is labeled as a novel in its sub-title. Otherwise, in this age of public disclosures about government machinations and spying,
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Donald H. Harrison