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Brave Egyptian humorist satirizes Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — In the medieval era, jesters played an important role in the courts of kings. Aside from the comic relief that they provided, they pointed out the asymmetrical aspects that existed within society and the rulers’ inner lives. Jesters, like fools and clowns, had a boldness of […]

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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

God was the first Lover of words, but Jews were a close second

Jews and Words by Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, ISBN 978-0-300-15647-8 ©2012, $25.99, p. 204, plus source listing and index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — The Hebrew Bible announces that God created the heaven and the earth. How did God form them? Through the spoken word, which

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Fred Reiss, EdD

San Diego’s ‘Artists of the Year’ and Tikkun Olam

    By Donald H. Harrison ESCONDIDO, California —  When artists Larry and Debby Kline go out to casual dinners, they can’t help playing with the detritus of restaurant meals — the sugar and saccharine packets, napkins, chopstick wrappers, tooth picks, and other disposable items. While they eat, their eyes are locked in concentration on

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Donald H. Harrison

Anti-Israel violence is ongoing warfare, not ‘retaliation’

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin called Prime Minister Netanyahu during Mr. Netanyahu’s visit to China, surely a diplomatic oddity.  (Chinese Premier Li Kegiang answers the hotline in Beijing and says, “Oh, sure. Hey, Bibi, it’s for you.”)  President Obama called him there as well, making Netanyahu appear to be the

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

From Russia with klezmer

  By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — “Vibrant” “Engaged” and “Enchanted” were three adjectives that leapt into my mind when I met the teacher, clarinetist and international performer.  Alexander Gourevitch and his wife Anna, welcomed me into their Carmel Valley home Friday morning.  I was eager to learn about Gourevitch’s upcoming role in the San

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Eva Trieger