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Religion like rain: sometimes soft, sometimes murderous

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California —Today in the news I came across the following article: · On September 18, 2012, Muhib Ru’yat Al-Rahman, a senior writer on leading jihadi forum Shumoukh Al-Islam, suggested that   Muslims living in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and the U.S. kill   Westerners and display their decapitated heads […]

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

Forgiving adultery

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California– Some of you may think that today’s lesson on forgiveness will be a little boring. If so, I ask that you please forgive me. Just like a picture says more than a thousand words, parables, too, also convey lessons that are timeless as they are obvious, requiring

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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

JNS news briefs: September 24, 2012

St. Louis passenger to State Dept: Don’t ‘deny Holocaust survivors our legal rights’ (JNS.org) At a U.S. State Department program on Monday marking the 73rd anniversary of the SS St. Louis voyage, honoree Herbert Karliner—one of the voyage’s surviving passengers—handed department officials a letter urging their so-far absent support of legislation that would aid the

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International, Jacob Kamaras

U.S. must not give up 1st Amendment to please Islamists

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Richard Nixon had many shortcomings, but compared to Barack Obama, he looks like a saint. I do not ever recall seeing Nixon attempting to subvert the 1st Amendment that guarantees freedom of speech, but recently with the release of the Innocence of Muslims film that came

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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USA

Eizenstat peers into a Jewish crystal ball

The Future of the Jews: How Global Forces are Impacting the Jewish People, Israel, and Its Relationship with the United States by Stuart E. Eizenstat, Rowman & Littlefield, New York; ISBN 978-1-44422-1627-3 ©2012, $37.50, p. 318, plus notes and index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California–Stuart Eizenstat author of The Future of the Jews, from

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Middle East

Gotthelf Gallery showcases former Soviet artists/scientists

By Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California –The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture has brought us a rare opportunity to meet three Russian scientists who have immigrated to the United States. For each of these gifted and dedicated individuals, their arrival accompanied the freedom of expression in multiple arenas. The Gotthelf Art Gallery will display

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Eva Trieger