By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, is in the news lately regarding a payment he made to adult film star Stormy Daniels, ostensibly to ensure her silence regarding an alleged affair with the president. Cohen has had a long-standing personal and professional relationship with Trump, previously serving as […]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Bibi is as fascinating as he is worrying. His skills as politician and public speaker qualify for the label of wunderkind, even as he approaches his 70th birthday. Yet his personal appetites, those of his wife and at least one of his sons, and associates who may be even more
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The prayer space within the Tifereth Israel Synagogue sanctuary that the late Rabbi Dr. Aaron Gold helped to design and where he spent much of his life leading prayer services, now has two new names. One is Ohel Aharon, or the Tent of Aaron; the other is “The
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyMichael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Here’s a wonderful poem I recently came across by David Leonhardt, a writer who writes about friendship. Choose friends wisely, the portrait they paint Is who you are and who you ain’t. Friendship is life’s great support When friends are of the right sort. For all your dreams do
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SOLANA BEACH, California – Exploring the Cedros Avenue Design District, Grandson Shor and I happened upon Justin Yasgoor, who was sanding a table top in the basement of the extensive David Alan Collection, which includes furniture and sculptures from various places around the world, particularly Japan and Indonesia. Schmoozing with
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, Travel and FoodBy Beth Sarafraz BROOKLYN, New York — On a Sunday morning, June 22, 1941, the Nazis invaded Lithuania. The gentile population was ecstatic to hear the news and, after church services that day, celebrated Hitler’s troops goose-stepping over the border into their country. Each town and village greeted the Nazis with bouquets of flowers as
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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Humor columnist Mark D. Zimmerman, who authors the Jewish Trivia Quiz that normally appears weekly on San Diego Jewish World, is offering a free, humorous Haggadah supplement for readers to download on their electronic devices, and then print out if desired. Titled Rashi, Rambam and Haggadah-Lamadingdong, this Hagaddah
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman
By Donald H. Harrison CHULA VISTA, California – Norbert Stein is a man who likes surprises. So, at his 105th birthday party on Thursday, March 8, he had a surprise for everyone. He married his companion of 45 years, Edelmira Velasquez. The bride’s son, Pablo, related that Stein had popped the question about two
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Fourteen teachers from the San Diego Unified School District have been awarded a combined $11,000 in grants to pursue artistic projects with their students thanks to the new non-profit VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts) Foundation. The newly established Foundation awarded teacher grants ranging from $500 to $2,500 during this inaugural
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Soon after returning from our latest trip to Poland, when my wife and I took our younger grandchildren and their parents to show them our roots in the country, I published a column in the Toronto Star in which I suggested that the attitude of Poles to Jews has
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International, Jewish HistoryBy Pamela Pollack-Fremd LA MESA, California — Honesty is not always the best policy. Or so that appears to be true in the Japanese film written by Atuko Hirayamagi and Boris Frumin. Ms. Hirayamagi also directed the film. Setsuko/Lucy (Shinobu Kutsuma ) is a dissatisfied middle aged office worker/tea lady. She is alienated from her
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast
In Memory of Ozzie, Our Anatolian Shepherd, 2003-2018 By Laurie Baron Book 1 Genesis In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and carved out spaces for dog beaches and parks. God created Dog in his/her own temperament to make sure Adam and Eve and their descendants never felt alone and to bring
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