By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — During the holiday of Shavuot, the practice in many synagogues is to read the beautiful biblical book Ruth. Various reasons attempt to explain the practice including that Ruth is said to have converted to Judaism around the time of Shavuot and so did the Israelites when […]
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish ReligionWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League and the Mexican Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, June 5, launched a new social media campaign, “#DenunciaElOdio” (“Denounce Hate”) to raise awareness among the Mexican immigrant community in the U.S. of the value and importance of identifying, reporting and exposing hate crimes. At a time of increased hate
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International, USALest we forget, June 4 marked the 80th anniversary of the SS St. Louis being turned away from Florida, condemning Jewish refugees to return to Hitler’s Europe
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Book review and interview by Joe Gandelman The Moderate Voice SAN DIEGO — Some political observers and historians feel that authoritarianism, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, is making a comeback in the United States and in Europe after being discredited and (in part) defeated during World War II. The questions are always:
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Joe Gandelman
San Diego Jewish World has learned of the death of Nechama Rivlin, 73, from lung disease. We extend our deepest condolences to her husband, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin, and to the rest of the Rivlin family on this occasion. May her memory always be for a blessing!
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Middle EastBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The phenomenon of genocide has baffled historians for many generations. The question that has been and continues to be asked is what goes through the minds of leaders, however despotic and ruthless, to conclude that committing genocide against their real or perceived enemies will provide them with salvation that
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a conversation with American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO David Harris, discussed the U.S.-Israel relationship, Israeli-Palestinian peace process, continuing Iranian and Hezbollah threats, UN treatment of Israel, and efforts to combat anti-Semitism. A segment of the interview was shown for the first time Monday,
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In his new book, Chazara bli teshuva – paraphrased in English as “the philosophic roots of the secular-religious divide” – Micah Goodman, whose praises I never fail to sing, makes an important distinction between influence and domination. To be influenced, he writes, is to grow and to develop as
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Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – It is scary to think what could have happened on Jewish dairy farmer Max Yagur’s field in August 1969. Yet, it’s inspirational to realize what actually did happen. I’m talking about the Woodstock Music & Art Festival, which commenced Friday, August 15th with folk music, and continued to
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Several days of uncertainty. Netanyahu could not form a government, with his deadline approaching. He had 42 days to do it. A conflict between Lieberman and the Haredim (ultra-Orthodox) seemed at the heart of the problem. Principally a matter of enforced enlistment, and punishment of Yishivot whose students did not
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By Eric George Tauber CARLSBAD, California — Little Shop of Horrors first appeared in 1960 as a campy horror movie beside such titles as The Blob, Plan 9 from Outer Space and I Was a Teenage Vampire. Relegated to dusty cans and the Late Late Show, it was given new life as a rockin’
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – “From generation to generation” is a popular saying among Jews to indicate how Torah learning has been passed down from parent to child through the millennia. At Congregation Adat Yeshurun on Sunday night, the saying was happily augmented with another:
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Donald H. Harrison, Jacob Kamaras, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — In an effort to goad Mexico into taking more action against Central American migrants traveling through Mexico to the United States southern border, President Trump has announced that he will begin implementing tariffs on Mexican goods in the coming weeks and months. There is a long history
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