Scripps College, circa 1940: A wonderful education

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — After a long interlude, I am resuming where I left off regarding my life story… In the summer of 1944, I gave the graduation speech at Beverly Hills High School about coming to America as a refugee four years earlier, not speaking a word of English. In September […]

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Natasha Josefowitz, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

Why Hungarians relate to Israelis, but not to Jews

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite the fact that the Trump administration has spent two years communicating its concerns with Hungary regarding academic freedom, anti-Semitism, and other illiberal positions of the Hungarian government, the visit of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump has set off

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International, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Weekly Torah portion: Emor

By Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO — In our Torah portion this week, Parashat Emor, we read about the sabbatical year, the seventh year where farmers are supposed to refrain from planting their crops. The number seven is a very powerful and symbolic number in Judaism. God created the world in six days, designating every

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Jewish Religion

‘Meeting Gorbachev’ paints sympathetic portrait

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Meeting Gorbachev, a documentary on the life of the Soviet Union’s final leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, will be shown at Landmark’s Ken Cinema at 4061 Adams Avenue beginning on May 24th. The 90-minute tribute by Werner Herzog and Andre Singer is both informative and a bit disappointing.  Informative because

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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Levin: Poway shooting was a step backwards for U.S.

By Rep. Mike Levin OCEANSIDE, California — Recently Jewish families around the world celebrated Passover, a time of renewal, freedom and reflection on our shared values. At Chabad of Poway, located just outside of my district in San Diego County, the conclusion of these holiest of days was interrupted by evil. Lori Gilbert Kaye was

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA

Israel’s Tourism Triumph, Part IV

To read previous installments, please click on the number desired:1,2,3  The Religious Lure © Edwin Black JERUSALEM — When the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement [BDS] mounted a campaign against Israel, it targeted more than Israel’s economy, including tourism—which has nonetheless flourished beyond any expectation. The “D” in BDS really stands for delegitimize. So the

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Edwin Black, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Travel and Food, USA