SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Beth Israel’s Men’s Club will host Mike Dolinka as a guest speaker at its March 21 Dinner Forum beginning at 6:30 p.m. Dolinka is the current Executive Director for the Friends of the Israel Defense Force (FIDF) in San Diego, Orange County and Arizona. This program is open to the entire San […]
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Middle East, San Diego CalendarBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — “Who among you knows the names of your great-grandparents?” the speaker asked. Only a few of us put our hands up. “Who of you has a family tree?” he continued. Even fewer of our group of English-speakers living in Israel responded positively. Our speaker, Neville Lamdan, proceeded to explain
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish HistoryMoadim Perspectives: Chanukah – Purim, by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, Rabbi Dr. Solomon Breuer, and Rabbi Dr. Joseph Breuer, Feldheim Publishers, New York, © 2018, ISBN 978-1-68025-072-5, p. 241, $22.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Moadim Perspectives: Chanukah – Purim is the third in a series of books on Jewish holidays by the Rabbi
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Fred Reiss, EdD, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Dear readers, I return to editing and publishing San Diego Jewish World after a two-month hiatus during which I was married for a second and third time – to the same wonderful woman. The first time was on February 24, 1968 in a Jewish ceremony at the
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Donald H. Harrison, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I love Siri to the point of anthropomorphizing her. I say, “thank you,” when she has been helpful. Now Alexa has come into my life. While Siri renders aid wherever you take your iPhone, Alexa is a stay-at-home, cloud-based personal assistant. For those of you who don’t
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — For some people, your first love or passion can be hard to forget. This passion may be related to love or work. In the case of widower, Rafael [Fallo] Mareyna, he had two first loves which were painting, something he left and came back to many
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International, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO — Sandi Masori spotted this license plate, which demonstrates someone’s fondness for the car or the driver. Metukah, in Hebrew, means “sweetie.”
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Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — With the mid-term political campaigns underway, perhaps we should pause and think where this country is headed under the leadership of Trump, with the House and Senate in control of the Republican party—a party that has lost its soul and its way, failing to safeguard America’s national interest. This
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Rowling & Associates, a leading independent wealth management firm, has announced the availability of company founder Sheryl Rowling’s new book, Your Financial Travel Guide to Life. This personal financial management guide addresses the changing financial issues people face as they journey through the many stages of their lives. The easy-to-read
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Sheryl RowlingBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We had a right to cheer, or at least to be satisfied, by Donald Trump’s announcements that he recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and that Israel is not the heart of the Middle East’s problems. We also have a right to question the wisdom of the announcements, their
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Evidently, money means little when it comes to projecting military power. How else to explain the fact that the US is in a tizzy because of threats and actions by Russia, by Iran, and even by dirt-poor North Korea – all of which have economies that are minuscule
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International, Middle East, Steve Kramer, USANo Resting Place: Holocaust Poland by Rick Halperin and Denise Gee; photographs by Sherry Aikman SMU Embrey Human Rights Program/Terrace Partners (October 2017). Hardcover (11.75” x 11”); 168 pages; 206 color images; $39.95. ISBN 978-0-692-85960-5 By Edwin Black No Resting Place/Holocaust Poland achieves searing power to illuminate the dark burning reality of Nazi concentration camps
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Edwin Black, Jewish HistoryBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — President Donald Trump has left it to his chief of staff John Kelly to decide whether Jared Kushner can continue in his current position with a temporary security clearance. Actually the only document Kushner needs to retain his access to top secret information is his marriage certificate. * President
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Lawrence Baron