Sabbath Prayer ~ from Fiddler on the Roof
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Travel and FoodWhy 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, USAWeekly 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 ReligionHouse disgraced itself with Suleiman invocation
By H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — On May 9, 2019, Imam Omar Suleiman gave the invocation at the House of Representatives. He was invited to speak by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, (D. Texas.) This is the man who called Jews “brothers of apes and pigs.” Our own congresswoman, Representative Susan Davis, who happens to be
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Middle East, San Diego County, USALocals note Harvey Milk’s San Diego connections
By Fernando Zweifach Lopez SAN DIEGO — May 22 is Harvey Milk’s birthday! Not everyone knows that Harvey Milk lived in San Diego before moving to San Francisco. He was stationed here while serving in the U.S. Navy and credited the experience with his love for California and his eventual move to San Francisco. Because
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Jewish History, San Diego County, USA‘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, USAFriedman’s religious comments disserved U.S., Israel
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania –Credit David M. Friedman, our man in Israel, for his powerful bid to erode America’s support for Israel. In so doing, he can be counted upon to become Rashida Tlaib’s and Ilhan Omar’s new best friend. Oh, did someone say he is in fact continuing his ongoing efforts to
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Middle East, USALevin: 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, USACory Briggs drops from San Diego mayoral race
Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — “Four months of campaigning reminds me how much better I am at practicing law than politics,” he said in statement shared with local media. Briggs announced his candidacy in January, following Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s annual State of the City speech in which he called for a removal of
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San Diego CountyIsrael’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, USAOn Israel’s borders, Gaza presents the biggest problem
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s been a tough time on Israel’s southern border. Gaza is a slim slice of land on Israel’s and Egypt’s borders. If Israel is small, about the size of New Jersey, Gaza is tiny, about 11.5 percent of Rhode Island’s size, with perhaps 2 million of population, about twice the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastNo reason to trust what Rep. Rashida Tlaib says
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Some of the most embarrassing mistakes that occur in human communication happen when people experience an unfortunate “slip of the tongue.” The words come out differently than what we consciously intend for them to mean. Sigmund Freud was a remarkable man whose interests spanned across the
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International, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USAEnding corruption could improve Kosovo’s economy
By Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra NEW YORK — On the eve of the twentieth anniversary of the end of Kosovo war, that country is facing a dramatic large-scale brain drain. Every day, young professionals wait in long lines in front of EU embassies to apply for visas to legally leave Kosovo in the search
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, USA