By Len Gregory TEL AVIV, Israel — Last month I participated in one of the greatest annual parties in Tel Aviv, the Pride Parade. I mention “one of” because only two weeks before, Tel Aviv hosted the Eurovision contest. Each event had approximately 250,000 participants from all over the world. Event coordinators and security services
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Middle EastBy Lawrence Krause ENCINITAS, California — The world economy is changing rapidly, and the United States and China are the primary actors in promoting change. For the US, that has long been the case. Following the disruptions of World War II, the United States led in the development of a liberal world order. Every country
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International, Middle East, USABy Times of Israel SAN DIEGO — Public advocacy lawyer Cory Briggs announced Monday that he will challenge incumbent Mara Elliott for the San Diego City Attorney post in 2020. Briggs, who has practiced law in California for 25 years, said that under Elliott the City Attorney’s office is focused on politics rather than traditional
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San Diego CountyBritish comedian Marty Feldman, who many Americans remember for his role as Igor in Young Frankenstein, had a long and successful career doing sketch comedy. Feldman was born on this day (July 8) in 1934. We salute his memory.
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Travel and FoodBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump is still determined to help Jews make Tisha B’Av, the saddest day on the Hebrew calendar, “fun again.” He’s reintroduced that slogan, first offered a year ago, this time with examples of how he would accomplish the goal. It’s part of Trump’s just-introduced reelection campaign strategy, to
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Sandi Masori JUNEAU, Alaska — We went on a family cruise to Alaska and stopped off in the capital city. While there we worked up quite an appetite rafting on the Mendenhall River under the auspices of Alaska Travel Adventures, so we were really happy to go for dinner afterwards at the Gold Creek
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Sheol Country Blues by Adrienne O’Hare, Asna Publishing © 2019, ISBN 9780578-507248; 165 pages, $18. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I met the Jewish lady whose name sounds very Irish (thanks to her marriage to the affable Larry O’Hare) in February 2018 at shipboard Shabbat services aboard the MS Maasdam, which then
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By Chris Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Fearing for their safety, David Vance rarely steps outside of Hillcrest. As someone who identifies as nonbinary — not male or female – Vance finds comfort and support only on the job and in that gay friendly community. “I’ll be honest and say I almost
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San Diego CountyThe late movie critic Joel Siegel was born on this day (July 7) in 1943. Here is a tribute to his memory.
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The more I read about Trump and Israel the more it seems clear that he wants to please not the Jews but Christian evangelicals of whom there’re many more than Jewish voters in the United States and without whose votes he wouldn’t have become president. Evangelicals believe that Jesus’
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Middle East, USABy Eileen Wingard DEL MAR — July 4th was the third time that Yael and Vlady were invited to perform at this year’s San Diego County Fair. I heard their 3:00 p.m. performance that final day of the fair, on the O’Brien Stage, near Gate 5. Yael’s sultry singing voice is beautifully supported by her
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO — Here is a collection of songs recorded by Cantor Sheldon Merel during his tenure as cantor at Congregation Beth Israel. Click on any title to hear Cantor Merel’s recorded rendition. In some cases, the songs are accompanied by an explanatory article indicated by a date alongside. Adon Olam Adon Olam, Jazz Version
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — The dentist in the television series Seinfeld, Tim Whatley, D.D.S., converted to Judaism in order to tell Jewish jokes, so perhaps Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed Jewish roots to exploit Jewish suffering – and in the process created a sideshow that diverted attention from the suffering of migrants held in
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By Donald H. Harrison AT SEA, Aboard Star Princess – As our family did quite often during the week we were aboard the 3,100-passenger, 950- foot-long M.V. Star Princess, we gathered one afternoon at a round table on Deck 14, which is where the swimming pools and the indoor buffet are located. On this particular
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