Mah Nishtanah ~ The Maccabeats
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Travel and FoodPoets Alper, Givon and Jacobs on tap at JCC
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The Gotthelf Gallery, with its current exhibit, The Art of Aging, will be the setting for the Thursday, May 2, 7:00 p.m. Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices evening. Three senior Jewish Poets will be featured, Janice Alper, Chana Givon (read by Ellen Zyroff) and Dr. Irvin Jacobs. Following the hour
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Irv Jacobs, MD, San Diego CalendarElections showed Turks are fed up with Erdogan
By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The result of the recent municipal elections in Turkey represents a major shift in public sentiment toward President Erdogan, which will have major political ramifications that will bring him down in disgrace. It is true that the economic crisis and the ineptitude he exhibited in dealing with it played
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USAHas Spring finally sprung in Israel?
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — After blowing hot, then cold, then hot, then cold again, the weather in Israel seems finally to have settled down to the appropriate behavior for this time of the year. Yes, I know that for a while last week it was warmer and sunnier in London than here,
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastThe coalition government Israelis want
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — An opinion poll published last Tuesday has it that 66 percent of Israelis want a government that includes the two largest parties, Likud and Blue and White. Without the benefit of research I wrote on April 16 along similar lines. Even though both parties will have the same number
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Middle EastConnecting at a Jewish – Muslim seder
By Mimi Pollack LA JOLLA, California — Whenever I hear of an organization whose purpose is to build bridges of communication, I want to find out more. I was invited to attend the Sunday Seder of the San Diego chapter of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, an organization of Muslim and Jewish women, which
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Jewish Religion, Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, Travel and FoodSome common mistakes about Bible stories
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida –There are many interpretations of biblical event that people were taught to believe which are clearly untrue. The following are three examples. Adam lied to his wife resulting in a catastrophe Genesis 2:16-17 states that before Eve was created, “The Lord God commanded the man, saying: ‘You
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish ReligionProtecting veterans from rip-off for-profit colleges
By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – Four Democratic members of Congress agreed Wednesday that the Trump Administration – particularly the Departments of Education and Veterans Affairs – must do more to protect veterans from the predatory practices of some for-profit colleges and technical schools. A hearing co-chaired by U.S. Reps. Susan Davis and
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USASDJW financial columnist Sheryl Rowling wins award
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Rowling & Associates, a leading independent wealth management firm announced today that the firm was recognized by AdvisoryHQ, a national media company, as one of the top 12 financial advisory firms in San Diego. Founded by financial services and CPA veteran, Sheryl Rowling, Rowling & Associates has been a pillar
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San Diego CountyIsraelis abroad: Glimpses of the USA
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Six weeks, eleven flights, six states, one one-week cruise and four countries (in addition to the USA). That is feeble compared with the Beatles’ tour of the USA in 1965 (twenty-five cities in thirty days), but they were much younger than we were (and probably flew first class).
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Travel and Food, USAViolence, fanaticism are the curse of many religions
“We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid.”― Christopher Hitchens By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California —
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International, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USAGun sale tax advances in Legislature
Revenue to fund program for prevention of gun violence SACRAMENTO (Press Release) –Legislation by Assemblymember Marc Levine (D-Marin County) to impose a statewide excise tax of $25 on the sale of handguns and semiautomatic weapons was approved Monday by the Assembly Public Safety Committee on a partisan 8 to 3 vote. Co-authored by eight legislators
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USAWhither goest students of the bard?
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — On the first Seder night, I hung in there through the Fourth Cup and Chad Gadya. Then I was up bright and early the next morning for the 2019 Student Shakespeare Festival compliments of the San Diego Shakespeare Society. Both the society and the festival were the brainchild
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