Dayenu ~ Jerusalem Boys Town
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Travel and FoodMatzah and the blood libel
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The late Bernard Lewis, the great scholar of Islam, has written about how Muslims have adopted Christian anti-Semitism for their own polemics against Jews, Zionism and the State of Israel. A recent illustration of a notorious, persistent and lethal lie is provided by a video posted on YouTube last
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastOpEd: U.S. should build refugee camps in Mexico
By Pat Bennett SAN DIEGO — After the Vietnam war, the US funded multiple refugee camps in Southeast Asia to rescue and support victims of the war. I was fortunate to work in two of these camps, in Indonesia and the Philippines, and our current refugee crisis has me believing this would be a viable
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International, USAAn open letter to Rep. Ilhan Omar
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Thanks, Ilhan Omar, for your most recent words: “This is endangering lives. It has to stop.” I presume from this time forward you will close the book on your abrasive screeds that have caused me excessive discomfort because I am Jewish and support Israel. Oh, sure, it is evident
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International, Middle East, USAJerusalem Quartet provides a musical treat
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Experiencing music in the Conrad, the new home of the La Jolla Music Society, was a rare treat. At the April 9 concert, featuring the Jerusalem Quartet, the audience basked in the sunshine of sound projected by the Israeli musicians. The music floated gloriously in the fine acoustics
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Eileen Wingard, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USAOpEd: America’s major media is biased against Israel
By Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel —Too many American Jews are ignorant about what’s really going on in Israel. They think they are better equipped to determine Israel’s fate than Israelis are. I know where that comes from: “fake news” about Israel from the mass media. The majority of U.S. liberal Jews truly believe that
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USAHumoring the headlines: April 17, 2019
Disaster Advice from the Donald By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−As Notre Dame burned down, President Trump tweeted: “So horrible to watch the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out.” Given his prior advice on how to handle catastrophes, I would have thought he
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireJunior high girl prepares for Anne Frank role
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A line formed after Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, spoke recently at Chabad of Poway. When it was the turn of 15-year-old Bryn Williams to kneel next to the chair of the 90-year-old Schloss, they had a particularly animated discussion. Williams, a veteran of the Pickwick Players
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastPassover Haroset’s mysterious origin
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Many Jewish practices are not as old as people think and many had no religious significance when first introduced. We do not even know how or when most Jewish practices began and why they began. We can only guess. And in many instances our guesses reveal
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Travel and FoodWho compiled the Haggadah, and why?
By Moshe Dann JERUSALEM — Although Jews have been retelling the story of the Exodus from Egypt at the Pesach Seder for millennia, the Haggadah as we know it was compiled during the Gaonic period (8th-9th century CE) in Babylon, with additional songs written by Jews probably during the Middle Ages. Based on Torah, Mishna
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish Religion, Middle EastReach for the stars and hit a glass ceiling
‘They Promised Her the Moon’ at the Old Globe in Balboa Park through May 12. By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Possibly every American has heard the names Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, John Glenn and Chuck Yeager. They were the men with the right stuff: the smarts, courage and ambition to fly fighter jets
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSometimes, “It’s Hard to Be a Jew”
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — As Jews are observing the Passover holiday this coming weekend, recalling a time when our ancestors left Egypt, the land of their oppression, we are witnessing a new kind of Exodus taking place today: Jews are leaving France in record numbers amidst the rising anti-Semitic attacks that have
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