Summer Blockbusters By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Now that Memorial Day has passed, it’s time to preview the films that promise to be the biggest hits of the summer. * The Revengers: Payback: Supervillains conspire to destroy the reputation of Muellos, a mute hero who has documented their crimes and cover-ups. Led by Captain America is
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — I remember hearing a story about a ten-year old Jewish boy exploring his grandmother’s house. In the closet by the front door, he found a small suitcase filled with old photos and precious tchotchkes. When asked, his grandmother explained that these were relatives who had long since passed
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO –Our Torah portion this week, BeChukotai, provides us with a list of rewards for those who follow God’s commandments. Leviticus 23:6 says “If you pursue my laws and keep my commandments and observe them, I will give you rain in its proper time and the land will yield its
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Jewish Religion
Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — San Diego community leader Elaine Galinson will donate $5 million to endow a new campus civility program at UC San Diego and provide for two associated classrooms. Galinson’s gift, announced by the university on Thursday, will endow the Galinson/Glickman Campus Civility Program created in partnership with the San
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Oh botheration. ‘Ere we go again, as the earwig said as it fell off the rim of the jar. The midnight hour struck last night and no fairy godmother appeared to turn the pumpkin into a carriage. So we poor benighted citizens of Israel face another two-and-a-half months
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastOn this date (May 30) in 1909, Reuben Siegel laid the cornerstone of the first home in Tel Aviv.
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (SDJW) — The American Jewish Congress has compiled a Jewish voter’s guide to the 2020 elections, looking at the stances President Donald Trump and the 24 Democratic presidential contenders, to date, have taken on Israeli and domestic Jewish concerns. The guide also provides information on the stances of members of the United States
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Jack Nahmias, regional political director for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), will address the Beth Israel Men’s club and guests at 6:15 p.m., Wednesday, June 15, on the question of whether U.S. support for Israel is inevitable. His speech will follow a buffet dinner at the congregation which
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Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — There was an obvious division in the house on Wednesday night at a performance of Fiddler on the Roof at the Civic Theatre downtown. There were those in the packed audience who never had seen the musical before, and there were those who had seen it in other incarnations since
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Lately, I’ve been watching some TV shows about Israel’s intelligence and anti-terrorism efforts. This was prompted by the wild popularity of the Israeli series, Fauda, watched by both Israeli Jews and Arabs (and probably Palestinian Arabs too). The realistic, non-stop, brutal efforts of the Mista’arvim unit of the
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Negotiations to form the next government of Israel became a game that nobody was going to win. There’re only losers in Netanyahu’s attempt to form again a right-wing government after the April 9 elections. The favorite culprit is Avigdor Lieberman for resisting Netanyahu’s undertaking to protect his ultra-Orthodox coalition
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Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Rabbi Devorah Marcus, spiritual leader of Temple Emanu-El, told the graduating class of Community Jewish High on Tuesday evening that in the five years since their b’nai mitzvahs, she hopes that they gained more than Jewish information by attending the voluntary supplemental high school which primarily draws students
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. MasoriMEXICO CITY (Press Release) The ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and the Mexican Foreign Ministry on Wednesday signed an agreement to work collaboratively to assist people of Mexican heritage living in the United States who are victims of discrimination, bigotry, bullying and hate crimes. The Memorandum of Understanding between ADL and Mexico commences the second phase
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International, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — From generation to generation, Jewish continuity so often hinges on the foundational Jewish lifecycle events. Whether they are festive or somber, these are the moments that matter. They produce the memories that last a lifetime — memories which intimately shape Jewish identity and practice. Indeed, many Jews never forget when
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County