By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — The madness that penetrates Congress and the White House was smoothly transferred to the cavernous Walter E. Washington Convention Center that sheltered AIPAC’s yearly gathering in Washington D.C. Vice President Mike Pence led the Republican crusade last week to exploit Jewish concerns, a spectacle which was shockingly shameless. He […]
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori BERKELEY, California – For some two dozen years, Dr. Robert Alter, now a professor emeritus of comparative literature at UC Berkeley, retranslated various portions of the Hebrew Bible. He was distressed that most previous translations “were not only deficient, but I would say that they
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. MasoriBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Exoneration (to the tune of Anticipation) He and the angry Dems tried to take me down. But I claimed it was all fake news grist. And if you were one of those who slandered me, Then welcome to my enemies list. Exoneration, exoneration! Should be making me glad, But I’m seething
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Can’t Start Passover without the Bread by Leba Lieder and Israel Drazin; © 2013; ISBN 9781481-995467; 30 pages, available via Amazon. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Our columnist, Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin, and his schoolteacher daughter Leba Lieder, created this storybook for children between the ages of 4 and 8. It is a
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO –In our Torah portion this week, Shemini, we read what is considered by the Talmud to be the epicenter of the Torah. According to the Talmud, if you count up all of the letters in the Torah, we find ourselves in this week’s Torah reading, on the Hebrew letter
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LOS ANGELES – It has always been accepted that this nation was founded on a code of Judeo-Christian ethics and that our founding fathers recognized the importance of spiritual practices as a basis for moral behavior. But it sadly seems that the current leadership of the Democratic Party needs a reminder in basic ethical behavior.
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Jewish Religion, USABy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Long before the mid-7th century CE Muslim/Arab Conquest of the eastern Mediterranean coast, known as the Levant, the Jews inhabited the area known today as the Golan Heights. Modern-day Ramat ha Golan (Golan Heights or the Golan) is the western section of the Biblical region of Bashan, dating
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USAPart I of IV: The Air Bridge (c) Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — The virulently anti-Israel movement known as Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions—BDS—is roiling through campuses, overflowing into city councils, encroaching into corporate boardrooms, and now chomping at the essence of Israel’s special niche in the world: its travel and tourism industry. Everywhere, the boycotters
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By Ryan C. McKim LOS ANGELES — In a remarkable opinion, a California appellate court held that the “ministerial exception” – a constitutionally based defense to employment claims brought against religious organizations – does not apply to religious school teachers. The “ministerial exception” is intended to ensure the autonomy of religions to select and control those
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Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Investing inherently involves risk. Even if you put everything into safe Treasury bills, you take on inflation risk. Investing in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, etc. means potentially taking on other risks such as market risk, tax risk, economic risk, single company risk, and more. When looking at how much
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Sheryl Rowling, Travel and FoodBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — Israel is due to hold a general election on April 9th, and polls are indicating that there might be a chance that Bibi Netanyahu and the Likud will not be forming the next government. I’ll probably be annoying a few readers by saying that it’s high time that Israel saw a
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — “So, what is this election about? The bottom line: Are we willing to accept Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for another term?” So writes Isi Leibler, the Australian-Jewish businessman turned Israeli columnist. Though I find virtually all of his columns totally unpalatable for liberal tastes, I quote him today because
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