Purim Song ~ The Maccabeats
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Travel and FoodWeekly Torah portion: Pekudei
By Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO –This Shabbat, we read Parashat Pekudei. It is the last Torah portion, in what has been quite a few in a row, that deals primarily with the construction of the the Mishkan. We are given a very detailed review of how the Mishkan was built, and the allocations of
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Jewish ReligionEditor’s E-Mail Box: March 8, 2019
Berrie and Seidle named to Leichtag Foundation board of directors Philanthropist Angelica Berrie, president of the Russell Berrie Foundation and a co-chair of the Jewish Funders Network, and Charlene Seidle, executive vice president of the Leichtag Foundation, have both been named to the board of directors of the Leichtag Foundation, it was announced by Jim
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International, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, USAAcademic sightseeing in the Galilee
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –An acquaintance connected with the UK’s UIJA (United Israel Jewish Appeal) suggested that I write an article about the Western Galilee College for the AJR Journal (Association of Jewish Refugees), for which I write a monthly column entitled ‘Letter from Israel.’ The college, situated just outside the ancient city
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodEchad Mi Yodea ~ Batsheva’s Young Ensemble
Probably shouldn’t try this at your home seder!
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Travel and FoodBus Station Project helps immigrant travelers
Story and Photos by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — While the political situation for asylum seekers who come to the United States’ southern border seemingly changes day by day, Mimi Pollack, 65, and Paula Sassi, 71, are among the few constants. Twice a week since last July, the two women have driven
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USAComparing Jewish and American laws
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Professor Samuel J. Levine compares many Jewish laws with American laws that address the same issues in two 2018 volumes of Jewish Law and American Law.
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, USAGoldfaden, Lazarus celebrated at Astor Judaica Library
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Abraham Goldfaden’s beautiful melody, Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen, opened the Jewish Poets of the Past program, in an arrangement for violin and viola, in which my daughter Myla Wingard played violin, and I played the viola. This presentation, March 5, at the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego CountyLatino Film Festival Preview: ‘Division Ave’
Division Ave, produced by Lorena Rodriguez, Michal Birnbaum and Nadav Remez, 2019, Spanish, English, Yiddish, 14.5 minutes; to be screened during the San Diego Latino Film Festival on Saturday, March 23, at 3:30 p.m., at AMC Fashion Valley 18 (Screen 9), 7037 Friars Road, San Diego. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This short
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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe company Rashida Tlaib keeps
By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel –There is an expression that people can be identified by the company they keep. Rashida Tlaib was elected to the House of Representatives in a district with a constituency whose culture and issues she shares and now projects within the United States Congress. She celebrated her arrival into the American
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Barry Shaw, Middle East, USASan Diego Jewish Book Club
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Travel and FoodMinnesotan responds to Ilhan Omar
By Beth Kieffer Leonard Jewish Democratic Council of America MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesotans are no strangers to political trailblazing; however, we are also known for honesty and kindness. Representative Ilhan Omar is certainly a trailblazer, yet her recent anti-Semitic tweets and statements are deeply offensive. They have caused consternation among Minnesota voters, including myself, not
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