Newtown, Massachusetts, Public Schools sued for ‘Anti-Semitism,’ and ‘bigotry against Israel’ Americans for Peace and Tolerance has issued the following statement: “On March 12, 2019, Newton taxpayers filed a lawsuit in Middlesex Superior Court against the Newton School Committee, Superintendent of Schools David Fleishman, the principals of the Newton high schools, and certain high school […]
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Kaddish.Com by Nathan Englander; Alfred A. Knopf; © 2019; ISBN 9781524-732752; 203 pages; $24.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As a young man, Larry, bridles at having to sit shiva for his father and absolutely refuses to say kaddish for him for the year after his death. Instead, he arranged for someone in
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(c) By Leba Lieder and Israel Drazin Page 1 The Purim holiday was around the corner and kids and mice everywhere were preparing their costumes and getting ready to give Purim gifts. Moti, a special mouse, wondered if he could find a Purim gift to give to someone. Page 2 As much as it was
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Giving birth at 50 no more dangerous than at 40 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Soroka University Medical Center researchers have determined that it is as safe to give birth after age 50 as age 40 without endangering the mother or the baby. The paper was recently presented at the Society for Maternal
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — Kenneth Segel, Esq., Vice President of Jewish National Fund (JNF-USA)’s Israel Relations Committee, on Monday announced that JNF-USA has engaged longtime Jewish philanthropic leader and Chicago native Richard Wexler to professionally lead the mega-gift fundraising of $300 million for a massive new education village in Israel to better connect Israel
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Last week saw the indictment of celebrities, financiers, coaching and admissions personnel, entrance exam administrators, and others, all of whom participated in a college admissions cheating and bribery scandal led by William “Rick” Singer. This is by no means the first time that college admissions has been shown to
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Farmer’s Table, 8141 La Mesa Blvd., La Mesa, California 91942 By Sandi Masori LA MESA, California — In the middle of downtown La Mesa you can find a cute little “farm” restaurant where the menu boasts farm to fork freshness. It has options ranging from egg dishes, to flatbreads, to sandwiches and salads. As with
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The election may not decide anything. The clusters of parties seem nearly tied in recent polls, with neither right nor center-left clearly able to amass the seats need to form a government. What comes next will be long and messy, and ultimately create a government. Or another election. At the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Donald Trump, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaub all issued hollow statements after 49 Muslims praying at two New Zealand mosques were mowed down by gunfire on Friday – after Trump, Omar, and Tlaib played dangerous games with volatile issues. It would be customary to expect reactions from our president
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International, Middle East, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — “Ivanka would be a perfect Queen Esther on screen and on the Broadway stage,” President Trump tweeted. “She’s gorgeous, built like a statuesque statue, almost as smart as I am, and she didn’t come out as Jewish until she was in her 20’s. A BONUS – with a
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — In my book, Unusual Bible Interpretations: Ruth, Esther, and Judith, I showed that Judith, in the apocrypha, the book Jewish ancestors decided not to include in the Bible, was more observant of Jewish practices than Ruth and Esther. The rabbis did not see this in this
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish ReligionBy Caren Besner BOYNTON BEACH, Florida — Albert Einstein once observed, “If my theory of relativity is proven correct, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare
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