By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — A few weeks ago, I approached Rabbi Michael Lerner in California, the founder of Tikkun magazine, about writing a blog post for his publication, and he kindly invited me to send my piece in. A few days later, it was published, with the headline “A ‘Cli-Fi Missionary’ with Jewish Roots […]
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By Steve Kramer ALFEI MENASHE, Israel — Spring is the perfect time to travel to the north in Israel: the temperatures are generally ideal, the hillsides and fields are green after the winter rains, and the streams are flowing with a respectable amount of water. So, not long after Passover, Michal and I and some
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — It was a double first Saturday night at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. It was the first time that the Conservative Jewish congregation had ever hosted a gospel choir. And, it was the first time that the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Choir San Diego had ever performed in a synagogue
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Jerry Greenspan, a youthful looking senior with a keen sense of humor began the May 9 evening of Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices. He is a founder of the Coronado Scribes. One of his poems, an ode to his home town, is printed below. The next featured poet, Sylvia Levinson, has
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, San Diego CountyThe First Lady of the U.S. Melania Trump may keep a lower profile in politics but she could already be on her way to being honored with a statue. The Slovenian-born former model became the subject of public adulation in nearby Bosnia and Herzegovina during the election campaign. After she was criticized for delivering a
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International, USAThe so-called “California Resistance” to President Donald Trump took a seeming sharp left turn into post-war American history earlier this week when a state assemblyman proposed an amendment that would allow Communists to openly work in state government. Rob Bonta, a Democrat who represents part of the liberal San Francisco Bay Area, argued that the
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USATad Cummins, the man accused of kidnapping 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas, had sex with the girl “most nights” while the two were missing, according to an FBI agent’s testimony. FBI Agent Utley Noble also said 50-year-old Cummins, who was formerly Elizabeth’s high school teacher, said the two began having a sexual relationship March 13, the day
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USANorth Korea is blaming the U.S. for instigating what have become heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, as Pyongyang vows to go forward with nuclear weapons testing and Washington threatens to use military action to prevent it from doing so. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency released a commentary Friday titled, “Who Is Chiefly
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International, USALos Angeles (dpa) – Candidates to head the FBI will be interviewed Saturday, US media reported, amid a scandal over the ouster of the top law enforcement agency’s former boss by President Donald Trump. Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy Rod J Rosenstein planned to meet four possible candidates to replace James Comey,
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USACairo (dpa) – Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed an ancient burial site with at least 17 mummies, antiquities officials said Saturday, in the latest in a series of historical discoveries in Egypt. The minister of antiquities, Khaled al-Enany, announced the discovery on the site in the city of Minya, around 250 kilometres south of Cairo. The
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International, Science, Medicine, & EducationWikiLeaks announced Friday it is prepared to pay $100,000 for any tapes of conversations between President Donald Trump and former FBI Director James Comey. The message was sent out from its Twitter account just hours after Trump sent out his own tweet apparently warning Comey not to leak information to the media because of tapes
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USAIn the past three months investigators across Europe have intercepted thousands of pills of the Islamic State militant group’s (ISIS) favorite drug, Captagon. Nicknamed “jihad pills” or “the jihadists’ drug,” Captagon is a banned amphetamine-based substance that keeps users awake for long periods of time, dulls pain and creates a sense of euphoria. On Wednesday,
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International, Middle EastOpposition leader promises his support if Netanyahu attempts to make progress By Times of Israel staff Opposition Leader Isaac Herzog attends the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, on March 8, 2017.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt has “unequivocally” stressed that the White House is
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