By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — Sixty years ago today, on December 1, 1955, a diminutive but mighty seamstress named Rosa Parks refused to stand up and move from her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus. She was arrested for taking the position of a white rider. “I was just tired of standing,”
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USAIsrael and Jordan issue joint tender for Red Sea-Dead Sea canal (JNS.org) Israel and Jordan announced the issuing of an international tender for the construction of a water canal between the Red Sea and the shrinking Dead Sea. The two countries made their joint announcement Monday after a meeting between Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Silvan
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO — San Diego Jewish World thanks and would like to acknowledge those writers whose works appeared on this news publication during the month of November. They were: David Amos Kenneth Bandler Laurie Baron Jeremy Ben-Ami Dan Bloom Shoshana Bryen Stephen Bryen Dane Chapin Tamara Isaacs Ciocci Cynthia Citron Richard L. Cravatts Steve Diamond Joe
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Barry Shaw, Cynthia Citron, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Eileen Wingard, Eric George Tauber, Fred Reiss, EdD, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Lloyd Levy, Mark D. Zimmerman, Melanie Rubin, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Natasha Josefowitz, San Diego County, Sheryl Rowling, Shoshana Bryen, Steve KramerBy Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — It was 1944 in the Nazi concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen and a young Dutch boy, Yoachim Yosef was nearing his 13th birthday. Among the inmates was the former Chief Rabbi of Holland who prepared the boy for his bar mitzvah. Each morning they would secretly study Torah on
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Travel and FoodLessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Maggid Books, Jerusalem; ISBN 978-1-59264-432-2 ©2015, $18.00, p. 311 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart in a 1964 ruling on a pornographic film, said, “I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionSAN DIEGO — Chanukah is early this year! To help prepare, our Money Maven, Sheryl Rowling, has asked the Chanukah fairy to step in! Dear Chanukah Fairy, The menorah oil magically lasted for eight nights? How can I make my money last for eight nights of gifts? Distressed, Dan Dear Dan, You are such a
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Travel and FoodBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Which of the following online deals is being offered from Israel for Cyber Monday shoppers? A. El Al is offering round-trip first class fares between Tel Aviv and New York for $7040, a 20% discount off the regular fare of $8800. Travel must take place during Chanukkah week,
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The United States has been in many “wars” since the end of WWII: 1961 War on Organized Crime 1964 War on Poverty 1969 War against Tobacco 1971 War on Drugs 1971 War on Cancer 1987 War against AIDS 1988 War against Global Warming 2001 War against Terror What do
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Lloyd Levy LONDON–There is much controversy in the UK, as to whether or not we should start bombing ISIS in Syria. It is appropriate that we are approaching Christmas, where Pantomime is a hugely popular attraction. If the situation wasn’t so terrible, it would be as mad as a Pantomime story. ISIS, ISIL, or
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Lloyd Levy, Middle EastFBI investigating threats against North Carolina Jewish school (JNS.org) The FBI and local police are investigating threats made against a Jewish day school located in Greensboro, N.C. According to local reports, the B’nai Shalom Day School, a school affiliated with Beth David Synagogue in Greensboro, received a threatening letter on Monday that included racial epithets
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USAIDF renews search for missing soldier 18 years after disappearance (JNS.org) Israeli Navy divers have started searching water reservoirs in the Golan Heights in a renewed effort to find Cpl. Guy Hever, an IDF soldier who went missing nearly two decades ago. One water reservoir has been searched thus far, with no results, the IDF
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By Ilan Yavelberg HAIFA, Israel — For the first time, a scientific study has observed bonobos (an analogous race to chimpanzees) making sophisticated use of ancient pre-agricultural tools in a manner similar to that which has hitherto been considered the prerogative of archaic pre-human hominins and other members of the Homo genus. Among other findings, a
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