Marshall Voit, son of a rabbi, now a Jewish songleader

  By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — “I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony,” I believe this could be his mantra.  The singer/songleader told me he believes that, “music has the power to bring people together and build interfaith, justice oriented, warm welcoming communities.” Recently appointed to a new commission, Voit is the

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Eva Trieger, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Humor, camaraderie mark Kolender’s memorial

  Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Michael Mantell SAN DIEGO – It was the kind of memorial service that the late Sheriff Bill Kolender would have enjoyed.  There was lots of humor and plenty of the camaraderie that he was credited with fostering among law enforcement agencies. Civilians and uniformed officers from both

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Michael Mantell, San Diego County

Never Again: Holocaust news for November 7, 2015

After the Survivors perish, who will tell their stories? By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan–Some time in the near future, the last known Holocaust survivor will pass away, and there will be no more people to tell the first-hand story of what happened in those dark days in Europe. When I asked two people recently

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, USA

Israeli divisions make governing all the more difficult

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Being the Chosen People has its downside as well as upside. The benefit may be the self-confidence produced for a people who have chronically have been targets of discrimination, exile, or worse. The problems appear in its contribution to anti-Semitism among those who sneer at the concept, as well as

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

American Jewish Report: November 6, 2015

Reform Judaism umbrella passes transgender rights measure ORLANDO, Florida (JNS.org) The umbrella body of Reform Judaism in the U.S. passed a resolution to recognize the rights of transgender individuals on Thursday. The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) voted on the “Resolution on the Rights of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People” at its biennial conference in

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Jewish Religion, USA