By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Writing in the New York Times (June 20) Ross Douthat distinguishes between dynamists and catastrophists. Dynamists, he writes, “see 21st-century modernity as a basically successful civilization advancing toward a future that’s better than the past.” Catastrophists, on the other hand, “see a global civilization that for all its achievements […]
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — While delighted and supportive of the Supreme Court’s recent decision that denying same sex couples the right to marry is unconstitutional, I disagree with the many who commented, “Love Wins.” The Supreme Court’s decision has no effect on the ability of people to love one another. There are
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Jewish ReligionBy Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — In the early part of the movie Exodus, blondish, blue-eyed Paul Newman, miscast as Haganah operative Ari Ben Canaan, leads a band of Holocaust survivors aboard the Cyprus docked sea vessel, Exodus, intent upon breaking the British blockade and making the illegal run to Palestine. The British discover the
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Middle East, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The Supreme Court ruled that the drug Midazolam can be used to render condemned killers comatose even though there is evidence that those who have received it felt pain during the remainder of their executions. This opens the possibility for states that cannot afford Midazolam to administer Ambien even though
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireLink to Part 1: https://www.sdjewishworld.com/2015/06/19/a-jewish-childhood-in-1920s-paris/ By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D LA JOLLA, California — In the Europe of the twenties and thirties, child rearing conventions were centered on not “spoiling” the children with affection and freedom. We were never kissed nor told we were loved. I shook hands with my parents and curtsied when greeting adults. Respectful, quiet,
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Travel and FoodNetanyahu tours Be’er Sheva with Steve Forbes, hails city’s tech ‘revolution’ (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—joined by billionaire Steve Forbes, owner of the Forbes magazine—on Thursday toured Be’er Sheva and the southern Israeli city’s Advanced Technologies Park at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). Netanyahu discussed the area’s potential in the field
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — “Nobody could ever wear a hat like Annie,” said Carl about his beloved Anneliese. She died twenty years ago, July 3, 1995—spared the digital terror and religious insanity of the 21st century. Annie survived the Holocaust, outwitting Satan’s agents and the silence of a complicit world. Never mind:
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-California) applauded the President’s announcement that the Department of Labor will propose extending overtime pay protections to nearly 5 million salaried American workers, including more than 400,000 in California. This proposal would increase the current overtime protection threshold, guaranteeing overtime pay to most salaried workers earning less
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor Masori ST AUGUSTINE, Florida — In this, the oldest European city of North America settled by Spaniards in 1565, I wondered whether any of the earliest soldiers might have been conversos — that is, former Jews who were forced to convert to Catholicism in order to remain
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Story by David Ogul; photos by Michael Mantell SAN DIEGO — This city does not have money for a new, publicly funded, $1.1-billion football stadium that backers hope will keep the Chargers from bolting to Los Angeles, City Councilmember Marti Emerald told several dozen people at a Tifereth Israel Synagogue Men’s Club dinner Wednesday night.
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David Ogul, Michael Mantell, San Diego County, Sports & CompetitionsBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Israelis are accustomed to not knowing what’s happening. With the most thoroughgoing security arrangements in western democracies, there is a lot they don’t tell us. The military experience most have had provides its own lessons on the workings of a high compartmentalized organization, and realizing that there are things we do not
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastIt Does Not Add Up By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — The United Nations published a very misleading report recently. No, not that one – I’m referring to the UN report that showed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Israel was 46% lower last year compared to 2013. However, if you read the report, it shows
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Michael Ordman, Middle EastIsrael’s Shin Bet uncovers extensive Hamas terror network in Nablus (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) More than 40 Palestinians suspected of being Hamas operatives seeking to establish terrorist infrastructures in Judea and Samaria have been arrested over the past few months, Israel’s Shin Bet security agency revealed Wednesday. The suspects were tasked with creating a wide
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