The Jewish singers: Michelle Chamuel
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Travel and FoodMonash recalled at Australian shrine
By Garry Fabian MELBOURNE, Australia — For over six decades I have been involved in a wide range of organizations in both the Jewish and general community as a volunteer. Recently I added a new interest to the range. I have become a volunteer guide at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne. It is important to
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InternationalJewish news briefs: June 8, 2015
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down law allowing ‘Jerusalem, Israel’ on passports (JNS.org) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down a law that enabled Americans born in Jerusalem—which the U.S. government does not recognize as a part of any country—to list “born in Israel” on their passports, on the grounds that Congress overstepped the president’s
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International, Middle East, USARafting and touring through the Galilee
By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –When our older son, Moshe, recently visited Israel, we took advantage of the weather and his experience (he’s an adventure tour leader) to go kayaking. While Israel’s Mediterranean coastline and the Red Sea resort Eilat both provide Israelis with plenty of water sports, the country has a dirth of
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Middle East, Steve KramerJewish Trivia: FIFA
By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — FIFA, soccer’s governing body, is in the midst of a huge organizational scandal. During the last FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil in 2014, what did the Israeli company Elbit Systems do to support the games? A. They supplied kosher food for all of the Jewish athletes who were
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Sports & Competitions, Trivia, Humor & SatireHaredim without practical education threaten Israel
By Rabbi Dow Marmur SAN DIEGO — Whereas during his term of office as president that ended a year ago, Shimon Peres was an outstanding spokesman for Israel on the world scene – and very much needed at the time when the foreign minister was virtually a persona non grata in many countries – his
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Middle EastMajor historic changes often unintended
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s a muddle. Great things have happened, most of them without any power doing something with an explicit plan, and getting what was wanted. Among the things that impress me are: The French Revolution began the exit of western European Jews from their isolation, and put them on the road
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International, Ira SharkanskyOn coincidences and choices
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — A newspaper clipping on my sister Zina’s table caught my eye during my recent visit back east. It was about a Tufts Professor who was committed to making society more scientifically literate. He not only taught, but had a laboratory where he did stem cell research. His name was
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Eileen Wingard, Science, Medicine, & Education‘Growing Greatness’ Gala focused on students, food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The theme of Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School (SSDHDS)’s 52nd fundraising gala on Sunday, June 7, was “Growing Greatness” and what better venue to stage it than at the Hall of Champions in Balboa Park, a sports museum conceived and implemented by the late Bob Breitbard, who
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Marcia Tatz Wollner, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, The World We ShareFried What?????
By Michael Mantell, PhD DEL MAR, California — This year, the theme of the San Diego County Fair is “It All Started At a Fair.” Since the first World’s Fair “Great Exhibition” in 1851, in London, and then from about 100 years ago when San Diego’s Balboa Park became part of the World’s Fair
Lauder offers program to combat anti- Semitism
Following is a speech delivered on Sunday, June 7, by World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder at a forum in New York City sponsored by The Jerusalem Post. Underlined, bold-faced and capitalized portions reflect what Lauder emphasized By Ronald Lauder NEW YORK — I want to thank the Jerusalem Post for allowing me to begin
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International, Middle East, USANetanyahu sticks to his guns
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In his book, Hansichim (The Princes), Gil Samsonov, who has worked for Binyamin Netanyahu as a PR person, describes in detail how Israel’s current prime minister is able to turn adversity to his advantage. For example, after the murder of Prime Minister Rabin, when Netanyahu was the leader of
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Middle EastHeavy drama in ‘The Whale’
By Erin Philips SAN DIEGO – In a shabby apartment in northern Idaho, a six-hundred-pound man is facing what he believes to be the last week of his life. Desperate to do one good thing before he dies, he reaches out to his estranged daughter and finds a hateful seventeen-year-old terror. Nursed by the woman who
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