By Stephen Bryen and Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The long U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt is likely drawing to a close. What once worked to assure stability in the region and keep the oil flowing will not work in the face of Iranian nuclear capability, and the administration
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The College Avenue Center will move Sept. 1 after 17 years at Beth Jacob Congregation to Temple Emanu-El, approximately a mile and a half north on College Avenue, Jewish Family Service has announced. Although the move will be from the social hall of an Orthodox congregation to a
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyIsraeli man wounded in Palestinian stabbing attack on highway to Jerusalem (JNS.org) An Israeli man was moderately wounded on Sunday evening when he was stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist at a gas station on a main highway near Jerusalem. The assailant was shot and killed by IDF troops as he tried to flee the scene
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International, Middle East, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — What was unusual about Jon Stewart’s bar mitzvah? A. Actress Bebe Neuwirth (known for her role as Frasier Crane’s wife Lilith) grew up in Princeton near Jon Stewart (then known as Jonathan Leibowitz). She is four years older than Stewart, and actually worked as his bar mitzvah tutor
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — The epidemic suffered by black folks, usually unarmed, mostly men, being assaulted and killed by uniformed peace officers was not ventilated during the recent Republican primary debate. It is rarely addressed by the nation’s first African American president except in the aftermath of yet another smoldering incident—when he
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USAMythologizing Jesus: From Jewish Teacher to Epic Hero by Dennis R. MacDonald, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland; ISBN 978-0-7425-5891-5 ©2015, $34.00, p. 143, plus notes, appendix, bibliography, and indices By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Scholars and researchers, mostly Christian, searching for the “true Jesus” since at least the eighteenth century, produced so many volumes with
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Hadassah Foundation has awarded a $35,200 grant to Jewish Family Service’s Girls Give Back to offset the program’s operating expenses for the next year. The Hadassah Foundation is an investor in social change for girls and women. Its mission is to improve the status, health, and well-being of women
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San Diego CountyBy David Bedein JERUSALEM — UNRWA reports that its $1.2 billion budget, funded by 62 nations, cannot come up with the necessary $101 million to launch the new school year for 492,000 students who study in 699 UNRWA schools in Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem and Gaza. Since the theme of UNRWA education is: “Peace Starts Here”…
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Middle EastBy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — The Dalai Lama and many of his people fled the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959. Now after more than 50 years in exile, he has been considering the problem of how to keep both the culture and religious heritage of his people alive. It occurred to him that there
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Jewish ReligionBy Michael R. Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — In the words of one sexually frustrated husband, “My wife doesn’t. Understand me?” For so many years, the jokes about Judaism and sex – together with Jewish illiteracy — have so misled generations, that too many of today’s young Jewish couples simply do not understand the true joy
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There is a great deal swirling around us concerned with Iran and the US. It is impossible to know anything for sure, but these appear to be points more or less clear. Barack Obama believes strongly in diplomacy. He’s willing to use a bit of military power against the ugliest
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By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — The Doggie Street Festival is the love child of Jude Pauline Artenstein, a San Diego based independent filmmaker and wife of producer/director Isaac Artenstein. She founded the annual festival seven years ago as a civic tribute to her beloved golden retriever, Scout. During that time [2008-2009], she was recuperating from
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