By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — I am not a connoisseur of words by any means, and my working vocabulary is actually quite limited, but everyone once in while as I navigate the internet, I come across new words and terms that just don’t sit right. Case in point: “bleisure,” a portmanteau combination word […]
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Trivia, Humor & Satire
Editor’s Note: In my quest to find Jewish stories wherever I go, I decided there is no place like home to illustrate the concept that “there is a Jewish story everywhere.” Interstate 8 roughly follows the traditional route that settlers took in their covered wagons in the mid-19th century to get to San Diego from the
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Travel and Food, USABy Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California — You don’t need to be a theater buff or even a minor stage devotee to know that the “Green Room,” replete with lighted vanity behind the starred door, is where actors await their cues. While that way station may be adequate for Hollywood or Broadway, it cannot begin to
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Eva Trieger, San Diego CalendarSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Jewish Federation of San Diego County is mobilizing a communal response to the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal and caused widespread destruction throughout Southern Asia earlier this week. San Diegans can donate at http://jewishinsandiego.org/nepal-earthquake-relief 100 % of all donations will go directly to those affected by the earthquake.
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International, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — It appears that world powers are closer than ever to a nuclear deal with Iran, which U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry described to the UN on Monday as a “good, comprehensive deal,” and if accomplished, one that “will make the entire world safer.” Hosting South Korean Deputy Prime
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International, Middle East, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –Barry Lord is a Canadian visionary, an independent scholar and the author of a very important book that came out last year titled “Art & Energy: How Culture Changes.” In his mid-70s now, he is at the top of his game and his book deserves a wide audience. Known
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The World We ShareHundreds of Israelis rescued from earthquake-battered Nepal arrive home (JNS.org) A special El Al Airlines flight brought 216 Israelis, including 15 newborn babies, to Israel from earthquake-devastated Nepal on Tuesday afternoon. The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal last weekend left untold ruin in its wake. Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala said Tuesday that the death
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Israel’s interests are ranging these days from Nepal to Ethiopia, to a bit of heating up in the north and among the Palestinians. And yes. There is still politics, with senior Likudniks in high fever at having to scrounge for the jobs left over by Bibi’s effort to create a government.
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — It should have been a normal trend of thought for the untold thousands of African American soldiers, sailors, and air corpsmen: having served with valor and shed their blood against the forces of the Axis, they aspired to share in the spoils of victory. Black men helped save
Freddie Gray had no desire to validate history Read More »
USA
By Steve Kramer TEL AVIV — In the first part of this series, we toured Jerusalem with my brother Charles, who was visiting from America. Next, we traveled with him to Tel Aviv. What was very special about Charles’ trip was the timing. As we entered Tel Aviv in the early afternoon, we were
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, Travel and Food
By Michael Zeff JERUSALEM (Tazpit) Two Palestinian men in their 20s drowned on Tuesday afternoon, April 26, in a pond in the Jordan Valley despite best efforts by Israeli volunteer rescuers. “Two teams of Israeli volunteer rescuers arrived on the scene immediately from Samaria and from the Jordan Valley,” Nathaniel, a Judea and Samaria regional
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Middle East
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Elie Shneour was born in France on December 11, 1925. The son of Zalman and Salomea Shneour, he had one sibling — Renee Shneour, who later became Spanish dancer Laura Toledo. Shneour was raised in Neuilly sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris. His family was of Jewish heritage, his father having emigrated from Czarist Russia
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County