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On which side of the Kotel would Caitlyn Jenner pray?

June 5, 2015

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — One of the best-known blessings Orthodox Jews recite every day is the blessing, “Thank you God for not making me a woman.” The recent transformation on the cover of Vanity Fair’s 22-page cover story featuring Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce, raises a number of fascinating questions pertaining to

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Yucky things about getting old

June 5, 2015

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I have just noticed that I have become more cautious. I used to not really notice curbs—I would naturally walk off and on—now I am aware: there is a curb, I must step carefully. I never noticed uneven pavement; now I walk with my eyes down looking for

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Travel and Food

The Jewish singers: Eddie Butler

June 5, 2015

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Travel and Food

P.A. and Jordan squabble over soccer

June 5, 2015

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Jibril Rajoub, the PA Minister for Sport and convicted terrorist, the minister who attempted to get Israel thrown out of FIFA, was prevented from entering Jordan when returning on a flight from Tunisia. The Jordanians temporarily prevented him from entering into Jordan on his way back to Ramallah on the

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Barry Shaw, Middle East, Sports & Competitions

Humoring the Headlines: June 5, 2015

June 5, 2015

I can’t make this stuff up By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — After Rick Perry promised he would unite rather than divide Americans if he were President, he left the stage to the accompaniment of his campaign song which contains the following lyric: “Shotgun toter/Republican voter/Rick Perry supporter/Let’s protect our border/To hell with anyone who

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

The ascent to Torah

June 5, 2015

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Parashat B’ha-alot’cha begins with the mitzvah of Aaron lighting the Menorah, the seven-branched lampstand which illuminated the Mishkan in the desert and later in the Jerusalem Temple: “The Lord spoke to Moses saying: Speak to Aaron and say to him, “When you mount the lamps, let the seven lamps

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Jewish Religion

Jewish news briefs: June 5, 2015

June 5, 2015

Saudis consider Iran much greater enemy than Israel, poll shows (JNS.org) A new survey that an Israeli college conducted in Saudi Arabia reveals that Saudis consider Iran a much greater enemy than Israel. In the poll, commissioned by the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya together with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 53 percent of the 506

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International, Middle East

Jewish values and the Houston flood

June 4, 2015

By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org HOUSTON, Texas – As Jewish media far and wide started picking up on the story of the recent devastating flood in Houston, which hit Jewish-heavy neighborhoods particularly hard, JNS.org was (in my own estimation) conspicuously late to join the reporting. That is by design. I am both our editor and a resident of

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Jacob Kamaras, The World We Share, USA

Brahms, Prokoffiev focus of Korevaar concert

June 4, 2015

By David Amos SAN DIEGO — The 70 member Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra, now on its 42nd year, will be giving two concerts featuring two orchestral masterpieces. They will be presented on Sunday, June 7, 3:00 p.m., and Tuesday, June 9, 7:30 p.m. Both concerts will be at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, 6660 Cowles Mountain Boulevard,

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San Diego Calendar

Two employees embezzled from LFJCC

June 4, 2015

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Two former trusted employees of the Lawrence Family JCC—Nancy Johnson, 59, who had served as its chief financial officer, and Tamara Azizov, 62, who had served as its accounts payable clerk—pled guilty on Thursday, June 4, to charges including embezzlement, income tax fraud, and wire fraud in return

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

BDS movement financed by Palestinian Authority

June 4, 2015

By David Bedein JERUSALEM–Thousands of young people are now employed on campuses around the world, well financed and well organized, in an unprecedented effort that challenges the very legitimacy of Israel on every possible academic and economic front. They call their new movement: BDS – Boycott, Divestment and Sanction Over the next few days, Mr.

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Middle East

The Jewish singers: Ian Broudie

June 4, 2015

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Travel and Food

Here’s a ‘Trap’ worth running into

June 4, 2015

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — I live on a crowded, subtropical island in the Western Pacific, on the opposite side of the “Pacific Pond” from readers in San Diego. And just south of Taiwan is the Philippines. We are neighbors. You can fly there in one hour, it’s that close. So when Typhoon

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The World We Share

We Jews should worry, but not overly

June 4, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Jews worry. One can argue if those of Israel worry more than those overseas, and who has the best reasons for worry. Recent headlines have featured political pressures more than physical threats to Israel’s existence. A realist should applaud the turn. Most of the realists here are Jews, and any

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

On which side of the Kotel would Caitlyn Jenner pray?

Yucky things about getting old

The Jewish singers: Eddie Butler

P.A. and Jordan squabble over soccer

Humoring the Headlines: June 5, 2015

The ascent to Torah

Jewish news briefs: June 5, 2015

Jewish values and the Houston flood

Brahms, Prokoffiev focus of Korevaar concert

Two employees embezzled from LFJCC

BDS movement financed by Palestinian Authority

The Jewish singers: Ian Broudie

Here’s a ‘Trap’ worth running into

We Jews should worry, but not overly

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