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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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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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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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
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, USABy 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 EastBy 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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Travel and FoodOutwitting History by Aaron Lansky, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005 By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — Suppose you wanted to learn to read and/or speak Yiddish. Where would you go to find books to read and people to speak to? But, you say, Yiddish is first of all not really a language and second of
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Forty-eight years ago, June 7, 1967, the city of Jerusalem was reunified. It was the third day of Israel’s “lightning victory” in the Six Day War. Responding to Jordanian artillery, Israeli forces entered the Old City and fought bitter hand-to-hand battles en route to recapturing and reuniting the
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Thursday morning news, June 4, headlined a comment by the General Director of the French telecom giant Orange that he preferred to cancel the agreement with the Israeli affiliate, due to its violation of international law. He went on to say that he could not do as he wished, due
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy 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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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy 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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