The Jewish comedians: Eddie Cantor
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Travel and FoodNadler: ‘Childish games’ hurt U.S.-Israel relations
Compiled by Donald H. Harrison U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-New York) said House Speaker John Boehner jeopardized bipartisan support for Israel by inviting Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a Joint Session of Congress. He urged both Netanyahu and Boehner to “consider measures to mitigate the damage this political maneuvering has inflicted.” Here is
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Donald H. Harrison, USARene Holland Borkan (1922-2015)
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal (Eulogy delivered Jan 28 at El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego) SAN DIEGO — One of the editors of the Book of Proverbs has preserved for us a striking metaphor which conveys to us a profound insight into the purpose of life. He tells us: Ner hashem nishmat adam. “The soul of
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Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyPauline Bell Newman (1917-2015)
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal (Delivered Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015 at Greenwood Cemetery, San Diego) SAN DIEGO — When we confront the death of a loved one, we become conscious of time’s steady flow, and we plead, as did the psalmist of old, Limnot yameinu kne hoday, v’navi l’vav chochma. “Teach us to number our days,”
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Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountySDJW will publish for free our people’s eulogies
Dear Readers, As a service to bereaved families—as well as to Jewish historians and genealogists – San Diego Jewish World embarks today (Jan. 30, 2015) on a program to print the eulogies delivered by our local rabbinate for recently deceased members of the San Diego County Jewish community. In doing so, we would like to
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Donald H. Harrison, Obituaries & memorialsU.S. barely confronting the Russian bear
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is a mistake to belittle Vladimir Putin. Dislike and distrust him, fine. Believe he is a monomaniacal empire-builder determined to restore Russia’s former colonies and holdings, OK. To snicker at his bare-chested antics, particularly with animals, is probably unavoidable. But for all that, Putin is a man with a
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International, Shoshana Bryen, USANetanyahu visits wounded IDF soldiers
HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister, Moshe (Boogie) Ya’alon traveled on Friday to Rambam Health Care Campus to visit the two soldiers injured in a blast two days ago near the Har Dov border. The soldiers are in stable condition. The Prime Minister and Defense Minister thanked the soldiers for their service
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBusiness ethics important to Judaism
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — During our study of Shabbat, my Judaism 101 students read a selection from The Sabbath: Its Meaning for the Modern Man by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Rabbi Heschel, a social activist as well as scholar, was critical of the accumulation of material wealth. The Sabbath is, he wrote, “a
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Jewish ReligionBeware the ‘small snapshots,’ visitor to Israel advises
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series of articles by San Diego State University students who traveled to Israel with the Anti-Defamation League. By Chad Karczewski SAN DIEGO — Over winter break, I spent eight days in Israel on the ADL Campus Leaders Mission. The group I traveled with consisted of 18
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Middle EastJewish news briefs: January 30, 2015
Israeli Knesset members move to bar Arab MK Zoabi from elections (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Member of Knesset Danny Danon (Likud) and the Yisrael Beiteinu party have joined forces in filing a petition with the Israeli Central Election Committee to bar controversial Arab MK Hanin Zoabi (Balad) from participating in the March 17 elections. Zoabi,
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Middle East, USAJewish ethics through the medium of animation
By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California — Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School and the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture teamed up Thursday evening, Jan. 29, to teach Jewish ethics. Not to the students of the Orthodox day school; the 7th and 8th graders had already had their opportunity to chew on this
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationWest must learn more about Muslims
By Ira Sharkansky SAN DIEGO — We can’t avoid it. There are a billion or so Muslims, and the rest of us are more or less dependent on what they do. Oil and gas is one dependence, which we should not minimize despite the current dip in price. Physical presence is another dependence, even in
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastJewish Arts Month comes in March
ATLANTA (Press Release)– Jewish Arts Month, an annual educational initiative sponsored by the American Guild of Judaic Art, takes place March 2015. Activities aim to promote a greater appreciation and understanding of the special significance of contemporary Judaica, Jewish art, and the meaning behind the Torah commandment, Hiddur Mitzvah, to beautify ritual objects or art for one’s
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