By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — As the world leaders boldly proclaimed in Paris, “We are Charlie” as the Sunday rally attracted more than 1.7 million people, and more than twice that nationwide. These people gathered to show solidarity to those brave souls who fought for the public’s right to enjoy […]
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International, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Americans are accustomed to reading headlines about the military might and victories of the Israel Defense Force. Like all armies, however, its day-to-day operations are less about combat and more about bureaucracy, discipline, and tedium. Zero Motivation humorously capitalizes on the interpersonal tensions among an administrative unit of women soldiers
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Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — A tweet by U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas) prompted some Jewish organizations and a member of Congress to call for an apology. Weber initially wrote: Even Adolph Hitler thought it more important than Obama to get to Paris. (For all the wrong reasons.) Obama couldn’t do it for
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Donald H. HarrisonJimmy Carter says Israeli-Palestinian conflict ‘one of the origins’ of Islamic terrorism (JNS.org) Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter blamed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as fueling Muslim terrorist attacks and contributing to the recent wave of terrorism in France. During an appearance on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart asked Carter what he thought were
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International, Middle East, USA
“Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.” — Abbie Hoffman By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Abbie Hoffman was “a nice Jewish boy.” He should have gone to work for IBM. Instead, he became a left-wing activist, an enemy of war and capitalism. His activist theatrics included throwing fake
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Eric George Tauber, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There has been widespread condemnation of attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the Kosher market in Paris, with interesting differences between the condemnations. There are Muslims condemning both as deviations from true Islam, while other Muslims praise both as appropriate defense measures for the sake of Islam. And some Muslims condemn
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)– U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power, French Ambassador to the UN Francois Delattre, and Consul General of France in New York Bertrand Lortholary addressed a crowd of more than 150 people gathered at the American Jewish Committee on Monday, Jan. 12, to remember the 17 victims of the recent Islamist
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International, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– Investment banker Antonio Weiss asked President Obama to withdraw his name on Monday, Jan. 12, for consideration as Undersecretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance. Some liberal senators, including Elizabeth Warrren (D-Mass) Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) and Al Franken (D-Minnesota) had said Weiss’s position with the Lazard
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Donald H. Harrison, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — I’m on the email line with Len Brown in Texas and he’s telling me about his work on the “Mars Attacks!” novelty card series for Topps back in the day. It was the early 1960s and Brown was working a dream job that combined work and play. “I
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Travel and Food
By Aviva Lee SAN DIEGO — There is most assuredly a case for the Sovereign State of Israel. In the winter of 5770 or 2009 C.E. at the Jerusalem screening of a documentary based on the Alan Dershowitz book, A Case For Israel an esteemed panel gave its own erudite analysis of the past, present and future of the governance of that tiny patch of
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Middle East
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–Two days following the deadly terror attack on the kosher supermarket in Paris, veteran ZAKA volunteers from Israel traveled to France to join their volunteer colleagues in the Paris Zaka unit. On Sunday evening, January 11, ZAKA International Rescue Unit head Mati Goldstein and veteran ZAKA volunteer Dano Monkotovitz immediately flew
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International, Middle East
By Rabbi Chalom Boudjnah SAN DIEGO — I am shocked. I am horrified. This last week has been a tough week for France. First the killing of 11 people at Charlie Hebdo and then the killing of four hostages at a kosher supermarket (Hyper-Cachere) in Paris. There ass also the killing of a courageous policewoman
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International, Jewish History, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–San Diego musicians Yale Strom and Elizabeth Schwartz, a husband and wife team, are among the musicians whose works are included in the just released CD, “World Music for War Child.” The song, “What Time Will It Be,” by Strom and Schwartz is included in the disk created for the purpose of
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Travel and Food
NEW YORK (Press Release) –– The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) and Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc., are joining forces to raise awareness about human trafficking during January, which is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. The two national groups are kicking off their first-time partnership with a Jewish Community Day of Social
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