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24 Jewish groups press AG Harris for ruling

February 5, 2015

SANTA CRUZ, California (SDJW)–Twenty four Jewish organizations have sent a joint letter to California Attorney General Kamala Harris asking that she respond to questions raised about whether professors at public colleges and universities may use the facilities and resources of those institutions for the purposes of anti- Israel propaganda. A request for comment from San

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TAU: Stress reduces ability to modulate pain

February 5, 2015

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Traffic slows to a crawl, then a stop. You are trapped in a bottleneck nightmare, and late for a meeting. The stress takes a toll on you psychologically — but your body is at risk as well, according to a Tel Aviv University researcher. A new study by Prof. Ruth Defrin

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Which Command of the Ten is most important?

February 5, 2015

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — At this moment in the Hebrew cycle of Torah readings, the narrative of the Ten Commandments is front and center: in synagogues all over the world, “The Revelation” will be chanted from the Torah scroll and many people will actually stand up during the interlude when the Ten

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Jewish Religion

Why the rabbi did not eat

February 5, 2015

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — Rabbi Yaakov Hopfer, formerly Rav of Cong. Zera Avraham of Denver and currently a prominent Rav in Baltimore, attended a meeting of a number of charity organizations in Baltimore. The meeting was hosted in the home of a member of the community. The committee was discussing the best

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Jewish Religion

For holy work, prepare and concentrate

February 5, 2015

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — One of my favorite “bits” from the Pixar movie Up is that no matter how serious the situation, the dogs were distracted by the appearance of a squirrel. (If you don’t understand what I am talking about, you need to see the film!) I think I like this “bit”

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Jewish Religion

2014 record anti- Semitic year in Britain

February 5, 2015

LONDON (WJC) — Attacks against British Jews have reached a record high fueled by an explosion of violence in the Middle East. Hate crimes of anti-Semitism doubled to 1,168 in a single year for the first time last year, the latest study published by the Community Security Trust (CST) says. The main factor fueling the rise

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International

Jewish news briefs: February 5, 2015

February 5, 2015

Campaign activity of Tzipi Livni’s husband seen as possible conflict of interest (JNS.org) The campaign activities of Naftali Spitzer, the husband of Hatnuah party Chairwoman Tzipi Livni, could be a conflict of interest for the Zionist Camp ticket in March’s Israeli elections. Spitzer has been very active in meetings and in defining the direction of

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International, Middle East, USA

Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem

February 5, 2015

By Sheryl Rowling LA JOLLA, California — In a special pre-opening, underwriters-only screening on Wednesday, Feb. 4, the San Diego Jewish Film Festival presented Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem. Narrated by Alan Alda, with commentary from numerous notables including Gilbert Gotfried, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Fyvush Finkel, and Aleichem’s recently deceased 102 year-old

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Travel and Food

Palestine so far missing from Israeli election debate

February 4, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Six weeks before the election, the focus of campaigning combines personal attacks, accusations of illegality, and bombastic solutions to serious problems that have little chance of implementation. Call it playing to the low side, or creative innovation. Your choice. Likud’s opponents are making a big deal about Sara’s bottles and her management

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Novelist whets ‘Water Knife’ to forecast drought wars

February 4, 2015

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Although the Hebrew holy books, from the Five Books of Moses to the Torah, are not “science fiction” tracts, they do contain some out-of-this-world stories that always entertained me as a kid growing up in the 1950s and 1960s. Some of them are absolutely mind-blowing. And as people

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The World We Share

The Jewish comedians: Buddy Hackett

February 4, 2015

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Travel and Food

Happy birthday you tree, here’s a hug!

February 4, 2015

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Some trees at Mission Trails Regional Park received hugs and a special birthday song on Wednesday, February 4, from elementary school-aged Hebrew School pupils studying with Chabad of East County. The occasion was Tu B’Shevat, also known as the birthday of the trees. Normally, students at the Chabad school, taught by

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA

Internet neutrality and privacy measures advance

February 4, 2015

Compiled by Donald H. Harrison Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, proposed rules on Wednesday, Feb. 4, to keep the Internet “neutral,” meaning that wealthy users could not gain preference or priority by paying more to their providers. The FCC’s chairman’s proposal — which now goes to a vote of the full Federal

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

Jewish trivia column to start on Monday

February 4, 2015

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) –Are Israeli cherries harvested during the Jubilee year? Is Gefilte Phish one of Ben and Jerry’s best-selling Israeli ice cream flavors? Are Tzitzit disease-carrying Mediterranean flies? Did George Washington throw gelt across the Potomac River? The answers to these and many other questions of Jewish Law, Tradition, History, and Popular Culture can be

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

24 Jewish groups press AG Harris for ruling

TAU: Stress reduces ability to modulate pain

Which Command of the Ten is most important?

Why the rabbi did not eat

For holy work, prepare and concentrate

2014 record anti- Semitic year in Britain

Jewish news briefs: February 5, 2015

Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem

Palestine so far missing from Israeli election debate

Novelist whets ‘Water Knife’ to forecast drought wars

The Jewish comedians: Buddy Hackett

Happy birthday you tree, here’s a hug!

Internet neutrality and privacy measures advance

Jewish trivia column to start on Monday

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