By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─Although Israel’s entry in the Best Foreign Film category did not get nominated for an Oscar, the Israeli-French production Aya garnered a nomination for Best Live Action Short It can be seen this week at the Ken Cinema as one of the five shorts in contention for the award. Directors Oded
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Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–British journalist Melanie Phillips, who also is the author of Londonistan and The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle Over God, Truth and Power, will speak at Congregation Beth Israel at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb 17. Her speech is co-sponsored by three Israel advocacy groups: TEAM San Diego, the Zionist Organization
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International, Middle East, San Diego Calendar
NEW YORK (Press Release)– From 1879 to 1968, George Washington’s birthday, February 22, was a Federal holiday — called, logically, “Washington’s Birthday.” Then, as part of a move to create more three-day weekends, Congress pegged it to the third Monday of the month and it became generally known, in much of the nation, as “President’s Day,”
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Jewish History, USA
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–For the first time since being elected to office, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin visited Hebron on Monday, February 2, along with the nearby city, Kiryat Arba. The Israeli president toured the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and also attended the inauguration ceremony for Hebron’s newly opened Jewish Heritage Museum in
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego presents Rabbi Jordie Gerson as its featured speaker at the February 18 Dinner Forum, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Rabbi Gerson’s presentation will cover the topic “Young Adults, Israel and Ambivalence.” She recently returned from a trip to Israel with a group
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Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)– Yachad, the National Jewish Council for Disabilities, dedicated to inclusion for all Jewish children and adults, is celebrating 30 years of service to local, regional and international communities. Yachad, which, translated from Hebrew, means “together,” offers those with special needs a way to participate in events and programs which help weave them
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAIran Revolutionary Guards general calls for greater foothold in West Bank and Gaza (JNS.org) An Iranian Revolutionary Guards general has called for Iran to increase its military power in the West Bank and Gaza. “We must contain Israel… so that it never dares to speak about a missile attack on Iran, we must reinforce our
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Middle East, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Nearly one hundred million people reportedly watched Super Bowl XLIX on television at viewing parties similar to the one I attended at the home of my neighbors Bob and Alisa Lauritzen. I don’t have to tell any of those mega millions that the 28-24 last minute victory of the New
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Donald H. Harrison, Sports & Competitions, USABy Caren Besner BOYNTON BEACH, Florida — In the early days of WWII, fear of an enemy air attack on both East and West coasts was overwhelming. The U.S. government’s response was to mobilize tens of thousands of civilian volunteers into an early warning system capable of discerning the number, type, and direction of any
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Middle East, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Radio talk show host Bryan Fischer was fired from his job as issues analyst for the American Family Association this week. Fischer helped the AFA organize a free Israel junket for the Republican National Committee, but his controversial view that the United States is a Christian nation which does not
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireSpark Ignited: The Difficult Journey to Orthodox Judaism, The Process and the Perils by Michaela Lawson with Ashirah Yosefah, Menorah Books, Jerusalem; ISBN 978-0-98915-205-1 ©2013, $22.95, p. 164, plus glossary Reviewed by Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Michaela Lawson, author of Spark Ignited with Ashirah Yosefah, is quite clear: religious conversion of any type, particularly the
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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — So, what will you be when you grow up? Most of my grandchildren have answered: “I don’t know!” No one has asked me that question in recent memory. I know I want to play the guitar and sing in my next life—as in this one I’m totally
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Travel and FoodBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — I knew that he was an amazing klezmer musician, playwright, photographer, and historian, but what I did not know about Yale Strom was that he was also a filmmaker! I don’t know how I could have missed this given that he sold his first film, At the Crosswords, to the Learning Channel
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