By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Founded in 1997 by Shuki Levinger, a social worker, and Yael Shilo, a textile artist who was trying to find a way to ensure the future of her special-needs stepson, Kishorit is today a thriving community situated in the pastoral hills of Galilee. It provides a safe haven as […]
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — France, which fancies itself an exemplar of European statesmanship and strategic thinking, has told Israel that France’s unilateral recognition of Palestine’s statehood is what’s best for Israel’s development and security. But the practical result of France and other European states coddling the Palestinian Arabs is that the Arabs
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International, Middle East, Steve KramerSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– In Shelly Moses’ K-5 classroom in San Diego Jewish Academy’s Lower School, students are putting away their pencils, crayons and paper and setting aside their books to learn an “Hour of Code.” Yes, that’s code as in computer science and programming. Moses, SDJA’s Technology Integration and Curriculum Specialist for grades K-5,
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — A movement is afoot on Capitol Hill to “force” President Obama to submit any agreement between the United States and Iran to lawmakers, even if it isn’t a treaty that requires ratification. The administration, not surprisingly, says there is no reason to do so. It is also not terribly
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USASAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Natasha Josefowitz, PhD, whose column appears regularly on San Diego Jewish World, is among six women selected for inclusion in the San Diego Women’s Hall of Fame in ceremonies to be conducted in March. “From over 200 nominations, the Hall of Fame Selection Committee identified 6 women who have worked to
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Natasha Josefowitz, San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO –A Rabbi was giving a lecture and commented that everything mentioned in the Torah teaches us a deep eternal lesson that has a dramatic impact on our lives today and for all time. Every word of Torah is precious. A scoffer in the audience sneered,”What great lesson do we
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Jewish ReligionNEW YORK (Press Release)– Shurat HaDin, a civil rights organization based in Israel, has filed a whistleblower action against the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In its 38 page complaint, the group provides substantial evidence that PCUSA violated its non-profit tax-exempt status for engaging in a range of prohibited activities
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Jewish History, Middle East, USAPreliminary bill to dissolve Knesset approved, new elections set (JNS.org) A preliminary reading of a bill to disperse the Israeli Knesset passed on Wednesday, setting the stage for elections early next year. The preliminary bill was passed 84 to 0, with a final reading of the bill scheduled for early next week. The move to
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The world has, and has always had, a heady collection of insoluble problems. We can start with the classic examples of poverty, sickness, and death. Or skip to a modern cluster of what has kept Israel and Palestine from making peace, a flood of poor migrants from misery in Africa
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — You can tell a person by the company he or she keeps. Our friendships not only tell a lot about who we are – in many ways they actually make us who we are. I’ve heard it said that one’s peers create an environment in which the
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Michael MantellBy Tammi Rossman-Benjamin BERKELEY, California — “Bringing down Israel will really benefit everyone in the world and everyone in society, particularly workers.” These words were spoken by Lara Kiswani, executive director of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, at a Nov. 12 panel discussion at U.C. Berkeley organized by the BDS Caucus of UAW 2865,
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Late last month I got word from a Japanese friend in Tokyo that a dear woman in my life, Celia Bertin, had passed away in Paris at the age of 94. Mr Watanabe, who speaks and writes French fluently and is a friend of mine from my days
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Congregation Beth Israel will officially install Rabbi Jordie Gerson as its assistant rabbi in a Shabbat celebration on Friday, December 5 at 6:15 p.m. Rabbi Gerson started as assistant rabbi of Beth Israel in July. Rabbi Gerson’s father, Rabbi Gary Gerson, rabbi emeritus of Oak Park Temple in Oak Park, Illinois
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Jewish Religion, San Diego Calendar, San Diego CountyBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The subject of the status of women in Israel is a tricky one, because on the one hand Israel aspires to be a modern, democratic society, and in the public sphere women are treated as equals, on the whole. On the other hand, though, its laws regarding marriage and
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