By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — Once upon a time a man with endless buckets of money decided to build a big house; he wanted it look like a French Renaissance chateau. It would be filled with rare art treasures of every kind, but especially French art. He wanted to set this jewel of […]
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The more we know about politics, the less we should try to explain anything, or propose how to solve problems that have proven to be insoluble. What limits us is the great variety of influences on what happens next. That makes politics and policymaking a crap shoot. It’s not only the economy,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– On Monday, Nov. 24, City Councilmember Marti Emerald and Rabbi Laurie Coskey will cook and deliver a Thanksgiving meal to fast-food worker Nicolas Cervantes and his family. “Receiving this Thanksgiving meal from Councilwoman Emerald and Rabbi Coskey will be a blessing for my family,” said Cervantes. The Burger King employee earns
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San Diego CountyTo Be An Actress by Nava Shean; 2010, Hamilton Books. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The life and times of actress Nava Shean, born Vlasta Schonova in Czechslovakia in 1919, embody many of the events experienced by the Jewish people during the course of the twentieth century. But above everything towers her dogged
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee and State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, Congressman Harold Rogers (R-KY), Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and Kay Granger (R-TX), Chairwoman of the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, on Thursday, Nov. 20, wrote Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to urge decisive
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Middle East, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — I am sure New York Times columnist David Brooks meant well when he wrote his “Love and Gravity” column the other day about the faith aspects of Christopher Nolan’s new Interstellar movie. Brooks is a very good writer, a bit on the rightwing side of things and with a
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–This week’s parasha begins with Yitzchak’s genealogy: “These are the generations of Yitzchak the son of Avraham. Avraham begot Yitzchak.” (Gen. 25:19) Usually when we think about generations of human beings and their descendants we are referring to their children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces, and other family members of the next
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Jewish ReligionShipment of knives and fireworks seized en route to eastern Jerusalem (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A massive shipment of weapons bound for the Beit Hanina neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem was intercepted by Israeli authorities on Thursday at the Ashdod port. The recipients of the cargo, sent from China, claimed they were receiving a shipment of
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The killing by two brothers of four Jews praying at a synagogue in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem–as well as a Druze police officer who came to their defense–has brought forth wide condemnation. But it has been mixed with support for the carnage. A Palestinian member of the Jordanian parliament
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Committed to fostering the future of health care in San Diego, more than 1,000 donors have contributed $131 million to UC San Diego’s Jacobs Medical Center. Included in the total are gifts that matched a donation of $25 million, meeting the Challenge goal of the initiative. The campus announced on Thursday,
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The San Diego Human Relations Commission (SDHRC) has chosen to honor the Hunger Advocacy Network (HAN) as one of the recipients of its 2014 Commission Partner Awards. Jewish Family Service (JFS) serves as the Network’s neutral convener and the Leichtag Foundation has provided generous funding to support the Network. The SDHRC recognizes
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San Diego CountyBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Fox News’ reporters are apoplectic about Obama’s Executive Order to defer the deportation of millions of undocumented aliens. They accuse him of permitting potential carriers of Ebola, drug dealers, felons, and terrorists to remain in the country. Meanwhile, the FCC has requested the network to change its slogan from “Fair
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PALO ALTO, California (Press Release)—The Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education (CASJE) has selected American Institutes for Research (AIR) to conduct its inaugural research project in Jewish Educational Leadership. This project is designed to begin creating a research base to inform and develop the practices and effectiveness of leaders in Jewish educational settings. CASJE,
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAEILAT, Israel (WJC) –Robert Singer, chief executive officer of the World Jewish Congress, praised the work of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists in international organizations, in particular the United Nations. Addressing an IAJLJ convention in Eilat, Singer said: “There is a strange tendency – even in the West – to apply different
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