Debate between Christian and Jew focus of novel

Sleeping Truth by Martin Vesole, Shalom Rav Publishing © 2013, ISBN 978-1937416027, 355 pages. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Mary Poppins was the Disney character who sang about a spoonful of sugar helping the medicine to go down.  Presenting this story of a fictional debate between a Christian evangelical and a Reform-leaning Reconstructionist rabbi, who perhaps

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion

Lectures to focus on Jews and their delis

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture’s Mandelbaum Family Lecture Series, in Coronado, and Scholar Lectures on Jewish Studies, in Carlsbad continues their season of free lectures with Professor Joellyn Zollman. Her lecture titled, “It’s Deli-cious! A Historical Exploration of American Jews and Delicatessen” will take place in the Schulman Auditorium of

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Travel and Food

ZOA wants ‘HaTikvah slate’ disqualified by WZC

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) filed an objection/complaint on Monday, Dec. 29,  with the election officials administering the upcoming World Zionist Congress election, to disqualify a group that misleadingly calls itself the “HaTikvah slate,” because the group Ameinu of the “HaTikvah slate” lobbies for international sanctions against Israeli leaders whose political positions

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Middle East, USA

Palestine deadline bid rejected by Security Council

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (Press Release) –The United States, as well as Australia and five other countries, prevented the adoption of a UN Security Council resolution pushed by the Palestinian Authority and the Arab League. The measure “is not constructive, sets arbitrary deadlines and fails to account for Israel’s security needs,” the U.S. State Department said prior

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International, Middle East, USA

Molly Cohen, z”l (June 19th, 1917 — Dec. 25, 2014)

POWAY, California — Molly Cohen, 97, was eulogized by Rabbi Nadav Caine at Ner Tamid Synagogue here.   Following is the eulogy, delivered December 29, 2014: Molly Cohen, a matriarch of San Diego’s Jewish community, died this past December 25th at the age of 97.  She was her usual alert, brilliant, and giving self to

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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County

JNS news briefs: December 30, 2014

Hosting Christian leaders, Israeli president laments persecution of Mideast minorities (JNS.org) The persecution of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East is “a cause of great worry and pain,” Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said Tuesday upon his hosting of Israeli Christian leaders for a reception to mark the New Year. During 2014, arguably

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International, Middle East, USA

Russians repeat pattern of earlier Israeli immigrants

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Events surrounding Yisrael Beiteinu provide suggestive parallels to other elements of Israel’s political history, as well as to that of the US. Avigdor Lieberman was not the first Israeli politician to reach power on the backs of an immigrant community that came from a non-democratic society. David ben Gurion and

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

2014’s ten worst anti- Semitic outrages

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — 2014 was a year of unprecedented explosions of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel hatred. The ten worst this year shows how pervasive anti-Semitism has become around the world. The ten examples selected by the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) are tragically indicative of burgeoning threats and challenges to the Jewish people not encountered since

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Jewish History