By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — “Congratulations, it’s a boy.” In the traditional view, that single statement determines the course of one’s life. Boys are rambunctious and ambitious, future soldiers and captains of industry. Girls are soft and nurturing, future wives and mothers. But what if your assigned role doesn’t suit you? Well, that’s
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, DC. (Press Release) – During the school year millions of low-income students benefit from free or reduce-priced meals at school. However when their summer break arrives, many children often lose access to this benefit making hunger an unnecessary part of their summer months. To close this gap, U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego) introduced
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USA
Finis Leavell Beauchamp, The Terrible Beauty of the Evil Man; Kodesh Press (New York, 2014); 396 pages; ISBN-13: 978-0692237885; $14.95 By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Philo of Alexandria once said that every person who has ever become a proselyte walks a similar path that Abraham, our Father, once walked. According to Jewish folklore, Abraham
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Travel and FoodBelgium recommends separate labeling of products from Judea and Samaria (JNS.org) The Belgian government is moving to recommend that retailers separately label goods produced by Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. “It’s a non-binding advice to state on labels that products originating from occupied territories come from there,” a spokeswoman from the Belgian Economics Ministry
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International, Middle East
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Members of Ohr Shalom Synagogue and Tifereth Israel Synagogue will gather at the latter congregation, 6660 Cowles Mountain Blvd., at 8 p.m. for Tisha B’Av services during which the Book of Lamentations will be read and host Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal will explore the topic: “Is the Modern State of Israel
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Jewish Religion, San Diego Calendar
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Temple Emanu-El plans two special Shabbat celebrations in August, to which the public is invited. First, on Friday, August 15, at 6 p.m. a Shabbat service in the temple’s sanctuary (6299 Capri Drive) will be followed by free hot dogs and s’mores in the courtyard. The event caters to new and prospective
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CalendarBy Morton A. Klein and Dr. Daniel Mandel NEW YORK — Has President Barack Obama ‘got Israel’s back’? When policy is compared to rhetoric, the answer is no. Thus, when Hamas, a terrorist organization which calls in its Charter for the worldwide murder of Jews, launched a new round of rocket assaults on Israel,
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Middle East, USA
Susan Vreeland, Lisette’s List, 2014, Random House, ISBN 978-1-4000-6817-3, $27 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Have you ever watched an artist at his or her canvas? While you might be impatient to see how the painting will turn out, the artist may spend what you feel is an inordinate amount of time making sure
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison“If somebody was sending rockets into my house where my two daughters sleep at night, I’m going to do everything in my power to stop that. And I would expect Israelis to do the same thing.” —Barack Obama, Remarks in Sderot, New York Times, July 23, 2008 WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Republican Jewish
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) — Americans for Peace Now (APN) on Tuesday, July 29, repeated its call for an immediate ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. APN condemned the criticism coming from senior Israeli officials and Knesset members targeting Secretary of State Kerry and President Obama for their efforts to find a way to end the
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Middle East
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – The Danish, Swedish and Dutch ambassadors to Israel, as well as officials from the embassies of Britain, Belgium, Italy, Hungary, Austria and Germany took part on Monday (Jul. 28) in an urgent meeting of the Knesset Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee on the situation of Jewish communities in Europe.
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International, Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Hamas’ propaganda machine has been working relentlessly to generate a depiction of the events that suits their objectives in their war on Israel. Using news, multimedia and social media, they have been presenting lies and a distorted account of the events to garner the populations support for their cause.
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Middle East
By Anav Silverman TEL AVIV (TNA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on Monday evening, July 28, sharing the grief of the families of IDF soldiers who have fallen in the war against Hamas and outlining Israel’s strategy to defeat Hamas. “There is no more
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Yasser Arafat’s estate was worth almost one billion dollars by the time he had died.[1] It wasn’t because he was an enterprising capitalist. However, he did manage to take a substantial cut of money from the billions of dollars that the Western countries of Europe and
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East