By Rabbi Nadav Caine POWAY, California — When I arrived in San Diego County in 2007 to serve Ner Tamid Synagogue, it didn’t occur to me to lead a First Seder at my synagogue. “Doesn’t everyone already have plans with family for the First Seder?” I presumed. It never occurred to me
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Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Ben Cohen/JNS.org When one in five people in a key European state votes for a neo-Nazi party, you might expect a furious response from the United States, the country that played a decisive role in defeating the Nazi menace during the Second World War. And you might also expect that American Jews would be
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HAIFA, Israel — Students at Technion had an engineering challenge for Passover. They were to build a device that could cross “The Red Sea”–actually a small pool of water–and then fill a glass with wine, in order to celebrate the upcoming holiday. Above is a video of how they approached the challenge. __________________________________________________________________ Click here
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – When San Diego’s new police chief, Shelley Zimmerman, was growing up in a Jewish family with two brothers and a sister in Beachwood, Ohio, their father, Philip, a trial attorney, instilled in them what he called “The Zimmerman Code.” It sounds very much like the philosophy that
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — Of Many, a documentary produced by Chelsea Clinton, daughter of the former President Bill and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will make its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 17 in New York. Directed by Linda Mills, it features the friendship of Imam Khalid Latif and Rabbi Yehuda Sarna.
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Travel and Food
By Maxine Dovere/JNS.org NEW YORK — On June 1, as it has for five decades, the annual Celebrate Israel Parade (formerly the Salute to Israel Parade)—billed as the American Jewish community’s largest show of pride and support for the Jewish state—steps off along Fifth Avenue in New York City. While the parade’s theme this
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — When Thomas Cahill wrote his insightful book, The Gifts of the Jews, several years ago, he made the case that a group of Hebrew nomads changed the value system of this world. If you ask Jewish people who really understand that this is more of people of ideas than
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Jewish Religion
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The House of Israel, one of the 32 International houses in Balboa Park, will host its Annual Lawn Program on Sunday, April 20th, from noon until 4:00 p.m. This event is family fun for young and the young-at-heart. Entertainment from 2:00 until 3:30 pm will include: Dancers from Tarbuton, San
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — ‘Let all who are hungry, come and eat.’ This invitation, part of the traditional Passover seder, inspired a call for Congress to provide nutrition support for seniors at the 6th annual National Hunger Seder in the U.S. Capitol. The event, organized by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and MAZON:
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Jewish Religion, USA
HOLLYWOOD (Press Release)– With Passover rapidly approaching, Jenny Engel and Heather Goldberg of Spork Foods have created a nutritious and delicious Pistachio and Cranberry Studded Matzo Brittle recipe. The talented pair bring a fresh perspective and an element of fun to preparing any type of vegan cuisine. Aside from owning a Los Angeles-based gourmet vegan
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Travel and FoodTEL AVIV (Press Release)— Everyone knows the feeling. The dreaded “low battery” message sends you on a frantic search for a charge, but you finally lose the last drop of energy, and you’re stranded, out of touch. New technology out of Tel Aviv University may just save smartphone users in the near future. The Tel
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) – After seven years of construction and an investment of $150 million, the only internationally branded luxury hotel in Jerusalem, Waldorf Astoria, has officially opened for business right before the Passover holiday. Welcoming its first international guests who reserved rooms for the April opening on Thursday, April 10, the Waldorf
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Middle East, Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO (TOSD) –As world leaders wrangle with the issue of peace in the Middle East, a San Diego investor and philanthropist is actively pursuing ways to bring the Arab and Jewish communities together in a ground-breaking new venture. Jacobs Investments LLC founder Gary Jacobs’ business incubator NGTᶾ, or Next Generation Technology, reaches out to Arab
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Middle East, San Diego CountyBrandeis accused of double standard after pulling honor of Islam critic Hirsi Ali (JNS.org) After facing growing pressure from faculty members and students, Brandeis University said Tuesday that it is rescinding its decision to award an honorary degree to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a women’s rights activist and critic of Islam, over her “past statements that
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