San Diego Jewish World

Rabbi Kahn’s insights stimulating, well worth reading

January 3, 2013

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — One of the most exciting exegetical works I have read in years is Rabbi Ari D. Kahn’s Echoes of Eden on Sefer Shemot: Salvation and Sanctity—Insights into the Weekly Torah Portion on the Book of Exodus. Publisher: Gefen Publishing House, 2012. ISBN-10: 965229585X, 350 pages. Price: $29.95 His […]

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Rabbis’ travels produce chocolate primer

January 3, 2013

On the ChocolateTrail by Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz, Jewish Lights Publishing, 2002, ISBN 978-1-58023-487-0-51899; 237 pages including index, appendices, $18.00 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Rabbi Deborah Prinz, former spiritual leader of Temple Adat Shalom in nearby Poway, and her husband, Rabbi Mark Hurvitz, who led Congregation Etz Chaim in Ramona, have been

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Donald H. Harrison

Poll finds conservatives favor Israel, liberals less so

January 3, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Thursday, Jan. 3, noted a recent poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press that shows the continuing large gap in support for Israel between Republicans and Democrats. The poll, taken in mid-December, asked, “In the dispute between Israel and the Palestinians,

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USA

Gratitude on returning to the Land of the Free

January 3, 2013

By Rabbi Ben Kamin NEW YORK –My eyes watered and my throat tightened as I disembarked at Newark Liberty Airport and gazed upon the renewed New York skyline and the curative, colossal sight of the One World Trade Center tower. It was certainly a joyous journey: a daughter marrying in my native Israel, a connection

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USA

What role will women play in Israel’s election?

January 3, 2013

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Israel’s largest political block (the unholy alliance between Netanyahu’s Likud and Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu) appears to believe what voters abroad have known for a long time: women can make a difference to the outcome of elections. That’s why it’s accusing its serious rival on the right, Naftali Bennet’s Habayit Heyehudi

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Middle East

Israel’s election math

January 3, 2013

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The election is boring, but the formation of the next government may be more exciting. Voters are shifting a bit between parties, mostly on account of two new parties in the center and a newly energized party on the right. What is boring is that the major blocs made up

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Right-wing and Left-wing Trojan Horses

January 3, 2013

By Dr. Clemens Heni T he new year 2013 will be a very important year in the struggle against the Iranian threat. Israel is facing international pressure and silence about the Iranian as well as the Islamist threat is prevailing. However, the situation is even more complicated if we look at supposedly pro-Israel and pro-Jewish

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Science, Medicine, & Education

JNS news briefs: January 3, 2013

January 3, 2013

Yemen reportedly detains Israeli man accused of spying (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Arab media outlets reported on Wednesday that Yemeni security forces recently arrested a man with both Israeli and Yemeni citizenship on suspicion of spying for the Mossad. According to reports from Yemen, the man, known as Ali Abdullah Muhsin Al-Haimi Al-Sayaghi or Ibrahim

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International

Babies who crawl change sleep patterns

January 2, 2013

HAIFA (Press Release)–Infants who have started crawling wake up more often at night compared to the period before the crawling, reveals a new study by Dr. Dina Cohen of the University of Haifa’s Department of Counseling and Human Development. The doctoral study, conducted under the supervision of Prof. Anat Scher, observed 28 healthy babies

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Science, Medicine, & Education

JNS news briefs: January 2, 2013

January 2, 2013

Report: Arabs could outnumber Jews in Israel and Palestinian territories by 2020 (JNS.org) On top of Hamas terrorism, the Iranian nuclear program, the implications of unrest in Syria and the rise of an Islamist government in Egypt, another growing challenge Israel faces in 2013 and beyond is a demographic one. The Jewish state could lose

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International

What qualities led to Moses’ leadership?

January 2, 2013

By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — Can you sleep at night? There is so much trouble in the world. Violence, wars large and small, natural disasters, disease. We all personally know many who are suffering at this very moment. Some are friends and acquaintances living in plain sight. Others are individuals in the

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Jewish Religion

United States a nation of high contrasts

January 1, 2013

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Turning on the radio and opening my browser early in the morning of January 1 in Jerusalem, the news from the world capital, where it was still yesterday, was that the White House and Congress were close, but not yet there with legislation that would keep the American economy–and most

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Ira Sharkansky, USA

Kerry not Israel’s most dependable ally

January 1, 2013

By JNS.org After President Barack Obama nominated U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) for Secretary of State, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that Kerry “has considerable experience and is a known supporter of the security of the State of Israel.” At the same time, Kerry has been a frequent critic of

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USA

JNS news briefs: January 1, 2013

January 1, 2013

Israel’s population now at 8 million (JNS.org) Israel’s central bureau of statistics has released figures showing that the total population of the country has reached 7.98 million. Of those citizens, 75.4 percent are Jewish, 20 percent are Arab and four percent are defined as “other.” According to Yedioth Ahronoth, the population of Israel increased by 145,000

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International

Rabbi Kahn’s insights stimulating, well worth reading

Rabbis’ travels produce chocolate primer

Poll finds conservatives favor Israel, liberals less so

Gratitude on returning to the Land of the Free

What role will women play in Israel’s election?

Israel’s election math

Right-wing and Left-wing Trojan Horses

JNS news briefs: January 3, 2013

Babies who crawl change sleep patterns

JNS news briefs: January 2, 2013

What qualities led to Moses’ leadership?

United States a nation of high contrasts

Kerry not Israel’s most dependable ally

JNS news briefs: January 1, 2013

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