JERUSALEM–The President of the EU Parliament, Martin Schulz, came to Israel and addressed the Knesset in what was mostly a ceremonial occasion to demonstrate his credentials as a friend of Israel and an opponent of boycotts. But one poorly crafted sentence brought forth an uproar. It didn’t help that he was speaking in German. There […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
SAN DIEGO–Here’s a license plate that makes us think of matzoh, charoset, and hiding the afikomen. Melanie Rubin, SDJW’s license-plate super sleuth, found this one. As a child, no doubt, she was the first one to find the afikomen too!
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — Just in case anyone isn’t familiar with the argot, adding “ela” to almost any name is an affectionate way for a friend or an older relative to say “oooh, you’re such a cutey, I could pinch your cheeks, such a beautiful punim you have.” It is not recommended, however, when addressing Latin
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
NEW YORK (Press Release)–A rabbi, educator and scholar who has led interreligious efforts on behalf of the Reform Judaism movement and has spearheaded Catholic-Jewish dialogue in Chicago has been appointed the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Director of Interfaith Affairs. Rabbi David Fox Sandmel, Ph.D., who most recently served as a Senior Advisor on Interreligious Affairs for
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Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California—The senior pastor whose mega-church includes architectural homages to the Holy Land recently was joined in marriage by a Christian Zionist leader from the San Francisco area with ties to the family of Holocaust rescuer Oskar Schindler. Now, the Rev. Jim Garlow and his bride, Rosemary Schindler Garlow, are
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Donald H. Harrison72% of Israelis want public, not MKs, to elect president (JNS.org) With Israel’s upcoming presidential election poised to have the highest-ever number of candidates, a survey conducted for Israel Hayom by the New Wave Research Institute found that 72 percent of Jewish Israelis favor holding a direct public vote for president over the current election
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InternationalBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Thanks to Martin Schulz, president of the European parliament, and Naftali Bennett, Israeli cabinet minister and leader of the Habaayit Hayehudi party, we’ve all become experts on the amount of water Arab residents of the West Bank get in comparison to what their neighbors, the settlers, use. You don’t need any
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — A long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away…) I was an ozer (Counselor-in-Training) at Camp Ramah in Ojai, California for a summer. One of the senior counselors made an indelible impression upon me. He was a nice guy and a good counselor, but he could go
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Jewish Religion
LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)—With reports that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry plans to put a much-awaited memorandum of understanding between Israelis and Palestinians on the table in the coming weeks, Israeli security expert Ret. Israeli General Danny Yatom plans to rally hundreds of pro-Israel activists from San Diego behind US-led efforts to reach
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San Diego CountyBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO― The death of Shirley Temple Black reminded Americans of how much the country has changed since her years as a child star in the 1930s. Would anyone really mourn if Honey Boo Boo passed away? * This week network news broadcasts have spent an average of ten minutes per broadcast
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Thursday, Feb. 13, applauded Michael Sam, a defensive lineman from the University of Missouri and likely top NFL draft pick, who is the first NCAA Division I college football player to come out as a gay man. ADL encouraged NFL teams to judge all players by their
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USA
MADRID (Press Release) — Sixty leaders of member organizations of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, on an historic first official visit to Spain by the American umbrella organization, met on Thursday, Feb. 13, with King Juan Carlos I at Zarzuela Palace. The King spoke about the Jewish cultural heritage and the
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InternationalBy Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel –Israelis know that the Jewish State cannot afford to lose a single war or conflict. In fact prevention of any loss of innocent life is paramount to Israelis. And a determined “refusal to give up” is almost a national character trait that can be seen in many other aspects of
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Middle East
JERUSALEM (WJC)– Actress Natalie Portman is facing protests from disgruntled residents in Israel who are unhappy over her plans to shoot a movie there. The Jerusalem-born US star is working on her directorial debut, A Tale Of Love And Darkness, based on the book by Israeli author Amos Oz, and she has chosen to film
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Travel and Food