By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Congregation Beth Israel was involved in a sacred trade this Shabbat weekend. It donated a Torah for a new synagogue in the Sha’ar Hanegev region of Israel, and Rabbi Michael Marmur, provost of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem, came here to lecture on Rabbi Abraham Joshua […]
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Donald H. HarrisonLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– “Jewish Poets – Jewish Voices” will continue in the Astor Judaica Library for the sixth year with three Tuesday evenings—beginning on Tuesday, February 18 at 7 p.m. in the Astor Judaica Library at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center (JCC), 4126 Executive Drive in La Jolla. The three featured authors
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– The people of Israel of have survived worse than the threats currently being made by Palestinians, John Kerry and Thomas Friedman. The betting is that Israel and Palestine will agree to continue talking for another year, if only to avoid a frontal insult to the American administration. Kerry and Friedman do
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Flight schools and flight instructors at San Diego County-owned airports “must show that all foreign students have completed federal background checks, my colleagues and I agreed on Wednesday,” County Supervisor Dave Roberts reported in his newsletter on Friday, Feb. 7. “The federal government has legal authority over aviation in the United States
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PALM BEACH, Florida — Citing his inspirational leadership in promoting democratic values worldwide when faced with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 during one of the most dramatic and consequential periods in American history; his commitment to securing Israeli-Palestinian peace; and his establishment of the United States’ first Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat
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USALOS ANGELES (Press Release)–The AMCHA Initiative on Friday, Feb. 7, issued the following statement commending House Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Representative Dan Lipinkski (D-IL) for their bipartisan bill to make universities that fund groups boycotting Israeli academic institutions ineligible for federal funds. “Academic boycotts violate academic freedom and are antithetical to the
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USAPALM BEACH, Florida (Press Release) — On the eve of the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) National Executive Committee passed a resolution on Friday, Feb. 7, condemning “in the strongest terms” Russia’s oppressive law against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. The resolution was unanimously
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International
ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – The Women’s Auxiliary of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities held its 36th Annual Gala, “Sapphire Jubilee” at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla in honor of Sylvia and David Geffen for their philanthropic impact on the Jewish community on February 1. The event was attended by 350 guests and raised over $350,000
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San Diego CountyEditor’s Note: Noah Silverman, congressional affairs director for the Republican Jewish Coalition, on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, sent out the following status report on proposed legislation to impose sanctions on Iran if the current nuclear negotiations are unsuccessful. By Noah Silverman WASHINGTON, D.C. — As you know, the RJC has been the most consistent voice
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International
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — I remember reporting in a Jewish travelogue in 1991 about Victoria, British Columbia, that Selim Franklin was elected in 1860 to the second Legislative Assembly on Vancouver Island, and that in 1866 his brother, Lumley Franklin, was elected as Victoria’s second mayor, the first Jew to hold the
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (OU), the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, praised the U.S. Senate for passing Senate Resolution 333 Thursday night, which strongly recommends the United States renegotiate the return of the Iraqi Jewish Archive to Iraq. The resolution was adopted unanimously, with 30
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InternationalBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel–Avi Shavit is a native-born Israeli Zionist and peace activist. He is also a respected columnist for Ha’aretz newspaper, Israel’s most left wing newspaper. A leading Israeli author, Shavit published his best-selling My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel in 2013. It has become a bestseller. Here’s an
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — A story is told about a self-centered and egotistical man who went on a date with a woman he had just met. As they sat at dinner, he proceeded to tell her of all of his abilities, accomplishments, and fine qualities. He eventually realized that he was dominating
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