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College scholarships offered for high school entrepreneurs

October 2, 2013

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – For the second year, applications are now available for the Jeffrey D. Sollender Business and Philanthropic Youth Entrepreneurship Scholarship Program at the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego. The program was established in 2012 by Elyse K. Sollender in memory of her late husband, Jeff Sollender, a renaissance man who […]

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San Diego County

Interpreting Obama and Netanyahu

October 2, 2013

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Politicians lie, do not tell all the truth, or exaggerate. One of the first lessons that a child in a politically alert family may learn is not to believe campaign promises. Years later that child may learn that politicians have to stretch the truth, or hide their intentions, in order to

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JNS News Briefs: October 2, 2013

October 2, 2013

Renowned Holocaust historian Israel Gutman dies at 90 (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) World-renowned Holocaust historian Professor Israel Gutman, a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the Auschwitz concentration camp and one of the founders of the Yad Vashem International Institute for Holocaust Research, passed away in Jerusalem on Monday night. He was 90. Yad

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International

Why do we know so little of Abraham’s childhood?

October 2, 2013

By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — The Torah is replete with inspiring stories of its heroes. The lives of Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and David, to name just a few, are narrated at great length and in vivid detail. Their noble acts and admirable accomplishments are described, and even their occasional faults or failures

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Jewish Religion

JNS news briefs: October 1, 2013

October 1, 2013

Knesset members slammed over attending J Street conference (JNS.org) Member of Knesset Ayelet Shaked (HaBayit HaYehudi) slammed the Israeli Knesset members for attending the Washington, DC conference of J Street, which she called “Israel’s loudest critic.” “Among its actions are the leading of a media campaign against the placing of sanctions on Iran by the

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International

Dissecting Obama’s U.N. speech

September 30, 2013

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — As he waited in the wings at the United Nations, President Obama was struck with this sledgehammer from Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff: Tampering… in the affairs of other countries is a breach of international law and is an affront of the principles that must guide the relations among them,

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

Rabbi offers pathway for Orthodox Jews

September 30, 2013

We’re Missing the Point: What’s Wrong with the Orthodox Jewish Community and How to Fix It by Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein, OU Press, New York, ISBN 978-01-6028–202-5 ©2012, $25.00, p. 252 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Outsiders might wonder what could possibly be wrong within the Orthodox Jewish community. Until the Age of

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Jewish-interest license plates: ‘GDS WLL’

September 30, 2013

SAN DIEGO–Well, of course, no single group can claim to know God’s Will, but among those who forever are inquiring about it are us Jews. So our license plate maven Melanie Rubin recorded this one as of Jewish interest.

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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Rabbi Jack Moline named as NJDC executive director

September 30, 2013

WASHINGTON (Press Release) –The National Jewish Democratic Council has announced the selection of Rabbi Jack Moline as its Executive Director. Rabbi Moline, who currently serves as the spiritual leader of Agudas Achim Congregation in Alexandria, Virginia, will assume direction of NJDC in January 2014. “Rabbi Moline brings a wide and exciting range of abilities and

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USA

The Wandering Review: ‘The Goldbergs’

September 30, 2013

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The title The Goldbergs evokes childhood memories of the one primetime program that revolved around a Jewish family. I fondly recall Gertrude Berg as a folksy, wise, and warm maternal presence whose accented English and Jewish mannerisms contrasted sharply with the bland American characters of competing series like Ozzie

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Travel and Food

JNS news briefs: September 30, 2013

September 30, 2013

Netanyahu to Obama: Pressure on Iran should not be lessened (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday, raising concerns about Iran’s nuclear program just days after Obama spoke to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the phone, the first such interaction between U.S. and Iranian heads of state in

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International

Many scenarios possible in Israel, U.S., Iran

September 30, 2013

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We are at one of those junctions in policymaking–and maybe at a larger place in history–when officials and commentators are filling the inner offices and the media with their predictions about what is going to happen. Some of you may think I am talking about the financial hang-ups between Barack

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Egyptian, German named ‘Righteous Among the Nations’

September 30, 2013

By Aryeh Savir Yad Vashem recently recognized Dr. Mohamed Helmy and Frieda Szturmann as Righteous Among the Nations, an honorary title bestowed by Yad Vashem on behalf of the State of Israel and the Jewish people to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. The title is awarded by a special

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Jewish Religion

Humoring the headlines: September 30, 2013

September 30, 2013

By Laurie Baron Guido Barilla, the owner of the largest pasta company in the world, asserted that he would never feature a gay family in his firm’s commercials because he believes that only a woman and a man can form a family. Barilla also announced that he would halt production of large shells and manicotti

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

College scholarships offered for high school entrepreneurs

Interpreting Obama and Netanyahu

JNS News Briefs: October 2, 2013

Why do we know so little of Abraham’s childhood?

JNS news briefs: October 1, 2013

Dissecting Obama’s U.N. speech

Rabbi offers pathway for Orthodox Jews

Jewish-interest license plates: ‘GDS WLL’

Rabbi Jack Moline named as NJDC executive director

The Wandering Review: ‘The Goldbergs’

JNS news briefs: September 30, 2013

Many scenarios possible in Israel, U.S., Iran

Egyptian, German named ‘Righteous Among the Nations’

Humoring the headlines: September 30, 2013

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