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On the threshold of another Munich Agreement?

September 29, 2013

By Rabbi Ben Kamin TACOMA, Washington–So nice of Iranian president Hassan Rouhani to have actually acknowledged the Nazi Holocaust of six million Jews and six million other innocents, including Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Catholic priests, and assorted other subversives. This is noted on the Sept. 29 anniversary of the 1938 Munich Agreement, when European leaders […]

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Middle East

Israel announces capture of Iranian spy

September 29, 2013

By Aryeh Savir TEL AVIV –A Belgian citizen spying for Iran was arrested on September 11th 2013 in Tel Aviv, this according to a statement released by Israel’s General Security Service (GSS). The man, named Alex Menes, aged 55, was arrested as he tried to leave Israel via Ben Gurion airport. In his interrogation it

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Middle East

Jewish-interest license plate: Mekhaye

September 28, 2013

SAN DIEGO–When something is a Mekhaye, it is wonderful — like diving into a nice swimming pool on a hot day, or in the case of the whale on this license plate, perhaps, surfacing and diving with perfect form. Perhaps the driver was referring to his or her car, which is fun to

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A key to better health: Be nice!

September 28, 2013

By Natasha Josefowitz LA JOLLA, California — I just read something surprising in the August 25, 2013 New York Times Magazine: our genes have a moral sense, unbeknown to our minds! They can reward us when we act unselfishly and punish us when we think of our own needs first. These are the unexpected findings

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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food

Obama is learning but still is no expert on Middle East

September 28, 2013

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s been almost 40 years since I moved from the US to Israel. I still write about the country where I was born, had my formal education, and spent about one-third of my professional career. Internet friends, some of them not so friendly, attack me from both left and right,

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Grossmont College panel tells motivations of book banners

September 28, 2013

By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON –Those who would ban books cite inappropriate language or too much sexuality or violence as their motivation for wanting them removed from library shelves. However, often their unspoken motivation is to suppress ideas that may disrupt the established societal order. In observance of National Banned Book Week, a faculty-student

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Donald H. Harrison

Love story begins in Nazi Europe and ends in Hollywood

September 27, 2013

SERENADE, A memoir of music and love from Vienna and Prague to Los Angeles, 1927 to World War II to 2012 by Carol Jean Delmar, Willow Lane Press, Beverly Hills, California By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — This is a beautifully written love story of Franziska Perger and Franz Jung against the backdrop of Europe

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Travel and Food

Jewish-interest license plate: (Love) Galim

September 27, 2013

SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin has spotted another interesting Jewish license plate. “Galim” in Hebrew means “waves,” and so one assumes that the owner of the car on which this license plate appears is a person who loves the ocean. Perhaps the owner is a surfer. On the other hand, the background design of

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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Humoring the headlines: September 27, 2013

September 27, 2013

By Laurie Baron The ghost of Dr. Seuss overheard Senator Ted Cruz’s denunciation and responded with the following text message. I do not like Ted Cruz’s scam. His entire speech was just like spam. When health care is in a jam, His filibuster was a sham. Playing loose and playing fast To defund a law

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Jewish Orthodoxy and the Cosmos

September 26, 2013

Rabbi Yosef Bitton, Awesome Creation: A Study of the Thirst Three Verses of the Torah; Gefen Publishing House (2013). ISBN-10: 9652295566. Price: $24. 26. Rating: 3 stars out of 5. By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — As someone who has written on the first three chapters of Genesis, I was interested in seeing

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

On U.S. bureaucrats and ‘evolving doctrines’

September 26, 2013

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Government is no less complex than politics. That should be no surprise, insofar government is the creation of politicians, and is worked, modified, and stymied as politicians deal with one another to get what some of them want, and to keep what some of them want from happening. Some of

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Ira Sharkansky, USA

Creation in Torah — Why is it there?

September 25, 2013

By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK _- Anyone who has ever taught anything can confirm the adage of our Sages: “I have learned from all my teachers, but I have learned most from my pupils.” It is especially true that one learns a great deal from his students if he does not limit himself

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Travel and Food

Who is responsible for Jewish settlements?

September 25, 2013

By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — Chautauqua is a remarkable, unique institution. Lying on the shore of 18-mile-long Lake Chautauqua between the cities of Buffalo and Erie, it is not easy to get to, but I have managed to spend a few weeks there every summer. Elsewhere in the summer months, one can

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Middle East

Nazism and Islamism found adherents in U.S.

September 24, 2013

By Joel A. Moskowitz, MD LA JOLLA, California — Some will find fault with my thesis. Others will acknowledge the validity. The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact With Hitler by Ben Urwand has been reviewed positively and negatively. The essence of the book is that some Nazis wanted to suppress ‘negative’ themes which would be detrimental to

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USA

On the threshold of another Munich Agreement?

Israel announces capture of Iranian spy

Jewish-interest license plate: Mekhaye

A key to better health: Be nice!

Obama is learning but still is no expert on Middle East

Grossmont College panel tells motivations of book banners

Love story begins in Nazi Europe and ends in Hollywood

Jewish-interest license plate: (Love) Galim

Humoring the headlines: September 27, 2013

Jewish Orthodoxy and the Cosmos

On U.S. bureaucrats and ‘evolving doctrines’

Creation in Torah — Why is it there?

Who is responsible for Jewish settlements?

Nazism and Islamism found adherents in U.S.

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