SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The 15-year-old San Diego Jewish Men’s Choir is releasing “Heritage,” its first CD, with a preview of two of it songs to be performed Aug. 25 on the Chabad Telethon at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. The group also will perform some selections from the album at a Chanukah […]
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San Diego CountyBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There was a three-minute item tucked into the middle of Tuesday’s Channel 2 prime time news that would provide ample justification for the Israeli government to suspend negotiations with the Palestinians, if they chose to do so. By scrolling, you can find it in the 17 to the 20 minute
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — There is a phrase that one hears quite commonly nowadays: “It is what it is.” There is something that has always disturbed me about that phrase. To me, the phrase seems to be stating that things will remain as they are and that there is no possibility
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Jewish ReligionTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), a common disorder that impairs fertility by impacting menstruation, ovulation, hormones, and more, is closely related to insulin levels. Women with the disorder are typically “insulin resistant” — their bodies produce an overabundance of insulin to deliver glucose from the blood into the muscles. The excess
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Jeffrey F. Barken and Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org HAIFA—Jay Ruderman has observed for years that when American Jewish leaders visit Israel or when Israeli leaders visit the United States, the conversation is “always about Israel” and how the Jewish state relates to Iran, Syria, the Palestinians, and others. “What’s happening in the American Jewish community?” and
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Jacob Kamaras, USA
John Kerry: U.S. views all Jewish communities beyond pre-1967 lines as ‘illegitimate’ (JNS.org) Reacting to Israel’s announcement of 1,200 new housing units in eastern Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria, Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the U.S. “views all of the settlements as illegitimate.” Israel is “only building within the borders of communities
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International
By Lloyd Levy LONDON–The European Union has issued a very serious threat to Israel, which if implemented will be a major threat to Israel’s economic development. The threat indeed is so far reaching that it is almost incomprehensible in its implications, and yet has received little mainstream publicity. The European Union, is the misbegotten attempt
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Lloyd Levy, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — For the 16th year in a row, San Diego teens participated in a summer Philanthropy Leadership Training Institute, learning the basics of effective philanthropy within the context of Jewish values. The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego leads this innovative program in partnership with the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center.
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San Diego County
SAN DIEGO — On July 24th, 2013, my good friend Vivian Blackstone celebrated her 85th birthday. A woman in excellent health, she is someone who has lived an unconventional life with an artistic, bohemian and spiritual bent. That artistic side still continues as she is working on a film about Edmond Szekely [aka the professor],
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Travel and Food
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Israel announced two contradictory policies on the eve of the second round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. It will release a group of Palestinian prisoners as a good will gesture, and build more settlements on the West Bank as a bad will gesture. As a compromise, the PLA demanded
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Lawrence Baron, USAWestern Wall superimposed with Palestinian Authority flag on Abbas Facebook page (JNS.org) In the midst of renewed Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations, the Facebook page of the Presidential Guard of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas recently featured a photo illustration with the PA flag superimposed on the Western Wall, Palestinian Media Watch reported. The
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM _- Is it possible to find an honest broker in the Middle East? In one recent newscast it was reported that the Palestinian negotiator criticized Israel for not living up to the spirit of negotiations, and complicating any possibility of agreement, by continuing to build over the 1967 line. That sounds
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Jewish Federation of San Diego County has appointed Jane Fantel as Manager of Israel Operations. This new position is designed to connect Federation’s Vision & Mission work with current and potential new partnering agencies in Israel. Living part-time in Israel, Jane will be a liaison establishing on-the-ground communication and
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Travel and Food
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — When I read about the sun’s magnetic field reversing its polarity within the next several months, part of me felt a little nervous. How will the sun’s changes affect the earth? Does this mean that our earthly days are numbered? Actually, astronomers and meteorologists have indicated
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Science, Medicine, & Education