By Della Elliott EL CAJON, California–Conscripted into the Israeli military at 18 and assigned to a unit specializing in clearing mine fields, Nir Shtern knows a thing a or two about performing under pressure. Now a 22-year-old Grossmont College student, the San Diego resident remembers the practically overnight transition from carefree teen to combat soldier […]
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Science, Medicine, & Education
Black Jews in Africa and the Americas by Tudor Parfitt, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts; ISBN 978-0-674-06698-4 ©2013, $29.95, p. 170, plus notes and index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Samaria, the capital of Northern Israel, fell after a two-year siege under the command of its king, Sargon II in 722 BCE. The
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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion
SAN DIEGO –Melanie Rubin, who remembers her Israeli geography, spotted this license plate. It doesn’t exactly say “Beit She’an” but it is close enough. According to the Bible, that was the area in Israel where the Philistines hung the body of King Saul from a wall. Now, we don’t know this is what the car’s
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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin
State Department report: Iran terror activity surges (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Iran’s state sponsorship of terrorism and Hezbollah’s terrorist activity have reached a tempo unseen since the 1990s, according to the U.S. State Department’s annual Country Reports on Terrorism 2012, released Thursday. The report noted that on Feb. 5 this year, the Bulgarian government
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International
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — The BDS’ers (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) are at it again. Alice Walker, author of the The Color Purple is urging singer Alicia Keys to cancel a concert she has scheduled in Israel in July. Walker wrote, “It would grieve me to know you are putting yourself in danger
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Middle East
By Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — On May 13, 2013, the miracle occurred: all media exploded , denouncing another”avalanche of scandals” in the Obama administration. It was a triple whammy, affecting three cabinet departments, (State, Treasury, and Justice), a perfect trifecta. The media which, shamelessly, kept silent for eight months after the Benghazi
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USA
By Eva Trieger ENCINITAS, California -Upwards of 150 people were treated to a rare and wonderful talent Wednesday night, as the the Lipinsky Family Jewish Arts Festival featured Klezmer vocalist Elizabeth Schwartz, husband, Yale Strom and bassist Gunnar Biggs. The packed room at the recently remodeled Encinitas Library was a testament to the renown of
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Eva TriegerTEL AVIV (Press Release)— Though marijuana is a well-known recreational drug, extensive scientific research has been conducted on the therapeutic properties of marijuana in the last decade. Medical cannabis is often used by sufferers of chronic ailments, including cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder, to combat pain, insomnia, lack of appetite, and other symptoms. Now Prof.
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Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin, the queen of Jewish license plate hunters, found this one, which means repentance. Perhaps the driver is a ba’al tshuvah, which means a person who has embraced Orthodox Jewish ways after a life that was more secular. Or perhaps, the driver wants the people in cars following too closely to
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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin
Story and photos by Anav Silverman JERUSALEM– A small, but increasingly vocal number of Muslims are rejecting radical hate speech and combating anti-Semitism in the Muslim world. In the recent Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism held this week in Jerusalem, Palestinian Media Watch director, Itamar Marcus and Dr. Boaz Ganor organized a panel discussion with
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Jewish ReligionAssad: Syria has received advanced Russian missiles (JNS.org) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday that Syria “has received the first shipment of Russian anti-aircraft S-300 rockets,” the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported. “The rest of the shipment will arrive soon,” Assad reportedly said. Israel fears that Syria’s receipt of S-300 surface-to-air missiles could be a regional
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– Jews have been arguing among themselves since before they were called Jews, or had decided what Judaism was supposed to be. Jews make their arguments the subject of comedy. Anti-Semites take them as one more reason to hate the Jews. Remember that Abraham left home. We can assume that he had
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Norman Greene JULIAN, California– If you are fond of dining on a less traveled road in a romantic country inn with an excellent dining room, I have a great suggestion for you. Visit this mountain city east of San Diego. The restaurant at Orchard Hill Country Inn in Julian was a delightful, well
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San Diego County, Travel and Food
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Last week, before meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pronounced Israel’s prosperity an impediment to “peace” with the Palestinians. “I think there is an opportunity [for peace], but for many reasons it’s not on the tips of everyone’s tongue. People in Israel aren’t waking
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen