By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — A poll of New Yorkers has selected Eliot Spitzer as the formerly tarnished politician most likely to succeed. When asked why, they said he waited five years to run for office again and never put any of his indiscretions on YouTube. In a related story, Anthony Weiner told
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By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — My columns typically focus on personal financial topics. So, when my publisher asked me to interview an author on her newly released book, I was a little surprised. Yet, as I familiarized myself with the subject matter, I became fascinated. I learned about Israel’s place as a world-class center
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Sheryl Rowling, Travel and FoodIDF Christian enlistment triples in the past year (JNS.org) Christian enlistment in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has nearly tripled in the past year, going from 35 to 100, with another 500 Christians doing national service, according to the Israeli Prime Minister’s office. On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Father Gabriel Nadaf,
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International
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — What is the value of a human life? … For most of us, that’s a rhetorical question. But ask an insurance actuary, and you’ll get a figure. That’s the nature of the business. Such cold calculations can lead a cunning mind to find a way to profit from
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Eric George TauberBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– The privacy bugaboo has struck twice at the summit of Israel’s government. Two nominees for the important post of Governor of the Bank of Israel have had to withdraw their candidacy after embarrassing details began circulating in the media. One had been caught leaving a Duty Free shop in the Hong
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Ira SharkanskyBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Conversations began in Washington, to be continued in Jerusalem and Ramallah. It may be too early to speak of negotiations, but it is best that we do not know. More is likely to happen in secret than in public. “Discussions” appears to be an appropriate term for whatever is happening.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) –An edict by the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khameni, urged all Iranians to avoid dealings with the Baha’i sect and called them “deviant and misleading.” “Such actions and statements are a warning for potential danger,” said Robert G. Sugarman, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Conference of
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By Natasha Josefowitz LA JOLLA, California — You have received an invitation to a party. It’s a month away, so you put it aside. There is plenty of time to answer; you have more urgent calls to make. A friend became a grandparent; you meant to send a card but never got to a store
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Congressman Scott Peters (D-San Diego) announced on Friday that he will visit Israel beginning next week as part of a congressional delegation of 37 Members of Congress. The policy driven trip will provide the opportunity for Rep. Peters to hear from various perspectives on the complex situations in the Middle
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Travel and Food
Al-Qaeda threat prompts U.S. to shut diplomatic posts, including Israel (JNS.org) The United States is temporarily shutting embassies and consulates across the Middle East and Asia on Sunday as a precautionary measure due to a terror threat related to Al-Qaeda. “The Department of State has instructed certain U.S. embassies and consulates to remain closed or
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International
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — More than one Torah School parent has told me that when their children daven (participate in a prayer service) at a Jewish camp, they love it. The campers tell their parents about the ruach and enthusiasm that are generated by all of the participants. However, their children tell
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Jewish ReligionBy Yonatan Gordon NEW YORK — Why I’m boycotting the Ender’s Game movie. Okay, it’s not for the reason that others are now bringing. Much like the boycott itself, my story actually begins long before the movie adaption for the upcoming November 1st film was developed. It dates back to the night after Tisha B’Av
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Jewish Religion
By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Alex Rodriguez, outwardly taciturn, bronze-like in his good looks, a matinee-idol third baseman of great reserve and moodiness in contrast to his infield mate, the gregarious and pleasing and champion shortstop Derek Jeter, announced a few years ago that he had introduced performing-enhancing drugs into his body while
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Travel and FoodBy Jerry Klinger DEADWOOD, South Dakota — The air pockets over the northern Rocky Mountains of Montana were shaking the airplane pretty hard. I was trying to write about a recent historical roadside marker project that, my little society, the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation had completed in Spokane, Washington. The marker recognized Spokane’s
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