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Holocaust studies prepare freshmen for academic challenges

July 8, 2013

EL CAJON , California (Press Release)– Some of the students who will attend Grossmont College this fall are the first members of their families to go beyond high school in their education. In many instances, notes Michael Perez, director for Extended Opportunity Program and Services (EOPS), these students are part of a six-week summer bridge

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Documentary tells of Czech kindertransport organizer

July 8, 2013

By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — The most inspiring and heartbreaking story since Schindler’s List is Nicky’s Family, another authentic Holocaust saga that will make you weep. In my view, there is nothing so poignant as a film showing inhabitants of a long-ago city scurrying along in their huge hats and long skirts, the

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Cynthia Citron

JNS news briefs: July 8, 2013

July 8, 2013

Israeli Arab who helped Syrian rebels sentenced (JNS.org) The Israeli government on Monday sentenced an Arab-Israeli man who joined Syrian rebels fighting against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to 30 months in prison. Israeli authorities accused Hikmat Massarwa of receiving small-arms training from radical Islamists in Syria, where he was also asked to

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International

San Diego Jewish Federation names board nominees

July 7, 2013

SAN DIEGO — Nominees for leadership roles in the Jewish Federation of San Diego County have been announced on the Federation website. They are: Board chair, Theresa Dupuis, succeeding Claire Ellman; vice chair for philanthropy, Laura Tauber; Women’s Philanthropy Board Chair, Leigh Johnson; Vice-Chair for Community Partnerships, Caryn Viterbi; Vice Chair for Finance and Secretary/

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San Diego County

An open letter to Mayor Bob Filner

July 7, 2013

July 7, 2013 Mayor Bob Filner San Diego City Hall 202 C Street San Diego, CA 92101 Dear Mayor Filner, As you know, over the years the publications with which I have been associated (San Diego Jewish Press-Heritage, San Diego Jewish World) have endorsed you every time you’ve run, impressed by your commitment since your

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Donald H. Harrison

Egyptian coup another example of Muddled East politics

July 7, 2013

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Chaos in Syria and now in Egypt, with instability in Lebanon increasing as Hezbollah is deeply involved in Syria. Hamas in Gaza is most likely planning its response to the problems of its patron in Egypt. Jordan’s king may be even more worried than usual about threats to his regime,

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Novel matches Jewish refugee and Chinese woman

July 6, 2013

Shanghai Love by Layne Wong; She Writes Press; 2013, ISBN 978-1-938314-18-6; 321 pages, $16.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– Peilin is a young woman from rural China, and Henry is a refugee from Nazi Germany. In this novel, they meet in the Shanghai apothecary where she is working temporarily. They are brought together because

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Donald H. Harrison

Pesach, 4th of July and Morsi’s overthrow

July 6, 2013

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The following are the stages by which the Israelites journeyed up by companies from the land of Egypt under the guidance of Moses and Aaron. — (Numbers 33:1) The biblical narrator lists 42 stopping points beginning with Egypt. Some of the mystical commentaries make a penetrating

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

Two Ebensee survivors finally meet

July 6, 2013

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — I had recently the privilege of bringing two elderly men together with common narratives: both were born in villages along the Carpathian Mountains, both suffered through four Nazi concentration camps, and both were liberated from the notorious Ebensee work-to-death camp by US forces on May 6, 1945. They

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Jewish Religion

What good are those prayers for the dying?

July 5, 2013

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — When praying on behalf of someone who is seriously ill and they unfortunately pass on, there is a tendency to grow despondent and to be overcome by a feeling that one’s prayers are for naught. The Steipler Gaon once enumerated some areas in which such tefillos achieve significant

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Jewish Religion

JNS news briefs: July 5, 2013

July 5, 2013

Two explosions rock Eilat (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Two powerful explosions echoed through the Red Sea resort town of Eilat on Thursday night, shortly before 10 p.m. A Color Red alert did not sound beforehand. Several city residents dialed the police emergency hotline and reported the blasts. The Israel Defense Forces and police dispatched personnel

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International

Bibi and Barack: two political peas in a pod

July 5, 2013

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The similarities and differences between Barack Obama and Benyamin Netanyahu tell us something about politics. For cynics, they are two peas in a pod who happen to coincide, and deserve one another. Both are attractive physically and know how to speak. Those are the makings of good actors, and that is the

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Ira Sharkansky, USA

Jerusalem and Northwest London

July 4, 2013

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — One of the readers of the AJR Journal (Association of Jewish Refugees), published in London, to which I contribute a monthly column entitled ‘Letter from Israel,’ wrote an irate letter to the editor complaining about what I write. They wrote: “Why doesn’t Mrs. Shefer-Vanson write about the real

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East

Tweener, not wanting to be a nebish, reinvents himself

July 4, 2013

Anyway by Arthur Salm, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4424-2931-4; 182 pages, $6.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Arthur Salm is the former book review editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune, so you really have to admire his courage, putting himself out there. In that position, he must have made many

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Donald H. Harrison

Holocaust studies prepare freshmen for academic challenges

Documentary tells of Czech kindertransport organizer

JNS news briefs: July 8, 2013

San Diego Jewish Federation names board nominees

An open letter to Mayor Bob Filner

Egyptian coup another example of Muddled East politics

Novel matches Jewish refugee and Chinese woman

Pesach, 4th of July and Morsi’s overthrow

Two Ebensee survivors finally meet

What good are those prayers for the dying?

JNS news briefs: July 5, 2013

Bibi and Barack: two political peas in a pod

Jerusalem and Northwest London

Tweener, not wanting to be a nebish, reinvents himself

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