By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israel’s current discussion is providing its lessons in the politics of economics and the economics of politics. Political economy is the name of the game. It is not really a discussion we are having. It’s more like simultanteous complaints, expressed as close to the top of one’s voice as appropriate
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By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO –This month’s Midrash Shabbat teacher at Tifereth Israel Synagogue will be Sarah Shulman. A student at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles and a triathlete, Sarah is also my AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) Intern. Many people who read the publicity for this weekend were
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Jewish ReligionBy Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California — Moses Maimonides, the 12th century Jewish doctor and philosopher, reportedly instructed his contemporaries that it is so important to give tzedakah (charity), that even a beggar who lives entirely on charity, must himself give it. In An Ordinary Day, which has just opened a run through May
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Tzaki and His Holiday Miracles by Avraham Feder, (illustrated by Lisa Cain, edited by Tzipora Ne’eman), (c) 2012, ISBN 978-1-937887-03-2; 48 pages, $14.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The Middle East is renowned for flying carpets, of course. But have you ever heard of a flying sukkah? A mischievous boy named Tzaki,
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Donald H. HarrisonEditor’s Note: An appreciative shout out to Michael Bennett, who watches this column carefully and sends items on to members of the many “old time” families that he knows. With the Guardians Southwestern Jewish Press, June 28, 1957, Page 5 By Morrie Pomeranz Veteran newspaper vendors could not account for the unprecedented run on the
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — After Grossmont College’s Entrances & Exits, I hooked up with Sidney Franklin for an interview. I met Sidney years ago when he was a spirited and promising teenager and have watched him grow into a fine, polished performer. What follows is the bulk of our conversation –minus my
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By Sahar Raz PETAH TIKVA, Israel — It is not altogether common to see a 33-year-old man walking through the streets with large quantities of children’s toys, much less one wearing a military officer’s uniform. Yet when the IDF Website met with Maj. Maor Cohen, the officer was carrying boxes of Legos – those popular
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Middle East
Assad vows ‘strategic revenge’ on Israel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Syria will “give Hezbollah everything” in recognition of its support and will follow the terror group’s model of “resistance” against Israel, a Lebanese newspaper on Thursday quoted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as saying, AFP reported. Assad’s comments, published by Al-Akhbar, reportedly came during meetings with
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International
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO– There’s a new movie venue in San Diego. The Media Arts Center San Diego recently began screening films in its renovated facility at 2921 El Cajon Boulevard between 30th and Kansas Streets. Dedicated to the “inclusion of underrepresented communities in the media arts field and the portrayal of accurate
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – When he performs the brit milah ceremony, Dr. Stuart Rubenstein, a pediatrician and mohel, often reflects upon the spiritual importance of Shabbat. His comments on Tuesday, May 7, about the spirituality of Shabbat brought back memories for Rabbi Matthew Earne of another spiritual Shabbat in a far-off
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By Dr. Navras Jaat Aafreedi During the last two months two international seminars took place in India focusing on Jewish and Israel Studies, with a gap of a month, in two very different cities, signaling the advent of Jewish and Israel Studies in India as an academic discipline and paving the way for India’s first
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Science, Medicine, & Education
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — “Vibrant” “Engaged” and “Enchanted” were three adjectives that leapt into my mind when I met the teacher, clarinetist and international performer. Alexander Gourevitch and his wife Anna, welcomed me into their Carmel Valley home Friday morning. I was eager to learn about Gourevitch’s upcoming role in the San
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Eva TriegerStephen Hawking boycotts Israeli conference (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) World-renowned theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking has joined the academic boycott of Israel and will not be attending the fifth annual Presidential Conference in Jerusalem in June, The Guardian reported Wednesday. Hawking, 71, had agreed to headline the conference, titled “Facing Tomorrow,” alongside other major international
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — On Sunday the vast bulk of Israel’s media was about Syria. By Tuesday, it had shifted to the budget that Finance Minister Yair Lapid would present to the government. The background was a sizable deficit in the budgets of recent years, and a greater deficit projected for the present year
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