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Leaks indicate Netanyahu may withdraw support for settlements

February 7, 2013

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –It shouldn’t come as a surprise that there’re signs, albeit faint, that the in-your-face bravado announcements about settlement expansion by the Likud Beiteinu Party Leader Binyamin Netanyahu before the elections last month were different from what we seem to hear from the office of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu after the […]

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Middle East

A San Diego Jewish journalist tours Mexico in 1957

February 7, 2013

Press Notes (Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 5, 1957, Part 2) Southwestern Jewish Press, April 5, 1957, Pages 3, 10, 11 By Julia Kaufman Just tuned in the Tiajuana radio station for a little mood music to get me back to Mexico City where I left off my last column. The result was

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Jewish History

How artists and art were saved from the Nazis

February 7, 2013

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Three books I have read in the last few months, all of them well-researched and dealing in one way or another with art or artists and the Second World War, have given me many hours of interest and plenty to think about. The first, which I picked

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

JNS news briefs: February 7, 2013

February 7, 2013

Philanthropist Lauder earns France’s highest honor (JNS.org) France on Wednesday awarded Jewish philanthropist and media mogul Ronald Lauder with its government’s highest honor. Lauder—president of the World Jewish Congress, owner of Israel’s Channel 10 television station, and son of cosmetics giant Estée Lauder—received the Legion of Honor from President François Hollande. “With you, France honors

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International

President Obama dangerously wrong on economy, world affairs

February 6, 2013

By Isaac Yetiv, Ph. D. LA JOLLA, California — In his second inaugural address, President Obama presented his program for the “transformation of America.” It reads like a “socialist manifesto” enunciated with the tacit assumption that he will rule, unchallenged, to re-create a new US of A in his own image, far different from the

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USA

Barry Rubin offers 11 of his books free to downloaders

February 6, 2013

Editor’s Note: Prof. Barry Rubin, director of the GLORIA center in Israel which keeps close track of geo-political developments in the Middle East, is an occasional columnist for San Diego Jewish World. He now is offering free to readers 11 books he has published over the years. HERZLIYA, Israel (Press Release)– The GLORIA Center has

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories

Learning responsibility early in Torah school

February 6, 2013

By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — I have to thank my dear parents, may they rest in peace, for many things. I must especially thank them for having chosen to provide me with a yeshiva day school education. This was not an obvious choice back in the 1940’s, for few parents chose the day school

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Jewish Religion

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 5, 1957, Part 1

February 6, 2013

$120,000 U.J.F. Goal Need Southwestern Jewish Press, April 5, 1957, Pages 1, 14 Inspired by the understanding that the year 1957 equals 1936 plus 1948, San Diego’s Jewish community officially opened the 1957 campaign on behalf of the regular needs of the United Jewish Fund’s local, national and overseas beneficiaries, and the Emergency

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Jewish History

When the Post Office was compassionate to a new American

February 6, 2013

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — The news that the US Postal Service, so stricken with economic trouble and hyper-commitment to its pension structure, is phasing out Saturday mail delivery brings a sweeter memory to mind. When my father died suddenly in 1976, a young and unknown Jimmy Carter was quietly walking across

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USA

Herb Brin: Remembering a remarkable man

February 6, 2013

By David Brin ENCINITAS, California — My father, Herb Brin was a poet, journalist, and publisher – and one of the most colorful figures to practice the craft of journalism, both in Chicago and Southern California. He passed away 10 years ago today. (2/17/1915 – 2/6/2003) Herb was born in 1915 in Chicago to a

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Travel and Food

JNS news briefs: February 6, 2013

February 6, 2013

IDF to post first ‘cyberdefense’ officers to its regional commands (JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces is stepping up its efforts on the cyber front and will soon post a “cyberdefense” officer to each of its four regional commands, Israel Hayom reported. Each command—Northern, Southern, Central and Homefront—will be appointed an officer who will be

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International

Would release of Marwan Barghouti further Mideast peace?

February 6, 2013

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The officials are warning not to expect too much of the announced visit to Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan by President Barack Obama, probably next month. In view of the failures of his predecessors, notably Bill Clinton, to push Israelis and Palestinians into making peace, it’s a reasonable

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Middle East

Speculation intense about Obama’s forthcoming visit to Israel

February 6, 2013

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I went to bed after a limited time with the news focused on the ceremonial swearing in of Knesset Members, and what seemed like the circular going-nowhere blather about what kind of coalition Benyamin Netanyahu can assemble. Already well known are the problems. Yair Lapid and his second-largest party (There

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Where are the Jewish Wellness Initiatives?

February 5, 2013

By Aliza Wadler Solomon FLUSHING, N.Y — In the Jewish community, we believe in taking care of each other. While we have demonstrated this commitment in numerous ways – like visiting the sick and helping the less-fortunate – we’ve neglected to take care of our health. Like all Americans, members of the Jewish community have

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Leaks indicate Netanyahu may withdraw support for settlements

A San Diego Jewish journalist tours Mexico in 1957

How artists and art were saved from the Nazis

JNS news briefs: February 7, 2013

President Obama dangerously wrong on economy, world affairs

Barry Rubin offers 11 of his books free to downloaders

Learning responsibility early in Torah school

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 5, 1957, Part 1

When the Post Office was compassionate to a new American

Herb Brin: Remembering a remarkable man

JNS news briefs: February 6, 2013

Would release of Marwan Barghouti further Mideast peace?

Speculation intense about Obama’s forthcoming visit to Israel

Where are the Jewish Wellness Initiatives?

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