Reform Judaism youth to hold national convention in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)–As the Jewish community on the West Coast grows ever stronger, the Reform Movement is expanding its focus on youth engagement there through large-scale youth programming and increased funding for URJ Camps and URJ Campaign for Youth Engagement initiatives. Nearly 900 Reform Jewish teens and more than 125 professionals and lay leaders […]

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Jewish Religion

Iranian presidential candidate wants better U.S., Israel relations

By Sean Savage (JNS.org)As a presidential candidate in Iran, Dr. Hooshang Amirahmadi believes the Islamic Republic should prioritize allaying its tension with Israel and the United States—not the kind of approach the world has been accustomed to seeing lately from a country whose leaders repeatedly vow to wipe the Jewish state off the map.  

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Middle East

TICO concert offered classical music with Spanish, Hawaiian flavors

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO), under the direction of David Amos, featured two impressive artists: composer, Mark Donnelly, introducing his engaging three-movement Hawai’ian Rhapsody, Ho’omaka Ana, and internationally-recognized guitarist, Gregg Nestor, performing selections by Joaquin Rodrigo and Luigi Boccherini. Donnelly, who plays oboe and English Horn in the

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Eileen Wingard

Installation of new Knesset a sentimental occasion

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel —  Anyone who is at all familiar with the procedure customary in the various Houses of Representatives around the civilized world knows that these are governed by rules and regulations that are often very old, their roots lost in tradition. For instance, the Speaker of England’s parliament (the House of

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 5, 1957, Part 4

As the Psychologist Sees You Southwestern Jewish Press, April 5, 1957, Page 7 By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant Hail and Farewell Perhaps it would be difficult to select the one thing most difficult for a person to do because there is such a wide range of activities possible.  It would depend upon many things

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Adventures in SD History, Jewish History