By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Wednesday was time for another trip to the Galilee. Weather forecast was good. There would be some warm and dry days after early winter rain, and the expectation was for more days of quiet from the south and not much to worry about–for us–from Syria. We had a good drive, […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Congregation Beth Israel closed out the celebration of its sesquicentennial year with a nostalgic concert by Mandy Patinkin on Saturday evening, November 17, at Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall. Patinkin, who has had starring roles on Broadway, in movies and in television series, took the Qualcomm stage following
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
Hadassah Sets World Jewish Child’s Day Southwestern Jewish Press, March 22, 1957, Page 3 Hadassah will hold no regular April meeting. Be cognizant of World Jewish Child’s Day. Hadassah, the official American representative of Youth Aliyah, is the prime organizer of World Jewish Child’s Day. Funds raised from WJ?CD have rehabilitated children from 72 countries,
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SAN DIEGO — Eagle-eyed Melanie Rubin, remembering her Book of Genesis, spotted this Jewish-interest license plate, which recalls the name of the patriarch Abraham’s brother.
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Jewish Religion, Melanie RubinBy Donald H. Harrison . CARDIFF BY THE SEA, California –These are the good times in the Jewish preschool at Temple Solel here, where children are blissfully unaware that warfare is again looming over Israel and the rest of the Middle East. How nice it was on “Grandparents Day” on Friday, Nov. 16, to watch
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Donald H. HarrisonIDF calls up 16,000 reservists in preparation for Gaza ground assault (JNS.org) Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense in respone to the onslaught of rockets from Gaza entered its third day on Friday, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) prepared for a ground assault in Gaza by calling up thousands of reservists, Israel Hayom reported. The
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InternationalSAN DIEGO –A Jewish community rally in support of Israel during the current Gaza crisis has been scheduled for 1 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Nobel Athletic Field & Recreation Center, 8810 Judicial Drive. A growing list of speakers include U.S. Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego); Michael Sonduck, interim president of the Jewish Federation
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Middle East, San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — As I read the opening words of this week’s parasha, I found them to especially appropriate: “eleh toldot – these are the generations.” While the Torah is speaking about the generations, or story, of Isaac and his decendents, I was applying the words to my own family. This
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By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — When Yaakov was garbed in Esav’s clothing, he was still polite and respectful of his father. He was still Yaakov inside. His goodness could not be suppressed. The goodness of tzadikim (the righteous) still shines even in the most incongruous situations, as the following true story illustrates: November
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By Garry Fabian MELBOURNE, Australia — While the aim in life should be take each day as it comes, and generally always be forward looking, occasionally a significant date brings back a past event into sharp focus. On the 20th November 2012, one such landmark comes sharply into focus for me. Seventy years before, on
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By Isaac and Marcy Blumberg SAN DIEGO — When we had our son three years ago, our Jewish friends told us we had to sign up for PJ Library and how wonderful the books were. From the first month of receiving the books in the mail, we realized they were right. We love to read
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Travel and Food
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO –.Most of us parents imagine having to console our children—even when they are adults—at times of stress and angst for them. We listen, our hearts in a bit of atrophy, when they anguish with us about money, their jobs, and, sometimes, their marriages. But it’s not often that we
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By Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California –When it comes to good taste, it’s all relative, especially if you keep it in the family! Linda and Tiana Ravden have created an extremely tasty haven in La Jolla, filled with divine, unique and creative sensations. Finch’s Bistro and Wine Bar is the newest darling of Girard Avenue
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Eva Trieger, San Diego CalendarBy Evelyn Gordon The latest escalation along the Israel-Gaza border – which saw Palestinians fire more than 250 rockets at Israel since Wednesday after Israel, responding to days of only slightly less intensive rocket fire, assassinated a senior Hamas terrorist and destroyed most of Hamas’s long-range missiles on Wednesday – may yet be interrupted
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