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Jewish Federation pick Reform movement head as its scholar

November 12, 2012

By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org BALTIMORE—Rabbi Rick Jacobs, head of the Reform movement’s congregational arm, was an atypical choice as scholar-in-residence for the 2012 Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) General Assembly—by his own admission. “First of all, it’s an honor,” Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), said in an interview with JNS.org in […]

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Lessons from a Civil War reenactment

November 12, 2012

By Donald H. Harrison MOORPARK, California –Reflecting on a Civil War reenactment that was staged at the Underwood Family Farms here, I found myself focusing on two lessons from the proceedings. First, a mistake may snowball into a disaster. And second, charisma can outlast even death. Our nation is now observing the sesquicentennial of

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Donald H. Harrison

Veterans Day: a day of contrasts

November 12, 2012

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — God help our veterans. Yes, this is the day after what was originally called Armistice Day, November 11, 1918—when the Great War (World War I) ended. Many saw that horrifically bloody conflict (The United States entered in the final year, 1917, but our “doughboys” were bludgeoned in ditches

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USA

Rockets from Gaza lead to calls for retaliation

November 12, 2012

Editor’s Note: Sha’ar Hanegev, the sister region of San Diego’s Jewish Federation, lies along Israel’s border with Gaza and has been suffering the effects of the constant rocket attacks from across the border. By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — My correspondents on the East Coast of the United States may view this note as a parallel to waiting

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Travel and Food

JNS news briefs: November 12, 2012

November 12, 2012

Cabinet minister highlights Israel’s pioneering space efforts (JNS.org) Drawing on Israeli technological and scientific prowess, Israel’s top science minister highlighted Israel’s ambitious space efforts including a project by an Israeli company to be the third country to land on the moon, the Jerusalem Post reported. At a cabinet meeting on Nov. 11, Science and Technology

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International

Was there a Syrian arms connection to Stevens’ death?

November 12, 2012

By Shoshana and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. _- Most of the questions related to the Benghazi debacle are about the mechanics, both offensive and defensive. What did the White House know and when? What assets were available to the military? Did someone order a stand down, and if so, who? Why was “the video” blamed

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen

Rabbi Melchior says some in Hamas ready for peace

November 12, 2012

By Rabbi Dow Marmur TORONTO — Though President Barack Obama will have many urgent challenges to contend with in his second term, it’s reasonable to assume that Israeli-Palestinian relations will be high on his agenda. During the election campaign he said he would visit Israel when “we’re actually moving something forward.” He seems to

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Middle East

Donor meets beneficiary of his bone marrow

November 12, 2012

A routine blood test done during the IDF induction process led Idan Dukatch, a soldier from Ashkelon, to the opportunity to save a life. His bone marrow donation was transplanted to Alex Katz, a 17-year old boy from New Jersey with cancer. At the end of a nerve-racking half year, waiting for updates on Katz’s

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Reversing fortunes of Jews in Moscow and Boston

November 10, 2012

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Is it better for the Jews in Moscow than in Boston? Just my asking the question will start Grandpa Sharkansky spinning in his grave. I never knew the man, but I know that he left the Czar’s realm in 1880, part of the first wave of Jews spurred on by pogroms and

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International, Ira Sharkansky

Glick’s ‘Shackled Warrior’ on target again and again

November 9, 2012

By Daniel Brodsky SAN DIEGO — For many years I have been awed by the writings and speeches of Caroline Glick, the formidable Jerusalem Post columnist. If you could read only one Israeli reporter’s news, it would have to be Glick. In her biweekly commentaries she “spot-on” analyzes events as they unfold both globally and

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Travel and Food

Retirement community offers many advantages

November 9, 2012

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D LA JOLLA, California — We had a big house on top of a hill with a view over the distant ocean and winter sunsets. It was an old house and a week didn’t go by that something had to be fixed. Most times my husband could do it but other

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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food

‘Mother of Garage Sales’ set for Sandy victims

November 9, 2012

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –“People really want to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy however they can,” said Scott Brown, former San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) parent and logistical manager of The Mother of All Garage Sales. On Sunday, November 11 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, SDJA will be holding The Mother of All Garage

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Science, Medicine, & Education

What was God’s role in Hurricane Sandy?

November 9, 2012

First in a series By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –Natural catastrophes such as a floods or earthquakes are frequently referred to as an “act of God.” A deer crossing in front of a car that causes an accident is also considered an “act of God.” When “acts of God” occur, it exempts

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

The Wandering Review: ‘Simon and the Oaks’

November 9, 2012

Simon and the Oaks, directed by Lisa Ohlin (Sweden, Germany, Norway: 2011). By Laurie Baron Note: I haven’t written my column for several weeks because I’ve been giving lectures around the country. Indeed, I was stranded in West Hartford, Connecticut, for two extra days due to Hurricane Sandy. Having endured two other hurricanes in New England in

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Lawrence Baron

Jewish Federation pick Reform movement head as its scholar

Lessons from a Civil War reenactment

Veterans Day: a day of contrasts

Rockets from Gaza lead to calls for retaliation

JNS news briefs: November 12, 2012

Was there a Syrian arms connection to Stevens’ death?

Rabbi Melchior says some in Hamas ready for peace

Donor meets beneficiary of his bone marrow

Reversing fortunes of Jews in Moscow and Boston

Glick’s ‘Shackled Warrior’ on target again and again

Retirement community offers many advantages

‘Mother of Garage Sales’ set for Sandy victims

What was God’s role in Hurricane Sandy?

The Wandering Review: ‘Simon and the Oaks’

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