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With Kentucky cousins on a Spanish immersion quest

October 15, 2012

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Our Kentucky cousin, Harry Jacobson-Beyer, whom I like to call the “Ishmaelite” for reasons to be explained, is determined to learn Spanish, notwithstanding his Kentucky accent, which is something between a twang and a drawl. To that end, with his wife, Sherry, he has traveled to various locations in Spain, […]

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Does your business have a menschy quality?

October 14, 2012

By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Michael Hess writes columns for the CBS MoneyWatch website, and a recent column headline caught me eye online: “Is your business a mensch?” I knew right then and there I wanted to contact Mr Hess over the Internet and ask him some questions about how he came up

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Travel and Food

Netanyahu’s accomplishments deserve some credit

October 14, 2012

By Ira Sharkansky FREIBURG IM BREISGAU, Germany– I’m directing this column against my Internet friends and many others who think that Benyamin Netanyahu is an extremist, against Barack Obama who has told a number of people that Netanyahu is a pest, and against analysts who assert that Israel is a marginal issue in the American election.

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

How an educational edict helped shape the Jewish people

October 14, 2012

The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492 by Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ; ISBN 978-0-691-14487-0 ©2012, $39.50, p. 273, plus appendix, bibliography, and index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — How many Jewish doctors and lawyers do you know? How many Jewish farmers? I would hazard

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Silva kicks off San Diego Jewish Book Fair

October 13, 2012

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – The 18th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair, presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture launches the largest Jewish Book Fair in the U.S.on November 3, 2012. Spanning nine days, Nov. 3 – 11, the fair is open to the public with tickets available online at http://www.sdcjc.org/sdjbf/index.aspx

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San Diego Calendar

The woman who stood against Adam

October 13, 2012

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — According to rabbinic tradition, in order to impress upon Adam the need for human companionship, God brought him all the animals so that he might notice that each one had a partner. This parade of God’s creatures was intended to lead to a deepening of Adam’s own consciousness

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

Moxie presents a dandy Depression-era story

October 12, 2012

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — So much wonderful theatre to see this month that it’s difficult recommending one above the other. In one of San Diego’s little treasures, Moxie Theatre Company, tucked away in a strip mall shopping center in the East County, Naomi Wallace’s 1999 The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek is being

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Hezbollah drone underscores Israel’s missile needs

October 12, 2012

By Yaakov Lappin WASHINGTON, D.C. –A small, mysterious unidentified drone quietly made its way into Israeli air space last week. Trailed by two F-16I Israeli fighter jets, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flew across southern Israel, after intruding in from the Mediterranean Sea and passing Gaza, possibly in an attempt to blend in with

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Middle East

Three kinds of happenings

October 12, 2012

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — There are those who make things happen, those to whom things happen, and those who say, “What happened?” Which one are you? Most people are a combination of these, but sometimes one tendency dominates to the point of dysfunction. The people who like to make things happen

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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food

Lifting off and lifting up

October 12, 2012

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Space exploration has always fascinated me so I followed the launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket last Sunday with great interest. On Wednesday, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule docked at the International Space Station with close to 1,000 lbs of supplies. It was the first private commercial non-NASA supply mission

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Jewish Religion

A debate that changed very few minds

October 12, 2012

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — After the first presidential debate, I commented that it had been a model of civility and informed discourse. I contrasted it to the nasty commercials that characterize election season. On Thursday night, we had the vice presidential debate, and I must admit I was disappointed in Vice President

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Donald H. Harrison

JNS news briefs: October 12, 2012

October 12, 2012

Shalit reveals how he survived in first public interview since freedom (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) One year after his release, Israeli Channel 10 News aired parts of an interview with former Hamas captive Gilad Shalit on Oct. 11, during which Schalit revealed details of how he survived his ordeal and spent his days in captivity.

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International

Ion’s world pemiere, ‘Julia’ is riveting.

October 11, 2012

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—There is something about sitting in the front row of a 49-seat theatre and being up close and personal with the actors. It puts you in the center of the story. That’s how I felt recently when I found myself almost in the living room set of Claudio Raygoza’a new play,

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

JNS news briefs: October 11, 2012

October 11, 2012

NY police ‘very cognizant’ of potential Iranian attack on city (JNS.org) The New York Police Department (NYPD) is monitoring the possibility of an Iranian attack on New York City due to the area’s large Jewish community, the New York Post reported. “Obviously if there’s any action involving Israel and Iran we have to be very cognizant

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International

With Kentucky cousins on a Spanish immersion quest

Does your business have a menschy quality?

Netanyahu’s accomplishments deserve some credit

How an educational edict helped shape the Jewish people

Silva kicks off San Diego Jewish Book Fair

The woman who stood against Adam

Moxie presents a dandy Depression-era story

Hezbollah drone underscores Israel’s missile needs

Three kinds of happenings

Lifting off and lifting up

A debate that changed very few minds

JNS news briefs: October 12, 2012

Ion’s world pemiere, ‘Julia’ is riveting.

JNS news briefs: October 11, 2012

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