SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Women of Reform Judaism Sisterhood of Temple Emanu-El will hold its Fourth Annual Holiday/Hanukkah Bazaar on November 4, 2012. It will start at 9:30 am and runs through 1:30 pm at 6299 Capri Drive near SDSU. Vendors will sell photographs, jewelry, pottery, scarves, purses, glassware, polymer clay artistry, kimono pillows, two local books, […]
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO– God? Sex? Religion? “This play is not suitable for viewers who find any of the following objectionable: Gun violence! Bang! Bang! Women in the workplace! Yea! Soccer moms discussing scientific method! Criticism of Fox News! Candid discussions on religion and politics! Priests defending the Holy Trinity using perplexing analogies! Plane crashes!
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
If I’m Not Mistaken, That’s Bacon: Kosher guidance for confused Jews by Michelle Slade, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, North Charleston, SC.; ISBN 978-1-4776-2373-2 ©2012, $14, p. 47, including references By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California —Kashrut, the ensemble of Jewish dietary laws, has its basis in the Torah, the Five Books of Moses. Within the
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Travel and FoodLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–“No incumbent has a particularly good debate,” observed Presidential campaign expert and UCSD Professor Sam Popkin. “However, you don’t turn an election around in one debate. Mitt Romney has the ball in his court. This is the time when people’s eyes were opened so he has to convince people he is
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USAAs the Psychologist Sees You Southwestern Jewish Press, February 22, 1957, Page 5 By Irving R. Stone, Psychological Consultant Honesty The birthday of a famous man is being celebrated on the day this issue reaches your home or office. George Washington is known for many things–first commander-in-chief of our armed forces, first president, and first
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBy David Amos SAN DIEGO –In my enthusiasm and involvement in serious classical music, it really all starts with the work of the composer. One of the Twentieth Century’s most important composers of symphonic music, Paul Creston, very correctly said that for music to take place, three elements must take place in this sequence: The
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — I have been an avid reader of books about the psychology of religion since I was an adolescent. I remember going to the local public library and systematically taking out every book on the shelves that related to the topic of the human phenomenon of religious behavior.
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By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — It’s always interesting to see how other see us. As you know, I’m not a Bible scholar, far from it, although like most American Jews, I am a bit more familiar with the Old Testament than I am with the New Testament. When I recently heard that a
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By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California —Simchat Torah is a relative latecomer to Judaism. Historically, the first mention of Simchat Torah is found in the 13th century work known as the Zohar, which is a mystical commentary on the Bible.[1] Sometime in the 9th century, European communities would begin reading Genesis immediately after
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Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—Playwright Davis Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole, Fuddy Meers and Kimberly Akimbo was born and grew up in South Boston many moons after I left Massachusetts to move to San Diego. How eerie now for me now to see his latest Good People that is set in South Boston bringing back memories of
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSo, what does it mean to be Jewish? Andrew Lustig, a student at American Jewish University in Los Angeles, performs his poem explaining what it means to him. Have a look, and a listen!
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Jewish ReligionBy Paul Foer/JNS.org The 30-something businessman was just finishing lunch when a text message came to his fancy device in his suit pocket. “Dear Mark, I am sorry but I’m just not ready for a relationship right now. I hope you find everything you are looking for. —Nancy” Ouch. Mark slapped his forehead and
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Travel and FoodBy Jeffrey F. Barken/JNS.org In May of 1988, Maryland Governor William Donald Schaefer visited Israel to sign the historic Maryland-Israel Exchange agreement. The document listed financial incentives authorizing and supporting significant future collaborations between Israeli and American companies, benefiting both economies. Today, the Maryland/Israel Development Center (MIDC), the group responsible for organizing Schaefer’s initial visit,
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USASecurity up at French Jewish sites after blank bullets fired at synagogue near Paris (JNS.org) France is boosting security at Jewish religious sites after blank bullets were fired on a synagogue west of Paris, Israel Hayom. French President Francois Hollande met Oct. 7 with leaders of the country’s Jewish community, and pledged to fight extremism
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