SAN DIEGO– Recently San Diego Jewish World posted two videos critical of the Obama administration’s stance toward Israel. The videos were particularly critical of the administration’s refusal to set “red lines” concerning Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon. Eran Mukamel of J Street, which describes itself as a pro-Israel, pro-peace organization, sent to us some […]
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Middle EastBy Gabriel Scheinmann WASHINGTON, D.C. — The world’s best-known secret has finally been revealed: the United States and Israel do not see eye-to-eye on Iran’s nuclear program. In an unusually public ping-pong, the Obama administration rebuffed an Israeli effort to clarify America’s Iranian “red lines,” the point at which it would agree that its
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—It’s a comedy! It’s a tragedy! It’s a satire! It’s a tour de force! Noooo! It’s all of the above and #1 comedian Phil Johnson makes it work to those ends! Mistakes Were Made, Craig Wright’s San Diego West Coast Premiere one-man play is now having a fine showing under Shana
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By David Brin ENCINITAS, California At their convention, the Republicans chose their theme. The coordinated message from two-thirds of their speakers would be American Exceptionalism. Unable to gain leverage by using the economy – which is slowly but clearly recovering from their own train wreck depression – and with the GOP suffering from devastating credibility gaps
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By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — I often forget how much modern Hebrew language is influenced by the Torah. On Kol Nidre, Barbara Carr,one of the great Jewish educators in our community was talking about the scapegoat as part of her D’var Torah. And as she talked about the destination of the scapegoat – Azazael,
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO– Republicans are stepping up their political campaign in the Jewish community against President Barack Obama, saying he has been antagonistic to Israel in his first term and would be more so in a second term. Following is a video, “Perilous Times” released by the Republican Jewish Coalition. Another video called “Absolutely Uncertain: Obama,
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USABy Rafael Medoff/JNS.org The controversy over how to define the attack on the American consulate in Libya is not the first time the U.S. government has raised eyebrows by refusing to use the word “terrorism.” A similar dispute in 1989 sparked a major row between George H. W. Bush’s administration and Israel. American officials initially
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USAPoll: 62% of Americans support use of force to stop nuclear Iran (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A significant majority of Americans would support the use of force, if necessary, to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, according to a recent national survey by the Foreign Policy Initiative. Asked in an open-ended question to name
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–We can learn something about Israel and Palestine from the speeches at the United Nations by the so-called President of Palestine and the Prime Minister of Israel.. One should note the “so-called” status of the Palestinian, insofar as his term expired in January 2009, and the Palestinians of Gaza recognize someone else
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
Coming Home by Laurence Brown; ISBN: 978-1477591819; 431 pages plus appendices, retail price unlisted By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — This is Australian novelist Laurence Brown’s second novel. Previously he published Sicarri, a set of stories dealing with zealots and thugs who ruled through intimidation. Coming Home is broader in scope, tracing a family
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—Just recently my four-year-old grandson asked me if he would be wearing a space suit when he went into space as an astronaut. He didn’t ask if I thought he could become an astronaut. He assumed he would. For him, the world is his oyster. In a few years he will
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy David Brin ENCINITAS, California–Banned Books Week (September 30 – October 6) celebrates the freedom to read and to express ideas…even those that others might find objectionable. Classics that have been banned or challenged over the years include The Jungle, The Great Gatsby, The Grapes of Wrath, Beloved, Lolita, Clockwork Orange, Satanic Verses, I Know
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USA
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK –It was advertised as one symposium at a major psychology conference. It was to be a discussion about memory and forgetfulness. But it turned out to be one of the most intense and instructive days that I have ever witnessed. The first speaker began by insisting that the
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Jewish Religion
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California —Today in the news I came across the following article: · On September 18, 2012, Muhib Ru’yat Al-Rahman, a senior writer on leading jihadi forum Shumoukh Al-Islam, suggested that Muslims living in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and the U.S. kill Westerners and display their decapitated heads
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi