By Lloyd Levy LONDON–On this Yom Kippur, we are unfortunately reminded of the year 1973. Many of us of course having a vivid recollection of the events in that year, when Israel was ambushed at “ prayer” and only escaped by the skin of its teeth . Yet in many ways it is more reminiscent […]
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Lloyd Levy, Middle East
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California– Some of you may think that today’s lesson on forgiveness will be a little boring. If so, I ask that you please forgive me. Just like a picture says more than a thousand words, parables, too, also convey lessons that are timeless as they are obvious, requiring
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — Not all life issues are black and white. In fact usually they are not. We need the Torah sage to enlighten us. Only the wisdom gained through years of delving in the Torah can guide him. He can then help us see things in a different light
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Jewish ReligionLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–A capacity crowd of more than 60 people filled the library at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla last Wednesday, Sept. 19, for a lively discussion of “The Truth about the Jewish Vote.” The event was the inaugural public program of J Street San Diego. J Street is
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — With the Judgment pending (perceived as a moral threshold by most Jews, a time for cleansing souls), Yom Kippur is really one of the rare times of the year when our spiritual community actual ponders evil straight on. Most of the year, we’re thinking about good works.
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Ehud Barak is featured in the top of the front page headline of Monday’s Israel Hayom, “Barak’s Plan: Withdrawal, maybe one-sided, from Yehuda and Shomron” Inside are the details. It is time to make hard decisions about the West Bank in order to facilitate the creation of a Palestinian State if the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Maxine Dovere/JNS.org NEW YORK—In July 2012, the Israeli government announced its decision to allow the aliyah of the last remnants of the Ethiopian Jewish community. Each month, 250 Falash Mura (Ethiopian Christians of Jewish ancestry) will complete legal immigration until the entire community has been relocated to Israel. A new immigrant absorption center will be developed to
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Middle EastSt. Louis passenger to State Dept: Don’t ‘deny Holocaust survivors our legal rights’ (JNS.org) At a U.S. State Department program on Monday marking the 73rd anniversary of the SS St. Louis voyage, honoree Herbert Karliner—one of the voyage’s surviving passengers—handed department officials a letter urging their so-far absent support of legislation that would aid the
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International, Jacob Kamaras
By David Amos SAN DIEGO — My musical travels have given to me very special moments, and every one of them is a story, worthy of mentioning in an imaginary future book. Here are some of them: *Watching the Israel Philharmonic, with Itzhak Perlman and Zubin Mehta, rehearsing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, only hours after
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Travel and Food
By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, TAIWAN — When the British novel titled The German English Girl was published in London in 2011, the deeply-felt ”kindertransport”-themed book received high praise and good reviews in England. It was never released in America and was never reviewed in the New York Times or other prestigious national newspapers. Even the
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Travel and Food
By Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D SAN DIEGO — 1) The Speech: “Apologize and Appease” —In the Cairo speech of 2009 , newly-minted president Barack Obama summed up his new doctrine on the relationship between the United States and the Islamic world. After a warm greeting of essalamu ‘aleikom, he: .- Praised Islam as a religion of
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Middle East
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — After you celebrate the New Year, make amends with those you’ve wronged, and pray to God to forgive your sins on Yom Kippur, you might want to catch some movies in which the High Holy Days are featured. Here are a few suggestions for your edification and entertainment: East
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Lawrence Baron
By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Q: I’ve been in a contemplative mood since the High Holy Days. Now, as I begin a new Jewish year, what “financial failings” should I strive to overcome? A: With an advance apology for “literary license,” I offer the following inspirational meditation: For the financial failings that I have
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Sheryl Rowling, Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– It’s been three years since Barack Obama’s Cairo speech, 11 years since 9-11 and the onset of efforts to reform Iraq and Afghanistan. If Americans and others still need to learn about the Middle East, they might focus on continuing riots over the Muhammad film (Innocence of Muslims), topped up by
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East