By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It is pathetic that a film so bad could involve deaths and the likelihood of more turmoil and bloodshed. Spend a few minutes looking at the trailer of what is call the Muhammad Movie, or as long as it takes to conclude that it is no better than juvenile in […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — A committee is now soliciting entries from Jewish poets for the fifth season of “Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices” to be presented in the Lawrence Family JCC’s Astor Judaica Library. I have the privilege of serving on that committtee along with moderator Joy Heitzman, Michael Horvitz, Bonnie Baron and staff
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, Marcia Tatz WollnerWhite House denies rejecting Obama-Netanyahu meeting (JNS.org) Amid a reportedly increasing rift between the U.S. and Israel regarding how to deal with the Iranian nuclear threat, the White House denied reports that it declined a meeting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested with President Barack Obama. According to a report in Haaretz, Netanyahu’s office reached out
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International
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California– Omri Schein, lyricist/writer and actor is currently starring as Benjamin Cohen (who tells his German landlord the name is spelled with a ‘K’) in North Coast Rep Theater’s The Underpants. This play, written by Carl Sternheim, was adapted by Steve Martin whose trademark wit and timing are eminently evident.
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Eva TriegerBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — You want irony? The most obvious problem on our horizon involves Iran seemingly intent on acquiring nuclear weapons, and the world’s greatest power claiming to have our interests at heart. but with a President and Secretary of State who are sounding like Neville Chamberlain. Another problem that may be equally
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — San Diego Jewish World‘s Editor/ Publisher Don Harrison is proud (or else must go on a diet, which Don’s supporters know he is incapable of) of his wife Nancy’s mandelbread, but ensured a favorable verdict by using his family – under the eye of Nancy – to taste Papa Ben’s Kitchen
By James Colbert WASHINGTON, D.C. –As the eleventh anniversary of 9/11 passes, the Administration considers al Qaeda all but defeated, and eagerly anticipates a downsized U.S. military and its reorientation to Asia and the Pacific. But, to paraphrase Mark Twain’s famous quip, reports of al Qaeda’s death are greatly exaggerated. Despite President Obama’s assertion, made
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USA
By Eileen Wingard PORTLAND, Oregon–Swiss-born composer, Ernest Bloch, is considered to be the greatest 20th century figure to incorporate Jewish motifs into his music. One may safely say that every recognized violinist, today, knows his Baal Shem Suite; every violist has studied the Suite Hebraique; and every cello soloist includes Bloch’s inspiring Shelomo in his
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Eileen WingardBy Peter Rothholz/JNS.org EAST HAMPTON, NY—For the first time since its founding in 1948, Israel is now the most dangerous place in the world for Jews. That is the assessment of Mort Zuckerman—editor in chief of U.S. News &World Report, publisher of the New York Daily News, and past chairman of the Conference of
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Middle EastNew intelligence shows Iran closer than ever to a bomb (JNS.org) The UN atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has received new and significant intelligence over the past month indicating that Iran is closer than ever to having the ability to build a nuclear weapon, The Associated Press (AP) reported, citing diplomatic
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InternationalBy Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org Israel was tight-lipped following Monday’s extensive revelations by The New Yorker magazine about the September 2007 bombing of a Syrian nuclear reactor which, according to foreign sources, was carried out by the Israel Air Force. Israel has never taken officially responsibility for the incident. Then-Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. (res.)
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Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–This article is about a new line of mandelbread, but as background let me share with you some sage advice I heard while covering an effort by San Diego State University, the local Hansen Institute for World Peace and Israel’s Peres Peace Center to broker an arrangement between Palestinian
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Donald H. Harrison
SAN DIEGO — Here ae some thoughts in time for Rosh Hashanah from the “Dear Money Maven” column Q: My son is the apple of my eye. I want to set up a Section 529 college savings account for him, but heard that the custodian controls the investments. I’m not an expert, but I’d like
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Travel and Food
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — A petite lady with short dark hair and amazing green eyes called out my name as I entered the café at the Israel Museum where we had agreed to meet, never having set eyes on one another before. “You just looked like someone who would be called Dorothea,” she said
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson