By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO —The shootings in Connecticut hit me hard. Just the thought of a gunman coming into a school and shooting children was too much for me. I thought of the times when my daughter was younger and attended San Diego Jewish Academy that she would tell me of a Code Red,
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USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– Over the Chanukah holiday I turned 11 — again. And I can thank my wife Nancy for that. My grandson, Shor, and I, for many years, have been watching science fiction television series on DVDs. We saw together every episode of Star Trek, working our way through the original
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Donald H. Harrison(JNS.org) One day after sounding a defiant note, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Friday that he would resign following his indictment on fraud and breach of trust for allegedly promoting a diplomat who provided him with sensitive information about the police investigation against him. Thursday’s indictment of the foreign minister, announced by Israeli Attorney-General Yehuda
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Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –As election time in Israel draws near (the date set is 22nd January 2013), the plethora of parties and personalities vying for the Israeli voter’s attention is becoming ever more frenetic. On the one side is the massive combined weight of two right-wing parties, led by Avigdor Lieberman and
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastResignation would be premature, says Lieberman (JNS.org) Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman sounded a defiant note on Thursday after Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein announced he would indict him for fraud and breach of trust. The indictment in question refers to the foreign minister’s role in allegedly promoting a diplomat who provided him with sensitive information about
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By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO –There are two ways which our enemies seek to destroy us. The first is physical. The second spiritual. Purim is the annual celebration of our physical survival. Hanukkah is the annual celebration of our spiritual survival over the many who would have liked to destroy us through cultural assimilation.
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Jewish ReligionBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO– Now that the candles have been lit, the blessings recited, the latkes eaten, the dreidels spun, and the gifts exchanged, it’s time to sit your touchas down in the couch and watch a movie about Hanukah. The problem is that there just aren’t many major films about the holiday and
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Lawrence BaronJoshua Eli Plaut, “A KOSHER CHRISTMAS: ’Tis the Season to Be Jewish” ISBN 0813553806; Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 2012. 207 pages. Rating: **** By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Many Jews I know have a profound feeling of ambivalence when it comes to Christmas season each year. There is a hidden anxiety
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I often hear from friends who complain about their children who work with them in the family business. I also hear from their children, some of whom are young adults, others are middle-aged, complaining bitterly about over-supervision and a lack of autonomy and trust. One young woman
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C — The Obama administration is sending mixed signals again: their words point one way; their actions, another. The White House stated its opposition to the Palestinian Authority (PA) bid for non-member state status in the UN, but declined to mobilize its and Israel’s traditional allies. It also appears the administration
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — It took me less than 24 hours after returning to Israel to start worrying that there may be no political party I could vote for in next month’s general election. Though more than thirty (!) parties will be running candidates, there’s really not that much choice, because many are
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Middle EastIsraeli-Palestinian tension escalates in Hebron (JNS.org) Fresh riots broke out in the flashpoint city of Hebron on Thursday as a Palestinian youth shot and killed by Israeli Border Police on Wednesday was buried, Israel Hayom reported. Dozens of Palestinians hurled rocks and firebombs at IDF troops, who responded with crowd dispersal munitions. The Palestinians report
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International
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — My many years of teaching experience have taught me many lessons. One is that when students are encouraged to express their own ideas, they inevitably do so. Moreover, they do so with great creativity and originality. The class that I had been leading on the subject of
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Jewish ReligionBy Evelyn Gordon How effectively Israel’s recent Gaza operation will deter Palestinian rocket fire remains to be seen. Israelis are skeptical: One poll found that a whopping 88 percent think the truce will not last long. Even Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn’t sound too confident: Visiting an airbase shortly after the cease-fire took effect,
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