By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –The status of nuclear weapons in Israel bears some tantalizing resemblance to the status of the Almighty in Judaism. Those concerned with the history and role of God can click here, and continue further for as many years as the interest or life continues. It is risky in the extreme to summarize […]
Two names not used,that of God and Israel’s nuclear weapon Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — This Friday Craig Zobel’s controversial film Compliance will have its San Diego premier at the Ken Theatre in Hillcrest. Based on an incident at a McDonald’s in Mount Washington, Kentucky in 2004, Compliance chillingly depicts how a phone call from a man identifying himself as Officer Daniels commands a
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Lawrence Baron
Hadassah Presentation Ball To Highlight Social Season Southwestern Jewish Press, January 25, 1957, Pages1, 3. The Presentation Ball, Hadassah’s biggest fund raising affair of the year, will take place tomorrow night at 8:30 p.m. at the Hotel del Coronado ballroom The sixteen lovely debutantes, attired in formal white ball gowns, and their court of pre-debutantes
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Jewish History
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO –In this heady time of national decision, the Hebrew Scripture unhesitatingly calls for appropriate restraints on any king. It’s fair to say that the notion of “limited government” and “checks and balances” are not recent manifestations; they’re actually 3,000 years old and come straight out of Deuteronomy and, hopefully,
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USA
By Carol Davis VISTA, California —One cannot escape the relaxed atmosphere under the stars in Vista, in particular under the stars at Vista’s Moonlight Amphitheatre. It’s here where aromas of home packed dinners and snacks permeate the air and theatergoers sit back in their seats with glasses of whatever washing down the goodies waiting
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Evelyn Gordon WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last month, the Palestinian Authority (PA) took the rare step of publicly voicing concern over the fate of Palestinians living in Syria. About 300 (out of a population of over 500,000) have already been killed, PA officials said, and with some Palestinians supporting the Assad government while others
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–A dinner, program and special tribute to Gloria Penner for her ground-breaking contributions to the local media will be conducted at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 13, as the Women’s History Museum of California celebrates San Diego’s “Broads of Broadcasting” (the women who broke through the barriers in the broadcast world of the
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San Diego Countywww.jns.org/news-briefs Report: Iran expands nuclear capacity underground (JNS.org) Iran has installed many more uranium enrichment machines in an underground bunker, potentially paving the way for a significant expansion of work the West fears is ultimately aimed at making nuclear bombs, Israel Hayom reported Thursday, citing diplomatic sources. The Islamic Republic denies allegations it is seeking a
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International
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–This week’s parasha contains the famous verse, “Justice, justice, shall you pursue.” The Hebrew root for “justice” is tzedek. It is the foundation of many other Hebrew words such as tzedakah, charity. The linguistic connection between tzedek and tzedakah reminds us that in Judaism, helping others is not just a
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Jewish ReligionBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — In all the noise coming out of the White House and key spots in other governments, it is hard to know what is serious, and what is meant to soothe an audience of greater or lesser importance. The latest mystery concerns a warning from Barack Obama himself against Syria’s
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
-Fourth in a Series– Photos and story by Donald H. Harrison TECATE, Mexico — Out by one of the swimming pools, he was eating a quesadilla while I was enjoying a vegetable-packed omelet with salsa, both typical foods of this region. However, the food that chef Rhagavan Iyer and I were talking about was matzo
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Donald H. Harrison
By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan– When the local English-language newspaper in Taiwan printed a story the other day datelined “Buenos Aires, Argentina” and focused on an Argentinian psychoanalyst named Andres Rascovsky, I just knew I had to send an email to the good doctor and ask him a few questions, Buenos Aires being
Editor’s Note: The following briefs were compiled by the JNS.org and are reprinted with permission on San Diego Jewish World : Israel urges Merkel to fight German circumcision ban The recent decision to file criminal charges against a German rabbi for presiding over a Jewish circumcision (brit) continues to reverberate across the world and Israel. A
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International
By David Amos SAN DIEGO — When the question is asked as to “which is the greatest symphony of them all?” classical music enthusiasts will name you their favorite, which could be one of several deserving masterpieces. But more often than not, the answer will be Ludwig Van Beethoven’s incomparable Symphony No. 9 in D
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