A routine blood test done during the IDF induction process led Idan Dukatch, a soldier from Ashkelon, to the opportunity to save a life. His bone marrow donation was transplanted to Alex Katz, a 17-year old boy from New Jersey with cancer. At the end of a nerve-racking half year, waiting for updates on Katz’s
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Is it better for the Jews in Moscow than in Boston? Just my asking the question will start Grandpa Sharkansky spinning in his grave. I never knew the man, but I know that he left the Czar’s realm in 1880, part of the first wave of Jews spurred on by pogroms and
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International, Ira SharkanskyBy Daniel Brodsky SAN DIEGO — For many years I have been awed by the writings and speeches of Caroline Glick, the formidable Jerusalem Post columnist. If you could read only one Israeli reporter’s news, it would have to be Glick. In her biweekly commentaries she “spot-on” analyzes events as they unfold both globally and
Glick’s ‘Shackled Warrior’ on target again and again Read More »
Travel and Food
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D LA JOLLA, California — We had a big house on top of a hill with a view over the distant ocean and winter sunsets. It was an old house and a week didn’t go by that something had to be fixed. Most times my husband could do it but other
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) –“People really want to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy however they can,” said Scott Brown, former San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) parent and logistical manager of The Mother of All Garage Sales. On Sunday, November 11 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, SDJA will be holding The Mother of All Garage
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Science, Medicine, & Education
First in a series By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –Natural catastrophes such as a floods or earthquakes are frequently referred to as an “act of God.” A deer crossing in front of a car that causes an accident is also considered an “act of God.” When “acts of God” occur, it exempts
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
Simon and the Oaks, directed by Lisa Ohlin (Sweden, Germany, Norway: 2011). By Laurie Baron Note: I haven’t written my column for several weeks because I’ve been giving lectures around the country. Indeed, I was stranded in West Hartford, Connecticut, for two extra days due to Hurricane Sandy. Having endured two other hurricanes in New England in
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Lawrence BaronBy Evelyn Gordon As Syria’s civil war drags on, it is increasingly destabilizing its neighbors. First, hundreds of thousands of refugees poured over their borders; now, violence has as well. Turkey and Syria have repeatedly exchanged deadly cross-border fire; in Jordan, a soldier was killed in clashes with militants heading for Syria to join
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – CaseyGerry – San Diego’s oldest plaintiff’s law firm – has expanded its class action litigation practice team with the addition of veteran attorney Mark Ankcorn. Ankcorn, whose practice has been concentrated on consumer actions, is joining the firm as an attorney of counsel and will work closely with partner
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San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Look & Listen, a year-round performing arts series from the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, is proud to announce the 5 Minute Play Festival. Do you have a 5 minute play in you? Write it down and send it to us – your play might be chosen and performed
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San Diego Calendar
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — A few years ago our youngest daughter, Margalit, called us on my day off. “Where are you?” she asked. “At the cemetery,” we replied. “What are you doing there?” she asked. “Picking out graves!” we answered. We freaked her out. While Judy and I were not expecting
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–The Slonimer Rebbe, of blessed memory, asked: On Friday night when we sit down to our Shabbos meal the first thing we do is welcome the Angels into our home. ‘Shalom Aleichem! Malachei HaShareis.’ We recite ‘Peace unto you, oh ministering angels.’ Hashem (G-d) sends the holiest guests to our
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Jewish ReligionBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — When more than 100 million people vote, there is no end of the interpretations that are possible. And when they select one president, more than 450 members of the national legislature, and who knows how many officials of state governments, there is a huge range of possible impacts on public
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Ira Sharkansky, USABarak: Iran slows nuclear weapons development by 8 months (JNS.org) Perhaps the cartoon worked? Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Israel’s Channel 2 Nov. 8 that Iran has slowed its nuclear weapons development by about eight months through the diversion of some enriched uranium from military to civilian use. Back in September, Israeli Prime Minister
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