By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK –It is an old word, and it describes a behavior that has been around since the very beginning of history. Yet the word seems to me to be used more and more frequently these days, and the behavior it describes has gotten out of control. The word […]
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Jewish Religion
By Cynthia Citron BEVERLY HILLS, California — In my view, it’s cause for rejoicing when a play is beautifully written and is performed by actors who are at least as brilliant as the writing. Mostly because it doesn’t happen all that often. Two new shows demonstrate what I mean. Love Struck, which opened at the
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Cynthia Citron-Staff Report- Kurt Sax, 89, a former president of Temple Beth Sholom in Chula Vista who had been in ill health since his first stroke six years ago, died Friday, May 11 at La Jolla Nursing and Rehabilitation, after celebrating Shabbat for the last time. His daughter Sandi had helped him on with his
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Gussie K. Singer Chapter for City of Hope will honor Sherry Berman Ahern with the prestigious “Mother of the Year” award at its annual luncheon May 24, 2012 at the San Diego Bayfront Hilton. “Sherry’s passion for finding a cure for diabetes compliments the major milestones and current research taking
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Science, Medicine, & Education
By David Bedein JERUSALEM — On Holocaust Remembrance Day, people in Israel stand in silence to recall the victims murdered by the Nazis and their allies. Tragically, the Palestinian Authority’s curriculum and media still carry the legacy of Haj Amin Al Husseini, the former Mufti of Jerusalem and leader of the Palestinian Arab community, who forged
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Middle East
The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz: The Jewish Engineer Behind Hitler’s Volkswagen, by Paul Schilperoord. RVP Publishers, New York, 2012. 274pp. By David Strom SAN DIEGO — Josef Ganz was the main engineer and inspiration for the VW Bug. Why have we not heard of this amazing man? What kept him out of sight?
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — This column is immodest, and is likely to provoke condemnation. It makes an appropriate nod in the direction of Jonathan Swift’s classic of a slightly different name. It also fits within my concern for politics, and the plight of Americans, old enough to vote and do other things, who are not
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Ira Sharkansky, USABy Matthew RJ Brodsky WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the Syrian uprising now past its one-year anniversary, it’s long past time to take stock of the carnage. More than 7,000 people have been killed to date by the Assad regime, as it has unleashed war on its own people. The spark that lit the fire was
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International
By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — City Ballet of San Diego’s world premiere of the full length Romeo and Juliet at the Spreckels Theatre on May 13, was a triumph for the Company but especially the resident choreographer, Elizabeth Wistrich and the Company’s ballerina, Ariana Samuelsson. This drama in three acts gave Samuelsson the
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Travel and Food
(From the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs) By Joel Fishman I The Delegitimization Process and the Boycott: Background and Context The purpose of delegitimization on the international level is to isolate an intended victim from the community of nations as a prelude to bringing about its downfall or even destruction. This process denies the victim
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM—Among the glories of a professor emeritus is a capacity to wander the stacks of a good library in search of something that looks interesting, without worrying how it will fit into this semester’s courses. I found by chance FDR, the Vatican, and the Roman Catholic Church in America, 1933-1945, Edited by
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Ira Sharkansky
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — The New York Times has now published an article that carefully chronicles a disquieting, alarming social reality brimming inside the fundamentalist Jewish community of Brooklyn: adult members of the enclave who have reported the sexual abuse of youngsters on the part of rabbis, teachers, and other professionals are
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Jewish Religion
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — Before I went off to see the latest incarnation of the Kander and Ebb musical Chicago now playing for a limited run at the Civic Theatre downtown, I reached for my trusty CD of the movie soundtrack. Big mistake. In my mind’s eye I saw every scene and smiled
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — President Obama’s revelation surprised me. I wondered: Why did it take him so long to state his opinion? Wasn’t it obvious? True, the President indicated that he had reservations on whether he should personally endorse same sex marriage, or not. Although I think the President would
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi