By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — If everything God does is perfect, can God regret what God does? Tisha B’Av, literally the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples. This year the ninth of Av falls on Shabbat. Therefore, the commemoration and fast are
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Jewish ReligionENCINITAS, California (Press Release)– Seacrest Village Retirement Communities hosted its annual 211 Club Patron Recognition Party this past Sunday, July 22. Over 125 members of the 211 Club gathered at the home of Esther & Bud Fischer to visit with friends and make new friends while celebrating their commitment to the charitable mission of
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San Diego Calendar
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The basic message of J Street, which held an initial meeting of its local organization at historic Temple Beth Israel Thursday evening, July 26, amid protests from the Zionist Organization of America, is that Israel can have only two of the following three things: 1) A Jewish
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Donald H. Harrison
By Gary Rotto MONTREAL, Canada — Sometimes you find the Jewish community when you’re not really looking for it. We were to arrive in Montreal on Friday and I thought it would be nice to attend services. As a member of a Reconstructionist congregation, I contracted Congregation Dorchei Emet, but discovered that the congregation held
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International
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — During June, 2012, a dozen teen girls from San Diego spent a week participating in the Girls Give Back “Crafting Social Change” program, where they learned how to give back to the community through the arts. Girls Give Back, a program of Jewish Family Service empowers teens to become the next generation of
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San Diego County
By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — On Tisha B’Av we mourn the destruction of the Temple, which was due to sinas chinam – unwarranted hatred. We also mourn the hatred itself and the disunity and isolation which it causes. When Jews are united, amazing things can happen as the following true story, related by
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Jewish Religion
By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — When students return to University of California classes in the Fall, those who are involved in or interested in the debates about Israel or Palestinians will have two new reports to chew on. Similarly, faculty who may be affected by the reports will have to face tensions between
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USABy Ira Sharkansksy JERUSALEM — Whenever the news described something troublesome, Grandma would wring her hands and ask God that it not be a Jew who was responsible. Life was placid and protected in Fall River, but that was not the case in Bialystok which still fit somewhere in Grandma’s conception of home. It’s been close
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Ira Sharkansky, USASAN DIEGO — The meeting on Thursday evening, July 26, to organize a San Diego chapter of J Street, the lobbying group that describes itself as pro-Israel and pro-peace, will draw pickets from the conservative Zionist Organization of America, local ZOA President Howard Dyckman has announced. “J Street is not only far left; although
By Corinne Sauer JERUSALEM– Israel’s modern history is defined by its ability to overcome existential challenges. Today Israel’s very identity faces precisely one such defining moment of tremendous historical import. The ongoing battle over drafting the ultra-Orthodox into the IDF is approaching a crescendo (along with the less publicized efforts to also induct Israeli Arabs).
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Middle East
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK (Press Release)–There is a biography. And then there is an autobiography. Our biography is the way others see us. Our autobiography is the way we see ourselves. Typically, there are sharp differences between the two. Others see us from their own perspectives. Some biographers can be boldly objective,
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Jewish Religion
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Michael Ordman, a British expatriate now living in Netanya, Israel, contends that the worldwide media gives a false impression of Israel, focusing mainly on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians and paying scant attention to the many positive contributions Israel makes towards a better world. He says he decided
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Donald H. Harrison
By Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — In a prior article, I wrote with dismay about the U.S.Secretary of Defense “leaking” to the world that “Israel would attack Iran” in this (now past) Spring, and about others in the Obama administration leaking that “Azerbaidjan had agreed to allow Israel to use its territory
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USABy Rhonda Spivak WINNIPEG, Canada — The biggest piece of news that emerged from Israel this month (July 3) is one you may have heard nothing about–but it is a game changer in terms of elevating Israel’s economic/strategic position in the Middle East. For decades, Egypt has been able to potentially isolate Israeli and strangle trade
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Middle East