LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– SDSU Prof. Lawrence Baron will be at Warwick’s, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, on Wednesday, February 1st at 7:30pm to discuss and sign his book The Modern Jewish Experience in World Cinema. Most people have seen Exodus, Fiddler on the Roof, Yentl, and Schindler’s List, well-known films with obvious Jewish […]
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By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — By taking a look at your tax situation now, you might be able to reduce the bite Uncle Sam takes out of your hard-earned savings. Below is a handy checklist, so use your Yiddishe kop to find ways to cut your taxes! (And be sure to enlist the
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Sheryl RowlingBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Yaakov Neeman is part of Israel’s political mosaic. He may not be one of the shiniest of pieces in the picture, but he holds a serious position as Minister of Justice. The word apparatchnik entered Hebrew (pl apparatchnikim) from our Russian roots, and refers to a person who has
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Jewish Education and the University of Judaism Southwestern Jewish Press, September 7, 1956, Page 14 By Philip L. Seman In 1945 at a public meeting marking the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Teachers Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the idea of a University of Judaism was
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By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California– Not wanting to be a dinosaur, I decided to become part of the information age and purchase the new iPhone 4S. I waited until Black Friday to get special deals online, but I went a bit overboard and am now the owner of an iPad 2, a leather
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and Food
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater have given San Diego audiences a new holiday show. The jury is still out as to whether it will become an annual happening like, say, How The Grinch Stole Christmas. It is after all based, loosely, I might add on the classic O. Henry tale The
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Carol Davis, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO –Is our legacy gift to the naval and other survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack the indiscriminate disposal of the partial remains of US servicepersons who were killed in Afghanistan or Iraq into toxic waste dumps? The assault on Pearl occurred exactly seventy years ago this past week, on
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USA
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Scenes from Al Hutler’s Visit to Israel Southwestern Jewish Press, September 7, 1956, Page 11 Some scenes from Mr. Hutler’s trip to Israel. In first picture Mr. Shlomo Eisenberg, Executive of the Jewish Agency and Mrs. Eisenberg and Moshe Sharret, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mrs.
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –The road to hell may be paved with good intentions, but shallowness is also part of the mix. This is one of those columns that is sure to provoke responses that I have become anti-American and too narrowly fixated on Israeli perspectives. I’ll deny the first charge and admit to being primarily
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Ira Sharkansky, USA
By Lloyd Levy LONDON –I find myself in a euphoric state of mind, and am proud to be British perhaps for the first time since Margaret Thatcher’s premiership. So that’s 21 years to wait, but at long last we have a Prime Minister willing to stand up for Britain’s best interests. David Cameron, the British
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Lloyd Levy
Hot Chocolate for Seniors compiled by Jan Fowler, Balboa Press of Hay House, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4525-3945-4, 319 pages, $21.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –This is an anthology of positivity with more than 100 short stories, most not longer than three pages–covering such topics as unexplained but happy mysteries; love the second time
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Donald H. HarrisonCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Hadassah Launches Fashion Show With Three Designers Southwestern Jewish Press, September 7, 1956, Page 9 The date for Hadassah’s Premier Membership-Luncheon has been changed to September 26 at the El Cortez Hotel. Three leading American designers will share the spotlight for a Fashion Show presented by Hafter’s. Each
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Adventures in SD History
By Amy Bebchick SAN DIEGO — The first time I ever attended a Healing Circle was last month. Not generally drawn to such “touchy-feely” experiences, I was definitely skeptical. I had attended all the planning meetings and knew exactly what was going to happen. I was confident it would be a wonderful experience for
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