By Aaron Adler EFRAT, Israel — I am 25 years old, was born in Brooklyn NY, and raised in Efrat Israel. Though very busy, I don’t view my life as unusual. Most of the time, I am just another Israeli citizen. During the day I work as a paramedic in Magen David Adom, Israel’s national […]
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Middle East
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–What must God think of all the arguing about religion? Thanksgiving is a day when heaven may get some relief from this concern, when Americans of all faiths sit at one spiritual table with many of the same trimmings and family customs. Thanksgiving liberates us from specific theological claims and
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USA
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Once upon a time, some American tourists went to Mexico on a vacation; they toured some hot springs, where they saw the natives washing their clothes! One tourist said to his guide, “My, isn’t it wonderful how Mother Nature provides her children with hot water to wash
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture has announced its first ever year-round performing arts series titled “Look & Listen.” It is dedicated to connecting the community to cultural experiences through music, theatre, comedy, dance and the collaborative arts. The headliners for the season are: COMEDY: January 14, 2012 at 8:00pm –
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San Diego CalendarBy Yaakov Lappin WASHINGTON, D.C. — Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was one of the first to sound the alarm over Iran’s nuclear armament program, identifying the threat it posed to global security in the early 1990s. The last time he spoke openly about his views on the Iranian threat was when he was head
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Middle East
Why be Jewish? by Doron Kornbluth, Mosaica Press, 2011, ISBN 0-9814974-7-0; 312 pages, price not listed. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–As a reader I found myself reacting both negatively and positively to this book. Why negatively? Because after reading the first paragraph of the acknowledgements, I knew that much of what I would read
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Donald H. Harrison
By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — It’s been a pretty good year for Irish plays. There was War and The Field, both set in an Irish pub, and Lucia Mad, a domestic drama about James Joyce’s family, Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock, and the Druid Company of Ireland’s rendition of The Cripple of Inishman.
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Cynthia CitronBy Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — Forty-eight years ago today, Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy, 46, was slain while riding in a motorcade in Dealey Plaza, Dallas. The world stopped; the kinetic, violent, transformational 1960s truly sprung, at 12:30 PM CST, when the shots were fired from the Texas School Book Depository
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USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Many of us have seen the previews– or in some cases the actual television episodes — of The Biggest Loser in which very heavy people, through diet and exercise, compete to shed the most weight. The TV show–complete with tears and hugs of those who have transformed their
Comedy explores serious subject of body image Read More »
Donald H. Harrison-Staff Report- SAN DIEGO — Nimpentoad, a book co-written by 12- and 10-year-old brothers Josh and Harrison Herz and their father, Henry, will make its debut at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, with a book signing at the Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. The father, Henry Herz, said he did most of the writing,
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Travel and Food
By Mara Hochberg-Miller LA JOLLA, California — I decided to study in Israel because it is the place where my Judaism, interest in politics and the Middle East, love for eretz yisrael, and career path in international relations meet. Back home in California, I could study Middle Eastern history and international diplomacy all I wanted, but
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Middle East
By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — University of California President Mark Yudof on Sunday issued a press release that “ I am appalled by images of University of California students being doused with pepper spray and jabbed with police batons on our campuses.” President Yudof went on: “I intend to convene all 10
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There is good news and other news on the issue of peace and harmony between Jews and Arabs within Israel. Note “within Israel.” This is not primarily about the Israel and the Palestinian Authority, but of simple decency and accommodation between Jews and Arabs on the streets, in neighborhoods,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
Flags over the Warsaw Ghetto: The Untold Story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by Moshe Arens, Geffen Publishing House, 406 pages including index and appendices, ISBN 9652295279978, price not listed. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Given Moshe Arens’ credentials as a serious student of world affairs, who had served both as defense minister and as
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Donald H. Harrison