By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Ilan Grapel is not Gilad Shalit. Grapel is an immigrant from the United States who served in the IDF, and was wounded during the Second Lebanese War of 2006. Egyptian authorities seized him in June of this year during the protests in Tahrir Square, and accused him of spying for Israel. Descriptions […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There are enough assertions about the “essence of Judaism” to keep Jews and others arguing for another 3,000 years. One of those essences is political. As I read the Hebrew Bible, and consider the holidays on the Hebrew calendar, Judaism provides a central sacred place to the history of the
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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish ReligionWASHINGTON, D.C. (JINSA)–As secular authoritarian regimes topple across the Middle East, there is the danger that governments with a pronounced Islamist bent will replace them. In the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, this phenomena bears close watching. In Tunisia this week, the Islamist Ennahdha (Renaissance) party has become the
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International
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—-Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is a haunting play. It has been said that Williams was in the middle of many of his rewrites of the play during the time his sister Rose had undergone a prefrontal lobotomy and this was his way of coming to terms with his sister’s illness
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Oleksandr Feldman KIEV, Ukraine — More than 70 years after World War II, one would think that few secrets remain from what might be the most heavily researched and examined period ever in world history. Each year, however, historians uncover new elements to the scope of horror that defined this era – and in
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Travel and FoodBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Among my great pleasures as editor of San Diego Jewish World is being able to work with a group of talented writers here and abroad. Their accomplishments are a continuous source of pride. For example, here in San Diego, Laurel Corona, a contributing writer and a professor of humanities
Corona, Bloom–two of the many talents contributing to San Diego Jewish World Read More »
Donald H. HarrisonSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — It is not often that a mostly Jewish audience gets to hear from a Palestinian intellectual, and it it isn’t often that a Palestinian intellectual gets to address a mostly Jewish audience. That is why Congregation Dor Hadash at 4858 Ronson Court, Suite A, is proud to have Dr. Farid
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Travel and FoodBy Abigail Klein Leichman JERUSALEM (Press Release)–Coming to pet shops in 2012: An Israeli pooper-scooper that turns droppings into harmless, odorless ash within seconds. If you have a dog, then you know that no matter how fancy a pooper-scooper you’ve got, after Rover’s walk you are still left with a messy, smelly nuisance that pollutes
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Carol Davis CORONADO, California — Lamb’s Players Theatre in Coronado is putting on one heck of a party for the next few weeks and it’s all ‘G’ rated (they told us so). A world premiere, The Servant of Two Masters, with book and lyrics by David McFadzean is based on the 18th century comedy
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO – The Jewish Federation of San Diego County is pleased to announce the appointment of Debbie Kornberg as Planning Officer for the Community Planning & Innovation (CP&I) Center. Debbie is charged with facilitating community-wide planning in Jewish education throughout San Diego County, and implementing innovation grant planning and funding. The CP&I Center assesses needs
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San Diego Calendar
By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — November 29, 1947 is the name of an important street in Jerusalem. In Hebrew it is called Kaf Tet November. It marks the date when the General Assembly of the United Nations voted by a two-thirds majority to partition the small state of Palestine into two smaller
Siege of Jerusalem 1947-48. A memoir. Read More »
Jewish History, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–In the aftermath of last Sunday’s devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Turkey, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has immediately stepped in to provide relief to the thousands of men, women and children affected by the disaster. The Jewish Federation of San Diego has established an emergency campaign to support the
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San Diego CountyBy Joel Moskowitz, M.D., and Arlene Moskowitz, JD SAN DIEGO — The first of Congregation Beth Israel’s “Three Temple Tour” was conducted in its original home on Sunday Sunday, Oct. 23. The edifice has been relocated to Heritage Park but the original site was Second Avenue and Beech Street. Scholars JoEllyn Zollman, a History professor
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish History
By John Brennan BUCHENWALD, Germany — The unspeakable horror, the ignored cries of pain, and the unimaginable suffering. The final resting place for more than 50,000 innocent souls. This was Nazi era Germany: This was Buchenwald, the death camp infamous for performing medical experiments on its inmates. Its place in history marked by being the
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