By Daniel Halper WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier this week, the majority of member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – whose self-stated mission is “to contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information” – voted […]
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) … A nationwide survey of the American people released today by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found that anti-Semitic attitudes have risen slightly in America, demonstrating once again that “anti-Semitic beliefs continue to hold a vicegrip” on a small but not insubstantial segment of America. The ADL survey found that 15
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USA
By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — Avrohom looked at the world and saw the sun, moon, stars and sky. He felt the wind, rain and frost. He saw the forces of nature and cycles of life; the complexities of every creature from the chihuahua to the rhinosaurus. Avrohom reasoned that there had to be
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Jewish ReligionBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Currently the most prominent discussion is whether to discuss the prospect of Israel attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities. On one side of this argument are extremists who think the public should be involved in a detailed debate about everything: the threat, the way Israel should meet it, perhaps leaving the timing
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastENCINITAS, California (Press Release) Thanks to a generous grant from the Leichtag Family Foundation,the San Diego Jewish Book Fair will present four events in North County: Alison Pick on Nov. 3 at Seacrest Village in Encinitas; Joseph Braude and Rabbi Mark Glickman on Nov. 8 at the Dove Library in Carlsbad; and Kathy Kacer on Nov. 10
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San Diego County
By Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California— New Village Arts Theatre has hit a homerun out of the park with its current production of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. It deserves a standing ovation. Steinbeck’s play set in the drought and dreariness of Salinas Valley, 1937 isn’t exactly what one might call a fun play to
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, presents “Family Day,” a collaboration with Nierman Preschool, on Sunday. November 6, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Family Day is part of the 17th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair, sponsored by The Viterbi Family Foundation.
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San Diego CalendarLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — The work of three artists from Sha’ar HaNegev, San Diego’s sister region in Israel, will be featured at the Nov. 3-13 San Diego Jewish Book Fair at the Lawrence Family JCC. The San Diego – Sha’ar Hanegev partnership is administered by the Jewish Federation of San Diego. The artwork, by Hana
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Travel and FoodLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – The 17th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair kicks off with Gilad Sharon, son and confidant of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, on Sat., Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. His presentation on his book Sharon: The Life of a Leader, will be followed by a book signing. The fair,
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Jewish History
By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM — The largest gathering of the organized Jewish community takes place in Denver on Sunday-Tuesday. The last time the GA was held in Denver in 1994, I was there–one item was glaringly absent from the agenda, as it is today in 2011. (This article appeared originally in the Jerusalem Post:
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USA
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–The New York Yankees, those imperial contenders in pin-stripes, bowed out in the division series, taking with them a significant slice of the crowd that was only consoled by Boston’s ample free-fall and collapse. Never mind: we had been hoisted by the most dazzling, 24-hour wild-card frenzy in the game’s
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — “If you want a friend in this town, buy a dog.” That was Harry Truman’s way of saying that politics is a matter of pursuing interests, not friends. Another expression meaning about the same thing: If “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” prevails in heaven,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – The 17th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair, with continuing support from Founding Benefactors The Viterbi Family Foundation and presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, will run November 3-13. A complete schedule of Book Fair speakers can
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Travel and FoodCARLSBAD, California (Press Release) — The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture’s Scholar Lectures Jewish Studies continues at the Carlsbad Dove Library with Professor Gershon Shafir of UCSD discussing the history of Israeli-Palestinian relations, at 7 p.m., Nov. 14. series. Shafir’s lecture will take place in the Schulman Auditorium of the Carlsbad Dove Library on November
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