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Sami delegation from Norway visits Israel to learn how to revive an ancient language

February 24, 2012

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Representatives of the Sami minority in Norway came to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem earlier this month to learn how Hebrew is taught to students from around the world. Their goal is to apply similar teaching methods to revitalize the endangered Sami languages so they can pass them on to future generations.

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Nov. 30, 1956, Part 3

February 24, 2012

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Resolutions To Be Presented Before the 23rd Annual Meeting of the United Jewish Fund of San Diego December 8, 1956 Southwestern Jewish Press, November 30, 1956, Page 5 I–Peace in the Middle East — With the Question of permanent peace in the Middle East now on the agenda

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Adventures in SD History

What is Shimon Peres’ real view about Iran?

February 24, 2012

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Shimon Peres is one of the greatest presidents Israel has ever had. Even the Israeli public that so mistrusted him in his long career as a politician has come to appreciate the dignity he bestows on the many ceremonial events he attends and the good image of Israel he projects abroad.

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Middle East

Deep discounts for seniors: Tzedakah or Gemilut Chasadim?

February 24, 2012

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Last weekend Judy and I visited our son, daughter-in-law, and grandsons in Cincinnati. We had a great time. Before we returned home, I was faced with an interesting ethical dilemma. On Monday afternoon we ate lunch at Cincinnati’s beautiful Mayerson JCC. The JCC operates a kosher café.

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Jewish Religion

Yes, those Holocaust films and music are very necessary

February 23, 2012

By David Amos SAN DIEGO — I am sure that many of you, as I did, enjoyed one, several, or many of the wonderful offerings of this year’s San DiegoJewish film festival. Aside from the films I reviewed in my last column, I was able to see and appreciate other worthy features. Luckily, this year,

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Travel and Food

Then there’s the one about the shul president …

February 23, 2012

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–Jewish jokes tend to be insightful: A man was traveling through a town where an old friend of his lived. He decided to seek him out and pay him an impromtu visit. He asked someone, “Excuse me, I am looking for a friend of mine Mr. Schwartz. Do you know

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Jewish Religion

UNRWA sacrifices life, truth, to anti-Israel political goals

February 23, 2012

By David Bedein JERUSALEM — Flashback to 1976. I was then escorted with a delegation of social work professionals to visit UNRWA facilities in Gaza. There, Dr. Eli Lasch,then the head of the Israel Civil Administration’s Gaza health department, explained that his life’s mission was to eradicate infant mortality in the teeming UNRWA Gaza facilities

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Middle East

IDF unenthusiastic about drafting Haredim

February 23, 2012

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –The notes I receive from overseas emphasize the threats to Israel from Iran and its friends, and the threat to the peace of the region and elsewhere if Israel preempts and seeks to destroy Iran’s nuclear capacity. Here, in contrast, political energies are concentrating on the implications of a Supreme Court

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Netanyahu likely to circumvent court ruling on military exemptions for haredim

February 22, 2012

By Rabbi Dow Marmur Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –Unfortunately, it’s not as exciting as it’s being presented in the media.Israel’s Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision may have made an historic ruling when it refused to allow the extension of the law that exempts ultra-Orthodox (haredi) Jews from military service. However, in order not to

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Middle East

The stunning sincerity of Rick ‘Nehemiah’ Santorum

February 22, 2012

By David Brin ENCINITAS, California –Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is truly on a roll. Feeling his oats, he has been laying down a hardcore line. And if this one week is any sample, we are in for one heckuva ride. He started by impugning President Ombama’s religious faith as “phony theology.” This is red

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USA

Israeli pianist Ory Shihor to perform Feb. 26 in Carlsbad

February 22, 2012

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO –Israeli-born pianist, Ory Shihor, celebrated performer, pedagogue and administrator, will share his artistry in a program of works by Mozart and Schubert at the Dove Library in Carlsbad on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 2:00 p.m. The multi-faceted musician teaches piano in three of the divisions of the famous Colburn School

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Eileen Wingard

Gulf widens between Haredim and Modern Orthodox

February 22, 2012

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –Somebody recently asked me, “Are Haredim changing the face of Traditional Judaism? Is the divide between the ultra-Orthodox and other denominations (Modern Orthodox, Conservative and Reform) too great to promote a better understanding and respect between each other?” This is a very important question. In the 19th

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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi

Those who fail to give charity display callousness

February 22, 2012

By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK– It is something I have noticed just about every election year, and I am always taken aback by it. This year was no different. Inevitably, the major candidates make their income tax reports public. Included in these reports are the contributions to charity that they have made during the

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Jewish Religion

Barbecue, competition enliven Wounded Warrior recuperation

February 22, 2012

By Matt Quijas CAMP PENDLETON, California–Marines and sailors stationed here are devoting this week to honoring service members injured in combat from all over the world; this is a great opportunity for them to showcase their new facility for Wounded Warriors. An international assemblage of Wounded Warriors gathered Feb.13 to kick off this year’s Marine

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Sami delegation from Norway visits Israel to learn how to revive an ancient language

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Nov. 30, 1956, Part 3

What is Shimon Peres’ real view about Iran?

Deep discounts for seniors: Tzedakah or Gemilut Chasadim?

Yes, those Holocaust films and music are very necessary

Then there’s the one about the shul president …

UNRWA sacrifices life, truth, to anti-Israel political goals

IDF unenthusiastic about drafting Haredim

Netanyahu likely to circumvent court ruling on military exemptions for haredim

The stunning sincerity of Rick ‘Nehemiah’ Santorum

Israeli pianist Ory Shihor to perform Feb. 26 in Carlsbad

Gulf widens between Haredim and Modern Orthodox

Those who fail to give charity display callousness

Barbecue, competition enliven Wounded Warrior recuperation

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