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‘Conversations with My Ancestors’ sometimes gets bogged down in family trivia

October 12, 2011

Conversations with My Ancestors by Andrew Sanders; Gefen Publishing House; 308 pages; no price listed. By Norman Manson SAN DIEGO–Genealogical research has become all the rage in recent years, aided by such institutions as the Mormon church, which possesses vast files of ancestral information. Family trees, going back several generations, have sprouted in abundance, including […]

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Travel and Food

Family conflict, and love, on view in ’26 Miles’

October 12, 2011

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — If anyone tells you that family matters don’t matter, they’re wrong, just wrong! Go back as far as the Ancient Greeks and as recently as Quiara Algeria Hudes’ 26 Miles and you will find all kinds of family matters and family dynamics that matter. For better or for worse

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Will Shalit-for-1000 trade bring more terror?

October 12, 2011

By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM–Very distressing to see the singing and dancing going on at the Shalit tent outside Netanyahu’s office a few blocks away from here as the announcement that Israel had agreed to release more than a thousand terrorists, including hundreds who were serving life sentences for terror attacks such as the Sbarro

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Middle East

Potential release of Gilad Shalit hailed

October 11, 2011

NEW YORK (Press Release) – The Jewish Federations of North America heralded the announcement on Tuesday of the potentially impending release of Israel Defense Forces Corporal Gilad Shalit after more than five years in Hamas captivity. According to Israeli and U.S. media reports, Shalit will be freed in a prisoner exchange that will bring his

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Middle East

17 Ways You Know Sukkot is Coming to Jerusalem

October 11, 2011

By Judy Lash Balint By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM — Seventeen ways you know Sukkot is coming to Jerusalem. 1. The tourists have landed! Overwhelmingly religious, English and French speaking, they jam the city’s take-out places and restaurants. The well-dressed visitors may be seen in packs wandering up and down Emek Refaim Street and through

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Jewish Religion

Baseball will survive its erring players

October 11, 2011

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — October baseball, mixing in with the autumn leaves, early football, and the Jewish holidays, is in full swing. The game, like the soul, has eternal life—it only freezes in winter, while we gather around hot stoves of nostalgia and hope. The skeptics love to prophesy the decline or

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USA

By overdemanding, Palestinians removed their goals from serious consideration

October 11, 2011

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–There are several ways of describing the essence of politics. All of them mean pretty much the same thing: Go along in order to get along Compromise Recognize your limits One who demands too much may end up with nothing There is no absolute justice Justifications for one or another demand are

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

To preserve internal power, Egyptian military may seek confrontation with Israel

October 10, 2011

By Dr. Ehud Eilam WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two intertwined problems confront Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces: the deteriorating economy and the looming elections. The military has always been the dominant actor in Egypt since the July 1952 overthrow of King Farouk and the termination of the constitutional monarchy. After then, every president

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Middle East

Jobs and Shuttlesworth each made their mark

October 10, 2011

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — To quote from historian Diane McWhorter’s recent essay in The New York Times, “If you recognized the name of only one of the two greats who succumbed to cancer [last] Wednesday, that’s perhaps because the work of the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, who died at 89 in a

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USA

An emotional tour of Majdanek

October 9, 2011

Fourth in a series LUBLIN, Poland — A group of about 20 survivors and 2Gs (Second Generation) took a trip out of Warsaw and into the countryside. It was 8 a.m., and Agneishka S. was our guide. We didn’t know what to expect and so we girded our loins for what we knew was going

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Travel and Food

Jewish interest license plate

October 8, 2011

SAN DIEGO–This license plate was spotted in San Diego County by Melanie Rubin. The extra ES at the end of the name? A matter for speculation.

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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin

As Yom Kippur ends, social protest and peace with Palestinians return to fore

October 8, 2011

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The New Year has begun and Yom Kippur is behind us. Two prominent issues wait for treatment: peace with the Palestinians and a response to domestic social protest. The Prime Minister says that he is working hard to achieve both goals. Optimists are asking themselves if they can expect decisive

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Reaffirming Jewish identity in Poland

October 8, 2011

Third in a Series By Jeanette Friedman Jeanette Friedman WARSAW, Poland — When the World Federation announced that this year’s meeting would be in Poland, many 2Gs (children of survivors), survivors and child survivors were angry. They didn’t want to spend a nickel in the country where their families suffered so brutally, and saw all

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Travel and Food

Film Festival will screen ‘The Human Resources Manager’

October 8, 2011

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The film The Human Resources Manager will be screened at 7 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 23, as part of the 22nd Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival, sponsored by the Leichtag Family Foundation, and presented in the Garfield Theatre by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community

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Travel and Food

‘Conversations with My Ancestors’ sometimes gets bogged down in family trivia

Family conflict, and love, on view in ’26 Miles’

Will Shalit-for-1000 trade bring more terror?

Potential release of Gilad Shalit hailed

17 Ways You Know Sukkot is Coming to Jerusalem

Baseball will survive its erring players

By overdemanding, Palestinians removed their goals from serious consideration

To preserve internal power, Egyptian military may seek confrontation with Israel

Jobs and Shuttlesworth each made their mark

An emotional tour of Majdanek

Jewish interest license plate

As Yom Kippur ends, social protest and peace with Palestinians return to fore

Reaffirming Jewish identity in Poland

Film Festival will screen ‘The Human Resources Manager’

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